First develops a model of the economic impact of occupational licensure and then estimates the effects of licensure on wages and the division of labor in clinical laboratories. The findings indicate that recent licensure laws have no effect while older, more stringent laws increase the wages and employment of skilled laboratory personnel. (EM)

Weaknesses in the court ruling in EEOC v. Missouri Pacific Railroad and its implications are examined. This case stands for the proposition that once a private party files an action in federal court based on a charge of discrimination filed with the EEOC, the EEOC is relegated to seeking permissive intervention. For journal availability see HE 508…

This article presents lessons learned from an innovative employment and training program for dislocated workers. It provides specific information about program design and serves as a prototype for how social experimentation can be used by state and local governments. (Author/LMO)

Barriers to equal occupational opportunities for minorities are examined at three stages of the employment process: the job candidate stage, the job entry stage, and the job promotion stage. (PS)

Reviews the problems that arise at the recruitment, entry, and promotional stages for Black Americans. The problems arise from two interrelated sources: the structure of the situations themselves and the operation of anti-Black prejudice in both its traditional and modern forms. (PS)

Discusses background and decision of United States Supreme Court's first case related to affirmative action based on sex. Concludes that the majority of the Court support the principle of affirmative action when properly applied to overcome a history of both race and sex discrimination. (PS)

Contrasts two views of affirmative action: (1) centralizing control over affirmative action with quotas and (2) making employment decisions that are consistent with sound business principles but which counteract prejudice, expand opportunities for underrepresented groups, and recognize labor market distortions that are unjustified by business…

An analysis of 51 manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries indicates a substantial variation among different types of businesses with respect to the type of workers hired. The analysis is extended to form a typology of industries that is useful to local development groups in formulating a strategy to employ groups of special concern.…

Affirmative action programs for filling faculty and administrative positions in colleges or universities should: (1) comply with existing law; (2) correct the underrepresentation of women and minorities; (3) enhance the institution's ability to carry out its educational mission; and (4) protect the status and reputation of the women and minorities…

The corrective disciplinary process in a unionized institution must take into account the possibility that an employee has the right to challenge corrective discipline. For this reason, corrective discipline must be administered to withstand challenge. Four steps involved in corrective discipline are identified: verbal warning, written warning,…

Data from over 15,000 college coaching and administrative positions are analyzed. Results suggest that, consistent with Title IX, positions in women's athletics have increased. But, contrary to equal employment opportunity regulations, the probability of filling a vacancy is not equal across the sexes. (Author/SK)

Suggests that at this time, the potential danger resulting from the decision of the Court can only be averted through an amendment to the Civil Rights Act which would add "alienage" as a prohibited form of discrimination. (Author)

Various strategies are listed which an untenured English department faculty member must often employ in seeking a permanent place in his department. (Author/RM)

This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses who testified at a hearing on a proposed amendment to the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1993. The amendment would spell out how the federal work force is to be reduced in size and would provide cash incentives for early retirement as well as make retraining of existing…

This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses who testified at a Senate committee hearing concerning authorizing funds to states for worker reemployment and training programs. Witnesses included the following: Senators Claiborne Pell, Nancy Kassebaum, and Edward Kennedy; top officials from several major corporations; and…