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Download full textBureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1988
A special survey on employer child-care practices conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the summer of 1987 sampled 10,345 establishments with 10 or more employees selected from the BLS establishment universe file and classified by industry and size. The survey showed that over the last decade, the number of mothers in the labor…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employer Supported Day Care
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This handbook offers a comprehensive view of the labor force activity of women in the United States and describes a range of legal and socioeconomic developments that have had an effect upon women's participation and progress in the work force. Through numerous statistical charts and tables, the book depicts change and reactions to change in the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report was prepared because of the growing national interest in the questions of work and family dynamics. It puts together 82 key statistics on work and family issues in four major areas: child care, parental leave, alternative work schedules, and elder care. In addition, a chapter of miscellaneous statistics covers areas such as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Day Care, Demography, Employed Women
Fagan, Colette; Burchell, Brendan – 2002
Trends in gender, jobs, and working conditions in the European Union (EU) were examined. In 2000, representative samples of approximately 1,500 workers in each of the EU member states (500 in Luxembourg) were surveyed. To identify trends, the survey findings were compared with those of similar surveys conducted in 1991 and 1996. The comparison…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications
de Wolff, Alice – 2000
A survey of 205 people, 4 group interviews with approximately 30 people, and 6 design and analysis meetings involving approximately 40 people were conducted in a 1999 participatory study of contingent workers in Toronto. (Contingent work was defined to be lower-waged forms of non-permanent work arrangements that include contracting, employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
A study analyzed past and present United States initiatives for promoting equal employment opportunity and wage equality for women. It was determined that, during the past 20 years, the United States Government has established the legal procedures to combat inequities in educational opportunities and employment-related practices. While these…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Coordination
