A small company was studied before and after introduction of an employee stock ownership plan. Employees' commitment to the organization and job satisfaction were higher after plan implementation, while perceived worker influence levels did not change. Findings suggest that ownership changes employees' attitudes without changing employees'…

Examined fringe benefits available to individuals in supported employment. Found that 64 percent of supported employees received fringe benefits. Found significant differences in availability of particular benefits across employment models. Medical-health insurance coverage was available more frequently to persons in individual placement models.…

Despite the attractiveness of pension portability for educators, there are substantial equity and philosophical barriers to the practice. Portability might help in urban or sparsely populated districts trying to attract teachers or in cases involving spouses' career moves across state lines. Some suggestions for improving portability are provided.…

Describes the salaries paid to many presidents of private colleges. At least 74 presidents were paid more than $300,000 in salary and benefits in 1998-1999, and 21 chief executives earned $400,000 or more. The figures are derived from a federal tax return that requires nonprofit institutions to disclose, with other financial information, how they…

Training incidence and intensity was analyzed using employer and employee data from the 1995 Survey of Employer-Provided Training. Education was positively related to receipt and intensity of training. Companies with generous fringe benefits and innovative work practices also provided more formal and informal training. (SK)

The ten largest employer child care management organizations, as a group, reported a zero growth rate in 2004. This year of no growth follows two years in which the sector grew by only 4% per year. This contrasts dramatically with the fast expansion period for employer child care, 1996 through 2000, when the sector grew at an annual rate of 10%.…

Almost thirty years ago, Justice William Brennan saw clearly that American higher education was coming under the same pressures to "cut costs and increase efficiencies" to which market forces were subjecting businesses. Since Justice Brennan's observation, employers generally have sought to maximize their "flexibility' by creating a…

This "First Look" presents findings from the Human Resources (HR) Component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter 2009-10 data collection. The HR component consists of the following three sections: Employees by Assigned Position (EAP) and Fall Staff (S) for fall 2009 and Salaries (SA) for academic year…

The Idaho Rural Education Task Force was formed in July 2007 with the goal of proposing and examining solutions to challenges facing rural schools. The task force's work this year has focused on three areas: recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers, funding shortages related to insurance costs and staff allowances, and the technology…

Reviews the historical development of the federal regulation of retirement plans (including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), analyzes and evaluates the current regulatory scheme (justifiable and unjustifiable distinctions including those among types of plans), and suggests appropriate changes in the continuing quest for…

Provided is a revised estimate of the cost of The Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987 that takes into account possible revisions in employee eligibility, and the duration of allowable leave. As revised, the proposal would cover employees in firms with 50 or more workers who have been with the firm at least a year and have worked 1,000 or more…

Answers questions related to collective bargaining in education. Includes discussions of monitored meetings, health benefits, attorneys at the bargaining table, and hiring demand. (Author/DN)

RESULTS OF A MID-1966 NATIONWIDE SURVEY BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SHOWED THAT THE EARNINGS OF PRODUCTION AND RELATED NONELECTRICAL MACHINERY WORKERS IN 21 LARGE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS VARIED BY OCCUPATION, SIZE OF ESTABLISHMENT, AND COMMUNITY, INDUSTRY, LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONTRACT STATUS, AND LOCATION. THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE WAS $2.84. HIGHER…

The study investigates the adequacy of pension plans and severance pay for defense workers in the event of defense cutbacks. Pension plans were examined on the basis of a sample of firms in the defense and nondefense sectors, matched by size and industry. The study finds that benefit provisions of defense industry plans are similar to those in…

This booklet relates the results of a study conducted for the year 1970-71 of Colorado institutions of higher learning. It gives a profile of newly hired faculty members and indicates the number of applicants for each position. Also presented are the working conditions, fringe benefits and faculty salaries for each college. Appendices include the…