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Olsten Corp., Westbury, NY. – 1992
A survey of a panel of human resource executives who comprised the Olsten Forum on Human Resource Issues and Trends focused on the types of staffing and scheduling strategies being implemented to meet today's business needs. The survey, covering 427 companies, reviewed 2 categories of staffing strategies: contract or flexible staffing, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Contracts, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Download full textDesLauriers, Robert C. – 1990
A study was conducted to analyze the impact of employee illiteracy on Canadian businesses. The opinions of 626 vice presidents of human resources or general managers were collected in a random sample of 2,000 Canadian establishments with more than 50 employees and 300 head offices of larger firms (25 percent return). The information was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Business Responsibility, Developed Nations
Desert Community Coll. District, Palm Desert, CA. – 1989
The collective bargaining agreement between the Desert Community College District and the College of the Desert Faculty Association/California Teachers Association/National Education Association is presented. This contract, covering the period from January 13, 1989 through June 30, 1989, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Moses, Ingrid, Ed. – 1983
Developments in college teaching, research, staff development in Australia during the 1980s are addressed in 38 papers from the 1983 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. Themes of the papers include: institutional change, staff perceptions of rewards, professional development, students and tertiary…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Kidney, John – 1982
This self-instructional module, the eleventh in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with federal and state employment laws. Addressed in the module are federal and state employment laws pertaining to minimum wage for student learners, minimum wage for full-time students, unemployment insurance, child labor…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation
Gaylord, Thomas A. – 1983
Results of a study of the equity of salaries of University of Alaska full-time, nonbargaining-unit employees are presented. The following questions were investigated: (1) whether salary differences exist between sexes and races, and (2) which individuals should be considered for salary equity committee review. After introducing salary equity…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Higher Education
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Nelson A. Rockefeller Inst. of Government. – 1989
This report summarizes the findings of a New York State task force that studied the public work force of the state with a focus on preparing these workers for the future. Discussion of the task force was organized along four major topics of concern: recruiting, retention, and compensation; management style; education, training, and retraining; and…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Futures (of Society), Government Employees, Government Role
Bednash, Geraldine Polly – 1989
The study examined whether access to tenure review documents or deliberations decreases the degree of selectivity evidenced in tenure decisions. Liberal arts institutions (N=123) were surveyed to determine the relationship between access and tenure selectivity. The first stage of the study was a description of the range of access available in the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Confidential Records, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship
Schuster, Jack H.; And Others – 1990
The collection of articles, intended as a guide to the improvement of faculty life for campus and department administrators, faculty leaders, and individuals administering faculty development programs, advocates a comprehensive conception of faculty members and academic careers. The first part outlines the conceptual and historical context for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Ladders, College Faculty, Consortia
Behrens, A.; And Others – 1988
This document contains a series of papers on the topic of continuing training for technological change in business and industry. The papers focus on examples of training for technological change in several countries of Western Europe. The five papers included in the report are "Training for Continuing Training and Education" (A.…
Descriptors: Banking, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Wharton, Clifton R., Jr. – AAHE Bulletin, 1987
The importance of appropriate compensation and employment security for college faculty is discussed, in light of the declining purchasing power and wages for teachers and the erosion of benefits and pension prospects. From 1970 to 1985, the national average faculty salary, adjusted for inflation, fell 15.1%. Regardless of personal commitments and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Factors, Employment Practices, Higher Education
Lindgren, J. Ralph; And Others – 1985
The obligations of colleges and universities under existing laws prohibiting sex discrimination against employees and students are summarized. Principal federal sources of legal obligation regarding employees are the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
Dudek & Company. – 1988
A study examined the issue of contracting out traditional government services and its effect on government employees. It found that local governments contract out for two principal reasons: to cut the cost of providing services and to employ specialized skills and resources unavailable within the government. Findings from a review of the…
Descriptors: Contracts, Cost Effectiveness, Dislocated Workers, Early Retirement
Gordon, Ruth – 1985
Young workers should know what employers' standards are for hiring and job performance and behave accordingly in order to obtain and keep a job. This finding is based on a study that examined the perceptions of high school graduates and their employers' reports of hiring and job performance standards and employment outcomes. High school students…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Dunwoody-Miller, Vera; Gutek, Barbara A. – 1985
State workers in California were surveyed to determine if they had been sexually harassed on the job, and what they knew about procedures and laws for dealing with such harassment. Responses were received from 1,151 professional and administrative employees representing a sexual and ethnic distribution similar to the total civil service work force…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
