Discusses the part-time worker in Australia who enjoys permanent status--working fewer than standard hours but with the full range of benefits associated with full-time employment. Implications for libraries are presented. (RAO)

Describes how even spouses and assistants enjoy the perks bestowed upon people who work in college athletics. (EV)

Data from the 1984 Union Image Survey confirm the hypothesis that workers' interest in the types of consumer benefits offered by associate membership programs was strongly related to their interest in joining such programs but not in their readiness to vote for a union. General attitudes toward unions significantly affected both choices. (Author)

Available data indicate that, although the United States once pioneered in providing reduced working time for workers, achieving a 40-hour workweek well in advance of most other industrial nations, Western Europe has now caught up and passed the United States in this respect. (Author)

As life expectancy increases, more people continue working later in life. Some retirement plans offer incentives, others disincentives to retire. Health, life, and disability insurance plans often have different provisions for older workers. (SK)

Data about compensation received by employees in Illinois' 48 Illinois public community colleges are gathered by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Data in the "Fiscal Year 2008 Salary Report" reflect the census date of October 1, 2007. Data are presented by peer groups with statewide totals. The seven peer groups are based on…

During the spring of 2006, CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) conducted a national Career Advising Survey (CAS) to better understand the current state of employer-provided education and career advising or coaching benefits. The CAS research gleaned detailed information about the design, administration, use and effectiveness of…

Although research has examined work-family issues and organizational support for employees' family responsibilities, few studies have explored the work-life issues of single employees without children. The current study examines single employees' perceptions of how their organizations support their work-life balance in comparison to employees with…

Reflecting upon her own experiences first as an assistant principal and then as a principal, this writer describes salaries and fringes, and how they were determined, to show the wide variations that exist from district to district. (Editor)

Over three quarters of the participants in both construction and nonconstruction industries were covered by self-insured funds, although the multiemployer pension plans in the construction industry differ in almost all important respects from such plans initiated by unions in other industries. (Author)

The management of the cost of post-retirement health benefits (PRHBs) for retirees is a major concern to American corporations because of a declining commitment to the Medicare program by the federal government, new proposed accounting rules that will change the financial treatment of PRHBs, and a growing retiree population. This study was…

This report presents estimates on private health insurance for 1977, based on the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey (NMCES). The NMCES obtained information on private insurance policies in force in 1977 from the employers and insurance companies of a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. A brief…

LSW Industries has one feature that distinguishes it from other small firms in that every full-time employee is classified as "disadvantaged"--either poor, from a minority group, handicapped, a migrant worker, a parolee, poorly educated, or a combination of these. (Author/BP)

This historical study tests the hypothesis that wage and hour issues in collective bargaining have not declined in relative importance over time. Comparing strikes and lockouts caused by wage and hour conflicts with those caused by all other issues, it is concluded that wage and hour issues have not declined in relative importance and likely will…