In a review of personnel polygraphing, the history of the polygraph technique is discussed. Since it is a controversial technique used by employers to test employees' honesty and loyalty by measuring physiological reactions, an increasing number of States and localities are taking legal action to prevent its use. The results of several arbitration…

Highlighted in this document are the statistical findings of a survey of minorities employed in federal agencies as of 1969, and a summary of program changes which have resulted since 1967. Findings from the survey include: (1) minority groups as a whole comprise 19.2 percent of the full time federal civilian work force in the United States, (2)…

The Dallas Model Office has succeeded in resolving the old Equal Employment Opportunity Commission problem of backlog of complaints about discrimination so that greater and more meaningful attention can be given to the problem of eliminating systematic job discrimination. (Author/WI)

Article points out that while new federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, which became effective September 25, 1978, attempt to clarify two conflicting sets of rules, they also impose new burdens on public and private employers. Available from Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York…

A permanent part-time work force estimated at sixteen to seventeen million is one of the fastest-growing segments of the work population. The article discusses and presents some examples of job sharing--two persons handling one job--as a means of increasing employment, avoiding layoffs, and meeting individual needs. (MF)

The report by a subcommittee of AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure is presented regarding the practice of some higher education institutions of retaining small numbers of full-time nontenured teachers on indefinitely renewable appointments. Problems faced--uncertainty and lack of community with colleagues--are discussed and AAUP…

This AAUP-approved statement proposes that an individual's previous service as a full-time faculty member at an institution of higher education that was either accredited or an official candidate for accreditation be considered in determining his probationary period. (LBH)

Reports results of an approach using a multiple regression model to determine factors leading to larger male earnings and identifying potential discrimination with these factors, which included differences in the return to investment in human capital, rate of employment, type of employer, and return to experience. (TA)

This article, the first of two, concentrates on the historical background and the legal basis for affirmative action. (NQ)

Six phases of employee relations are discussed: hiring, training, paying, keeping, motivating, and discharging. Specific guidelines are offered along with a list of health and safety precautions. (LBH)

Provides a brief overview of the work of the Department of Justice in eliminating discrimination by public employers. Discusses four 1986 Supreme Court decisions about the permissible scope of affirmative action. The decisions indicate that affirmative action programs must use affirmative action in recruitment, training and outreach. (PS)

Discusses the potential effects of a stable or declining academe and a more competitive educational market on tenure and faculty quality. Concludes that universities will pursue a flexibility-enhancing strategy which will include the use of junior and senior educators in nontenured but prestigious and highly paid positions. (GEA)

The author argues that the nation cannot afford its habit of promoting early retirement. He calls for public policy and employer incentives to encourage longer work lives. (CH)

Using a random sample of 12,000 teachers in over 500 New York State school districts, this paper considers the effect of specific union-negotiated, employment-related job provisions on the job separations of individual teachers. Reductions in force and class-size limitations provisions reduce the probability of teacher resignations or dismissals.…

Discusses the issue of job sharing as a new alternative available to workers. Topics covered include (1) a profile of job sharers, (2) response to job sharing, (3) establishing a job share, (4) job sharing in operation, and (5) legal analysis of job sharing. (CH)