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Cameron, Craig – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013
The Fair Work Act (2009) in Australia deregulates "work" in work-integrated learning (WIL) by distinguishing "vocational placement" from "employee". Following concerns about the legal position of WIL and work experience, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) published a fact sheet and commenced a joint research project into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Legislation, Work Experience Programs, Work Experience
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Rader, Martha H.; Kurth, Linda A. – Business Education Forum, 1999
Reviews federal laws (Fair Labor Standard Act's child labor regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act) for their implications for cooperative education and school-to-work programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Education, Child Labor, Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation
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Hoffman, Shari Cole – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2006
This article profiles Grace Abbott, one of the earlier 20th century American women leaders in Progressivism. Abbott's heritage influenced her lifetime commitment to social improvement. She was born on November 17, 1878 in Grand Island, Nebraska into a family of activists. Her Quaker mother, Elizabeth Griffin Abbott, came from an abolitionist…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Work Experience Programs, Females, Labor Legislation
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Pumpian, Ian; Fisher, Douglas; Certo, Nicholas J.; Engel, Thomas; Mautz, Denise – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1998
This paper reviews and analyzes law and litigation concerning the legal parameters within which schools can provide nonpaid instructional work experiences to students with disabilities. It covers the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938), recent federal appellate and district court cases, and recent guidelines of the Departments of Education and Labor.…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities