Data from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey and Labour Force Survey identified employees who have the option of working at home and those required to work at home. Opportunity to choose is associated with higher-skilled, higher-paying occupations. Those required to work at home or denied the option include some of the most disadvantaged…

The work-family audit is a framework for employer planning of work-family policies and programs. The audit identifies key aspects of the labor force and community. Steps are identifying options, specifying objectives, planning for implementation, stating outcomes and benefits, and preparing to measure costs and benefits. (SK)

Discusses fringe benefits and points out that employee benefits in medium and large firms account for more than 27 percent of total compensation. Differentiates among statutory (required by law), compensatory (wages paid for time not worked such as vacation and sick leave), and supplementary (including insurance and pension plans) benefits and…

This issue deals with the future of an age-based public policy. Articles discuss the history of age-based public policy; the competing bases for benefits; population dynamics; Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare; employer policies; and local and state policies. Describes California's Linkages Program. (JOW)

Faculty in 3 public universities returned 518 usable questionnaires of 1,672 distributed. Findings showed that males were more satisfied with pay than were females; satisfaction with advancement was positively related to compensation satisfaction; length of time at the institution had a negative impact on satisfaction; and social science,…

Lists salaries and fringe benefits paid to school business officials and other administrators based on data from approximately 1,000 local school systems that comprise a stratified sample of large, medium, small, and very small school systems. Chief business officials' salaries are generally related to three variables: region of the country;…

Big-time intercollegiate athletics has become College Sports Inc., a huge entertainment conglomerate with operating methods and objectives totally separate from, and often opposed to, the educational aims of the schools housing its franchises. This article dispels prevailing myths and seeks a new role definition for intercollegiate athletics…

Since the early 1980s, several unions have negotiated for training and education funds paid for by the employer and administered jointly by the union and the company. However, the link between lifelong learning and productivity is more a matter of belief than a proven fact. (JOW)

Recognizing that traditional salary bargaining is divisive and that teacher salaries should remain competitive, Temple City (California) Unified School District has been experimenting with formula-based compensation for the past four years. Primary benefits are lack of conflict over salary increases, which are determined before negotiating other…

Examined institutional characteristics and market- related factors to predict university presidents' pay, benefits, and total compensation at 190 private colleges and universities. Found that presidents' pay was related to the expenditures, type of institution, existence of professional schools, and academic reputation ranking, while benefits…

Uses a systems approach to reframe welfare assistance as well-being for the many, not welfare for the few. The framework outlines the state of family economic functioning (crisis, at risk, safe, thriving), type of welfare assistance (entitlement, subsidy, self-sufficiency, sustainability), poverty levels (below, at, 150%, 200%), and supports…

Analysis of time-series data indicates that a 1% increase in employer's cost of workers' compensation reduced employment for teenagers and young adults by about 1.5%. Unemployment insurance taxes significantly decreased employment of teenagers, but not young adults. (JOW)

In 2000, women aged 25-34 years participated in the labor force in greater proportions, were more educated, earned more, and enjoyed more labor market benefits than their counterparts 25 years earlier. The earnings gap between young women and men narrowed substantially during the period. (Contains 18 references.) (Author)

Purpose: We attempt to determine whether older workers and early retirees avoid managed care plans and to explore whether health plan choices are linked to the health status of workers or their spouses. Design and Methods: We use the responses of those born between 1931 and 1941 to the 1994 and 1998 waves of the Health and Retirement Survey. We…

Many employers today have work/life programs and benefits in place to assist their employees in maintaining a healthy balance between their job duties and the responsibilities they bear in their daily lives. One such responsibility with which aging baby boomers are increasingly being charged is caring for an elderly loved one. Although many…