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Fulmer, William E. – 1973
This is the twenty-eighth of a series of studies conducted to determine variances in industrial employment practices of Negroes and to develop appropriate hiring policies. This particular study sought to examine current racial employment policies in the furniture industry within the context of the industry's structure and history. Interviews with…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Havemen, Robert H.; Christainsen, Gregory B. – 1978
This paper examines various aspects of public employment programs designed to reduce unemployment in Western industrialized countries. The historical context in which these programs emerged and the forms such programs might take are discussed. Public employment is considered in terms of special public service jobs, public works, and training and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employment Level, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
Owen, John D. – 1977
The part-time job market now employs about 12.5 million persons who are voluntary part timers--those who customarily work one to thirty-four hours a week on their own volition. Data from the Current Population Survey (March-May, 1973) was used to examine the cross-sectional distribution of the employment and wages of part timers, and an analysis…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employees, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
The first part of this monograph represents the proceedings of a 1-day conference of manpower analysts on the processes by which private industry meets changing manpower requirements and the implications of these work force adjustments for manpower policy. The second part consists of the report on which the conference discussion was based. The…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Conference Reports, Employer Employee Relationship, Employers
Nishimura, Charles H.; And Others – 1977
A two-part study was conducted to determine the feasibility of implementing job-sharing in state and county governments in Hawaii. First, a literature review was performed to obtain an overview of the job-sharing concept and of the results of its implementation in other state and local governments and businesses. The legislation relating to…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices
Wong, Ging, Ed.; Picot, Garnett, Ed. – 2001
This is the first of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference on "Changes in Working Time in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters focus on weekly hours worked by individuals, including the recent changes in the distribution of weekly working time in Canada and the U.S., implications of the changing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Employment, Employment Level