Seven models representing the existing range of options of employer involvement in day care are described in this paper. The range of options are grouped into two categories: (1) company owned, operated, or subsidized child day care; and (2) employee assistance services, benefits, and policies. The models included in the first category are the…

This article describes a simulation by means of which college students better understand the process of bureaucratic growth and the effects of this structure on alienation from work and expressive relationships. A brief discussion on the general nature of gaming and simulation techniques is included. (Author/DE)

An employment contract refers to the agreed-upon contributions/inducements between employer and employee. Implications, types, and limitations of employment contracts are topics explored. (Author/MW)

Examines the effects that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidelines on employee selection has had upon the shift of burden of proof to the employer. (Editor)

Points out various legislation prohibiting or permitting public employees to strike and discusses the use and effectiveness of higher education employees who choose to strike. (Editor)

This paper describes the Early Identification Programme, which was designed to increase the efficieny of identifying problem drinkers in the work place. The program revolves around a booklet called "Yes I Drink--Should I Be Concerned?" Each individual uses it to evaluate his own alcohol involvement. After that, groups of employees meet…

Across the country citizens' and parents' groups have demanded participation in the collective bargaining process, which traditionally included only boards of education and teachers' union representatives meeting behind closed doors. The first state to require that bargaining in the public sector be conducted in the open (fishbowl bargaining) was…

Employment enrichment views the total work environment confronting employees as a system consisting of two overlapping areas: worker-job and worker-organization subsystems. Job enrichment has improved the worker-job subsystem. The focus of this article is on methods of improving the worker-organization relationship. (Author/JB)

The relationship between managers and three variables are examined: time commitments of managers to staff conferences, status or rank of managers, and the quality of communicative exchange in conference settings. (Author/DEP)

This publication provides a summary of the Honeywell Working Parent Task Force's recommendations on how to solve problems experienced by working parents. The Task Force consisted of three committees: the Employment Practices Committee (EPC); the Parent Education Committee (PEC); and the Child Care Facilities Committee (CCFC). After examining a…

This document reviews the legal propriety of offering child care to employees and addresses the post-1981 federal income tax consequences of a child care benefit. One issue at hand involves the legal mandate to promote equal opportunity in employment. However, not all employees have the need for child care, and legal questions have been raised…

To gather information helpful to employers and labor representatives considering support for employee child care services, a survey of 305 employer-sponsored child care centers throughout the United States was conducted in 1978. This report presents, and in some sections updates, findings of the survey. Responses indicate that successful…

This series of four articles outlines a pre-retirement planning seminar which was designed and presented to the Ministry of Education in Toronto, Canada. The first article identifies the participants and reasons for attending. The second article was designed to make policy makers and personnel administrators aware of these planning needs and to…

The Regents Task Force has as an authorization to consider the implications of collective bargaining for faculty governance, the implications of collective bargaining for institutional autonomy in a system of universities such as the Wisconsin system, and the implications of collective bargaining for recruiting, and retaining quality faculty.…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide some tools for supervision which can help the employer and the employee work out expectations, evaluation, and on-going operations. It is divided into four sections entitled (1) Describing Performance Characteristics, (2) Negotiating Outcomes, (3) Negotiating Procedures, and (4) Recording Performance. The…