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Haber, Sheldon E.; And Others – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
Computations using data from the Current Population Survey show that the separation rate of women is the same as or lower than that of men when wage rates are taken into account. For Blacks, the separation rate is lower than that for Whites, regardless of sex. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Females
Russell, Thyra K. – 1988
This paper reports the results of a survey of 1,277 libraries in Illinois which investigated the status of job sharing in armed forces, college and university, community college, government, law, medical, public, religious, and special libraries and library systems. Job sharing is described as the division of one full-time job between two or more…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Flexible Working Hours, Job Sharing
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Services. – 1990
This SPEC KIT presents survey results and documents from 53 U.S. academic members of the Association of Research Libraries in 1990 who provided current information on student employment policies and practices. The survey results identify the following employment policies and practices: (1) funding sources and wages; (2) duties and rewards; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Higher Education
Reed, Sally – New York Times, 1985
Current employment patterns of and policies concerning part-time college faculty are outlined, and the advantages and disadvantages of using a high percentage of part-time faculty are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Piotrkowski, Chaya S.; And Others – 1993
Secondary analyses of data collected in the Mothers in the Workplace study examined how family-relevant workplace policies and practices may influence childbearing women's labor force participation during pregnancy and after childbirth. It focused on 2,375 women who held wage and salary jobs during pregnancy and 1,761 of these women who were…
Descriptors: Career Development, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Daum, Jeffrey W. – 1976
Alternative means of compliance available to organizations to bring their manpower uses into line with existing equal employment legislation are discussed in this paper. The first area addressed concerns the classical approach to selection and placement based on testing methods. The second area discussed reviews various nontesting techniques, such…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Discriminatory Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns

Amey, Marilyn J. – Thought & Action, 1996
A study of 330 faculty leaving 1 research university over a period of 10 years investigated the reasons for faculty departure from the institution. Salary, retirement, and faculty development opportunities were the three most common reasons for leaving. Trends by academic rank, gender, and discipline varied over the study's period, with…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Case Studies, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Beaudin, Bart – 1982
This fact sheet provides an overview of the employment situation facing older adults. Statistics (Harris 1974 and 1979) are presented on the number of older Americans who are working, volunteering, or have an interest in working or volunteering; the attitudes of employers and employees about retirement and about working after age 65; and the…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment
United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC. – 1986
This survey was conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to determine the extent to which cities are using affirmative action programs, and to assess the programs' contributions to the improvement of personnel practices in city governments. During the summer of 1986, survey responses were received from 121 cities in 41 states plus the District…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices

Rhoades, Gary – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Content analysis of the collective bargaining agreements of 183 higher education institutions/systems found extensive managerial discretion and limited professional constraints regarding the use of part-time faculty, in appointment/release workforce actions such as retrenchment, and the ratio of part-time to full-time faculty. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1983
As mandated by law, this 1983 revision describes the Oklahoma State Department of Education's Affirmative Action Plan and analyzes the employment patterns of the department's work force for that year in light of equal employment opportunity goals. Following a brief policy statement, the development, dissemination, and implementation of the plan…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Educational Administration, Employed Women
Sheppard, Harold L., Ed. – 1990
This book contains seven chapters on work and older workers based on an international symposium held at the University of South Florida in 1989. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: (1) "The Corporate Sector's Stake in Older Workers" (Daniel Knowles); (2) "A Seller's Market for Older Workers" (Audrey Freedman); (3) "Retirees' Reentry into…
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Huws, Ursula; And Others – 1997
Because teleworking presents major new challenges to human resource managers, trade unions, and others involved in the development of good employment practices, this book provides practical guidelines for good practice in regard to teleworkers that recognize that teleworking is not a single category, but covers at least five distinct groups with…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Leonard, Frances – 1988
Older women, who comprise two-thirds of the retired U.S. population, share substantially less of the $1.3 trillion worth of over 800,000 private and public pension plans by every way of measurement. Of the one-in-five women receiving pension income, some obtain it from their own paid work history, while others are widows and divorced women who…
Descriptors: Divorce, Eligibility, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Brahce, Carl I. – 1983
This monograph examines the phenomenon of retirement from the perspectives of the individual, the institution, and the socioeconomic system. In the first of five sections, the author looks at the evolution and institutionalization of the concept, discussing the effects of legislative and personnel policies, altered social and economic status, and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices