This annual report updates membership data for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, recaps the members' creed, and lists appointments to the executive committee. Committee infrastructure and personnel are discussed. The year's activities of the Public Affairs Section included work on: National Employ the Handicapped Week,…

This annual report updates membership data for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, recaps the members' creed, and lists appointments to the executive committee. A map shows locations of governors' committees. Committee infrastructure and personnel are discussed, along with the year's projects for the Public Affairs Section,…

This annual report covers employment programs, public affairs, and legislative activities of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Projects of the Office of Plans, Projects and Services discussed include a hearing assessing implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, the Job…

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…

An Employment and Housing Subcommittee hearing on home-based work focused on typically female clerical workers. The following women were found to face obstacles to conventional 9-to-5 jobs: women needing child care, displaced homemakers who lack job training and experience, rural women, disabled women, and older women who encounter job…

This document reports on a congressional hearing on the impact of technological advancements on employment. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from individuals representing conservation of human resources, Columbia University; United Steelworkers of America; The Brookings Institution; Xerox Corporation; and Panel on Technology…

This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine drug abuse in the workplace, how the public and private sectors are dealing with this problem, and the issue of urine testing. Opening statements are included from Representatives Charles Rangel, Benjamin Gilman, Frank Guarini Mel…

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 is a congressional hearing to acquire testimony and information about women in business or about unusual problems that have been found. Testimony includes statements from individuals representing Big Bear Shopper, Inc.; United States Business and Professional Women (BPW/USA); Rural Small Business Programs, Lane Community College;…

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…

Reviews employee hiring and filing policies in relation to recent court cases involving employee grievances (since 1979) and in relation to "firing at will." Discusses oral employment contracts and presents a checklist for unjust dismissal prevention. Includes an inset offering interviewing tips. (MD)

This document contains proceedings of a congressional hearing to review the employment programs for veterans administered by the Department of Labor. Its purpose is also to discuss structural and procedural changes being contemplated by that Department that could affect the delivery of services to veterans and perhaps jeopardize veterans' priority…

This document records the oral and written testimony of persons participating in a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on employment and training needs during the current recession. Testimony was given by leaders of youth education and jobs programs, congressional representatives, a college president, and several unemployed workers. Witnesses…

The proceedings of a House of Representatives joint task force on the relationship of Federal budget policy to unemployment are presented. The hearings include statements from a representative of the United States Catholic Conference, economists of the Urban Institute, the vice president of the Committee for Economic Development, and a…

Addressed are the procedural requirements of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits discrimination against public and private employees on the basis of age. These requirements are examined in the light of the relevant statutory language, the legislative history of the act, and its remedial purposes. (JMD)