Examines the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. Emphasizes the methods of validating selection procedures. (IRT)

Discusses the results of a questionnaire administered to 1,500 conferees at the annual conference of the American Society for Personnel Administration. Major areas of concern include retirement, inclusion of women and minorities, and government regulation. (IRT)

Outlines the kind of records that must be kept and the informational postings that must be made as required by federal legislation on the employer-employee relationship. (IRT)

Discusses federal regulation of industry in general and the history and work of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in particular. (IRT)

Briefly outlines the most significant provisions of the federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and suggests a practical, responsive course of action for employers. (Author/IRT)

Voices the American Society for Personnel Administration's objections to portions of the proposed 1977 federal guidelines for employee selection in compliance with federal equal opportunity legislation. The portions of the guidelines at issue are included. (IRT)

Discusses the costs of government regulation of industry, the effect of such regulation on productivity, and ways of improving the regulatory process. (IRT)

Examines two aspects of the uniform federal guidelines affecting selection and interviewing, briefly looks at research on interviewing and considers how this fares in light of the guidelines, and makes specific recommendations to help minimize discriminatory interviewing practices. (Author/IRT)

Senator Orrin Hatch argues that affirmative action is illegal, immoral, and won't work. (IRT)

Examines the job applications of leading companies and reports on questions that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission might find unacceptable. Outlines possible remedies. (IRT)

Discusses the impact of federal regulation (primarily that of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in the area of personnel selection. (IRT)

Outlines a system to standardize the employment interview by making the connections between job tasks, interview questions, and hiring decisions more clear and direct. The system was created to meet the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission standards for tests because those standards also apply to interviews. (Author/IRT)

Looks at four kinds of job evaluation and examines them in light of the concept of comparable worth that may be adopted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Provides some guidelines for improving evaluation systems. (IRT)

Questions whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any other agency of the federal government, has the authority to create guidelines for personnel evaluation in the private sector. (Author/IRT)