Examines the law and court litigation to determine what constitutes sexual harassment in employment; explores employer responsibilities in discouraging or dealing with sexual harassment; and discusses legal remedies available to victims of sexual harassment in the work environment. (MJL)

The process of collective bargaining needs the assistance of congressional legislation in order to respond successfully to equal employment opportunity problems. A proposal to develop an Affirmative Action Adjustment Assistant Act is presented as a possible solution. (EC)

This report of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs contains amendments to the Veterans' Job Training Act (VJTA). The amendments are followed by a history of the bill to extend and authorize additional funding for the VJTA. This history includes background of the bill, a summary of the bill (H.R. 1504), a discussion of the bill (including…

The author suggests that anti-discrimination legislation can create reverse discrimination and enforcing agencies that exceed the intent of the law. (Editor)

Reviews public employers' obligations to arbitrate grievances during periods of contract hiatus. (PKP)

This discussion of the history of women in engineering in Great Britain covers (1) the founding and activities of the Women's Engineering Society, (2) women engineers in the 1930's, in wartime, in the postwar period, in the present, and in the future, and (3) attitudes about sex roles in the face of changing social values. (SH)

This report focuses on the barriers to employment encountered by millions of individuals with disabilities and on proposals that would eliminate or reduce those barriers. The report describes the following three barriers: (1) many people would be worse off financially if they worked and earned to their potential than if they did not work; (2)…

The retirement or earnings test provision of the Social Security Program is part of a debate over the future direction of the entire system. The current high rates of unemployment and inflation necessitating supplemental income for some older people may well influence the debate. (Author/AJ)

During 1987, investigations of 113 cases of alleged or suspected child labor violations at Massachusetts business establishments were conducted. Thirteen (38 percent) of these were randomly selected for review. Compliance officers in the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division substantiated child labor violations in 9 of the 13 cases. A total…

This congressional report contains testimony pertaining to extending child care services to the Job Corps Program within the Job Training Partnership Act. The report includes testimony given by representatives of the following agencies and organizations: Management Training Corporation; the Los Angeles Job Corps Center; the Parent and Child…

This document contains the text of a congressional hearing focusing on successful private and public ventures in job training efforts. The purpose was to learn how to expand or extend programs in the private sector that provide job training to underskilled and undereducated workers in conjunction with the public sector. The bulk of the document…

Discusses the ramifications of recent cases and federal regulations on equal employment opportunity efforts on campus, citing real and potential problem areas. (Editor)

The civil rights of American Indians, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and the 1968 Indian Bill of Rights, are discussed in this handbook. The 3 kinds of rights discussed are (1) the freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; (2) the right to due process of law; and (3) the guarantee of equal protection under the laws, or freedom from…

Discusses (1) Britain's Federal legislation (effective in 1975) relating to equal job opportunities for women, especially jobs that involve training, e.g., industrial training, (2) the activities of the Working Party, set up to assist in carrying out legislative requirements, and (3) steps taken by an industry training board to handle future…