This booklet provides materials designed to advance the employment of individuals with disabilities. An introduction gives brief vignettes of activities that have been carried out around the country to foster employment, including corporate training programs, public relations efforts, special conferences, and awards. Publications, fact sheets, and…

The anticipated "graying" of the American work force may result not only in the intensification of the severe economic and personal problems of members of society but also in eventual shortages of workers in critical areas. A growing demand for workers in the coming decades may lead to the need for incentives to encourage older people to…

Most employees in the United States are employees at will--they can be fired for any or no reason. In one exception to this rule, however, federal or state statutes protect employee expression, most significantly in the area of private employee testimony. The protective schemes developed by Congress and the state legislatures are of two types:…

This is the final report in a series issued to assist Congress in assessing the problems of worker dislocation and employer practices related to advance notice and assistance provided to workers. A national survey of 2,600 business establishments was conducted to determine: (1) the extent of business closures and permanent layoffs between January…

This Congressional report contains the testimony given at a hearing pertaining to passage of the Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985. (The act, which would terminate in September 1987, would authorize an employer to pay a subminimum, "youth employment opportunity wage" to a person under 20 years of age.) Included among those…

This document contains two congressional hearings on H.R. 4599, the Federal Pay Equity Act of 1984, and H.R. 5092, the Pay Equity Act of 1984. These bills would mandate the Office of Personnel Management to study wage discrepancies in the Federal classification structure and to devise a more equitable job evaluation program and would require…

Developments that have occurred in faculty collective bargaining and governance since the Supreme Court decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) v. Yeshiva University are examined, along with the legal framework of the case. The ruling held that the entire faculty at Yeshiva University was managerial and, thus, not entitled to bargain…

The planning model was designed to enable independent colleges to come to grips with both the concerns and the expectations of affirmative action. It is divided into three parts: (1) a broad statement about the procedures and expectations of equal employment opportunity, presented from the perspective of a hypothetical small independent college;…

The purpose of this monograph was to examine the nature of changes in the system of rights and obligations surrounding employment and the relationship of employer to employee in the United States, Britain, France, and Mexico, with particular emphasis on the property-like rights in employment. In the United States there have been three stages in…

One of a series of bulletins on implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), this bulletin discusses protections for individuals with histories of alcohol and drug abuse. The material explains: (1) the ADA prohibits employment discrimination of individuals with past drug and alcohol problems and those who currently have alcohol problems…

A checklist for museum compliance with federal, state, and local laws covers administrative organization, general endowment and restricted funds, trustees, staffing and employment practices, volunteers, acquisition and disposition, exhibition programs, visitors and membership, auxiliary activities, building, and miscellaneous regulations. (MSE)

Analyzes the conflicts between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order No. 11,246 concerning the validity and scope of the president's power to impose obligations of nondiscrimination and affirmative action on government contractors. Journal availability: see 511 890. (IRT)

This article explains briefly how the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 applies to certain hiring practices. The four sections of the paper cover the following: (1) the scope of the ADEA, including coverage, prohibited conduct, and legal remedies for workers who feel they have suffered discrimination; (2) hiring older workers,…

This manual, intended as a training module for professionals involved in providing community-based vocational education, provides a thorough review of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it applies to vocational education, training, and employment of students. Individual sections address the following topics: (1) relationship of the FLSA to…

This annotated bibliography on nontraditional occupations for women is organized into 11 sections that list resources in the following areas: books and studies; curriculum materials; General Accounting Office reports and Congressional hearings; guides, manuals, and resources; journal articles and book chapters; newspaper and magazine articles;…