Over the past few years, as cash-strapped states and school districts have faced tough budget decisions, spending on teacher compensation has come under the microscope. The underlying question is whether teachers are fairly paid, underpaid, or overpaid. In this forum, two pairs of respected economists offer very different answers. Andrew Biggs of…

Schiro-Geist and Donlon describe the development of five types of credentials for rehabilitation professionals in workers' compensation, addressing the importance of accreditation to monitoring minimum standards. Comments by Thomas and Nolte are provided. (SK)

The rehabilitation system established for employees of the U.S. federal government who are injured on the job could serve as a good model for the states and other countries. (Author)

Labor-related issues to be considered by the Supreme Court include veterans' rights to reemployment, union organizing practices, pension entitlements, and the taxability of back pay recovered in damage suits. (JOW)

The legal aspects of athletic injuries could become major issue. A recent Indiana case, in which a college football player suffered an injury which rendered him a quadriplegic, is discussed. Relevant case law and the policy implications of applying worker's compensation law to scholarship athletes is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Examines the legal barriers of youth apprenticeships and school-to-work schemes--specifically those dealing with workers' compensation--and suggests ways to overcome them. (JOW)

The 1916 Federal Employees' Compensation Act is still the focal point around which the federal workers compensation program works today. The program has gone through many changes on its way to becoming a modern means of compensating workers for job-related injury, disease, and death. (Author)

There are specific skill areas which are not addressed in present masters degree programs which could be addressed in terms of developing an effective specialty area in rehabilitation counseling in the private sector. These areas include knowledge of workers compensation, basic concepts in insurance, and understanding of law. (CT)

In contrast to its 1988 term, the Supreme Court's new term presents less controversial, though still important, labor issues in such areas as public-sector labor relations, pensions, occupational safety and health, employment discrimination, and workers' compensation. (Author)

Presents an account by one NATTS (National Association of Trade and Technical Schools) school on the positive points and pitfalls of working with JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act). The author suggests several changes for JTPA to consider. (CT)

Includes "Introduction" (Hanratty, Mitchell); "Health Insurance and Job Mobility" (Monheit and Cooper; Gruber and Madrian); "Effect of Access to Post-Retirement Health Insurance (HI) on Decision to Retire Early" (Karoly, Rogowski); "Employer-Provided HI and Retirement Behavior" (Gustman, Steinmeier);…

Examines the Workers' Compensation system and teacher stress to determine if a burned-out teacher should be eligible for Workers' Compensation benefits. Concludes that although most states do not allow Workers' Compensation benefits to burned-out teachers, compensation should be granted because the injuries are real and work-related. (Contains 48…

Recent court cases involving tort liabilities of institutions of higher education are discussed in this chapter. Issues addressed include negligence citations for injuries in physical education classes, a wrongful death suit, medical malpractice cases, and slip and fall accidents. Other cases included fraudulent misrepresentation, defamation of…

The extent to which college faculty may recover compensation for debilitating mental illness resulting from stressful work-related activities is discussed. General requirements for worker's compensation claims, compensability of stress-related mental and physical illnesses, applicability of these standards to college faculty, and the current state…

Scholarship athletes may be eligible for workers' compensation benefits for injuries and disabilities incurred as a result of sports participation. The potential for eligibility exists regardless of the athletes' purportedly amateur, nonemployee status. This could have substantial financial impact on both intercollegiate athletic programs and…