One part of a memorandum to the National Association of Educational Broadcasters' Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Practices of Educational Stations (November 8, 1968).

The twelve items in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system intended to help administrators in coping with stress. The publications cited deal with causes of stress, how to manage stress, how to make life style changes, how to recognize stressors, and work patterns associated with Type A behavior. The publications listed also…

This series of questions and answers on factfinding in public sector labor relations focuses on the practical aspect of impasse resolution. Rather than choosing a theoretical or historical approach, the practical approach was chosen because factfinding is not a formal process that must rigidly conform to textbook rules. Instead, factfinding can be…

This series of questions and answers on contract administration in public sector labor relations focuses on the practical aspects of both contract administration and grievance handling. Its purpose is to provide information and examples to help practitioners better understand the roles of labor and management while operating under a collective…

Amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 have extended protection up to age 70 for employees of (1) all governmental agencies, (2) employers of 20 or more persons, (3) employment agencies, and (4) labor organizations. Court cases involving age discrimination have touched on the applicability of the law and its effect on…

The document consists of a report submitted to the Senate by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service regarding S.792, a bill to provide increased part-time employment opportunities by executive agencies of the United States government. The purpose of S.792 is to declare as policy that a certain regulated proportion of all positions in the…

The standard is used to grade nonsupervisory jobs that involve examining services, materials, and products that are processed, manufactured, or repaired by workers performing trade or craft work to determine that the physical and operating characteristics are within acceptable standards, specifications, or contractual requirements. The…

The standard covers nonsupervisory work involved in the set up, adjustment, and operation of conventional machine tools to perform machining operations in the manufacture and repair of castings, forgings, or parts from raw stock made of various metals, metal alloys, and other materials. A general description of the job at both the WG-8 and WG-9…

The pamphlet explains the different job requirements for different grades of model maker (WG-14 and WG-15) and contrasts them to the position of premium journeyman. It includes comment on what a model maker is (a nonsupervisory job involved in planning and fabricating complex research and prototype models which are made from a variety of materials…

The standard for Electroplating Worker WG-7 and Electroplater WG-9 covers work involving the use of electrolytic and chemical processes to plate, coat, and treat surfaces of metals and metal alloys for purposes of protection, repair, maintenance, and fabrication of parts and equipment. A knowledge of the preparation, testing, and maintenance of…

A survey was undertaken by the Office of Institutional Research and the Department of Education Administration at West Virginia University to determine the range, alternatives, norms, and other major administration considerations relative to fringe benefits available to nonteaching employees in major American universities. A copy of the…

This guide outlines a course designed to give first-line supervisors in the federal government an understanding of leadership concepts. The methodology of the course is a series of problem-solving conferences. There are 16 sessions in the course: 1. Problem census and introductions; 2. The job; 3. Filling a job - Federal Merit Promotions Policy;…

A training course for employees who must meet the public is presented. It includes the following sessions: (1) You Meet the Public Face-to-Face, (2) You meet the Public by Telephone, and (3) You Meet the Public by Letter. (CK)

The authors investigated the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed men using two inventories of vocational orientation. The results revealed that two scales of one and four scales of the other inventory successfully differentiated the occupational groups consistant with Holland's theoretical framework. (Author/SE)

The courts have more consistently dismembered Title IX than enforced it. (Author/IRT)