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Download full textCommission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs. – 2001
This document examines employment and social policy in the European Union in 1999-2001. The document begins with an interview with Anna Diamantopoulou, the European Union's commissioner for employment and social affairs and the paper "Balancing Jobs, Cohesion, and Productivity" by Odile Quintin, the European Union's director-general for…
Descriptors: Coordination, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment
Joshi, Pamela; Carre, Francoise; Place, Angela; Rayman, Paula – 1996
The New Economic Equation Project opened in May 1995 with a 3-day working conference for 50 national leaders. The equation was defined as follows: economic well-being = integration of work, family, and community. Conference participants identified key economic, work, and family concerns facing the United States today. Outreach activities in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Gilbert, Lucia Albino – 1993
This book describes the frontier of close relationships, where traditional gender roles are being reevaluated in light of what is both functional and optimal for persons in dual-career partnerships. Because social environments are crucial to understanding personal relationships and individual behavior, the three chapters in part 1 describe the…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Career Education, Careers
Sensi, Dina; And Others – 1992
Equal opportunities programs in the Member States of the European Community (EC) are based on international law, EC law, and various legal provisions at the national level. Two main types of positive action can be identified among the various initiatives implemented in the different Member States: (1) governmental promotion of positive actions…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Corporate Education, Educational Discrimination
Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared – 1992
Wage analyses of several government surveys suggest that substantial, broad-based reductions in real wages occurred in the final years of the 1980s recovery. (Data sources are the hourly compensation data from the Employment Cost Index series and wage data from the Current Population Survey.) The wages of those who lost the most in the 1980s (high…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, College Graduates, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Background
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1988
Information, suggestions and guidelines are provided regarding employment equity for women in Ontario universities. Information is provided on the following topics: the office of the Employment Equity Coordinator; data and program development; employment systems (hiring, career development, compensation, and employees with family…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Comparable Worth, Day Care Centers
Sheppard, Harold L.; And Others – 1978
The study reported here examines the employment-related problems of older workers and develops a research and development strategy for future federally funded projects. Following an introductory section, the content is in fifteen chapters. The first chapter covers a number of critical policy issues and the second concentrates on job-related…
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Sheppard, Harold L. – 1971
The document offers four research studies dealing with the older worker. The first study, "A Perspective on the Status of Older Americans in Today's Job Market," goes beyond the ordinary statistical analyses of the labor force participation of older adults, and deals with age discrimination by employers and Employment Service offices.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age, Age Differences, Career Change
Allen, W. Carolyn; And Others – 1976
Questions concerning academic and vocational questions were answered by examining how legislation affects and corrects sex role stereotyping, societal attitudes and sex bias, and employment patterns of men and women at present and in the future. Educational practices that promote sex discrimination were investigated in the following areas:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Counselor Attitudes, Court Role, Curriculum Development
Eisenberg, Susan – 1998
This book consists of the personal narratives of 14 women who discussed their experiences as construction workers in interviews that were conducted between November 1991 and April 1994. The information provided by the women is organized thematically, beginning with their decision to enter the construction industry. Special attention is paid to the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Blacks, Building Trades, Career Choice
1999
This document contains four symposium papers on work force issues facing human resource development (HRD). "Contributing Factors to the Success of Women and People of Color in Leadership Roles: A Message to HRD Professionals" (Jean R. McFarland, Gary Leske, Caroline S. V. Turner) reports the results of a survey in which nonwhite males,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Blacks
Hall, Douglas T.; And Others – 1996
This book contains 14 research-based chapters on adult career development in the age of downsizing, outsourcing, and new career paths. The introduction (Douglas T. Hall) describes the relational approach to careers as the recognition that career development and growth take place in a context of interdependence and mutuality. The following chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency. – 1989
The 49 papers in these two volumes were prepared to assist the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency in making recommendations for improving the U.S. work force. The papers summarize existing research and make recommendations on subjects reflecting seven Commission tasks: (1) examine the roles and effectiveness of privately…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Compensation (Remuneration), Efficiency
Treiman, Donald J., Ed.; Hartman, Heidi I., Ed. – 1981
In order to determine whether methods of job analysis and classification currently used are biased by traditional sex stereotypes or other factors, a committee assessed formal systems of job evaluation and other methods currently employed in the private and public sectors for establishing the comparability of jobs and their levels of compensation.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Employment Practices
Flanders, Margaret L. – 1994
This practical guide for all working women shows the reader how to recognize the barriers likely to confront her and to find the most effective way of breaking through. Chapter 1 summarizes causes of the glass ceiling and provides pointers on recognizing which situations are likely to cause problems. Chapter 2 helps the reader to understand her…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Career Education, Career Ladders
