A review was conducted of the extent to which selected federal agencies are allowing employees to use alternative work schedules (AWS) as authorized by the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act. The statute permits, rather than requires, agencies to institute AWS programs. The study surveyed the policies and practices of 59…

The issue of teacher absenteeism has become an increasingly important topic in educational policy, as teachers have gained generous sick day and personal leave benefits. The financial cost of teacher absenteeism is also problematic. In one national survey, the combined costs of absent teachers and substitutes came to $2 billion yearly. The…

This pamphlet was written to assist child care employees in conducting a survey of the salaries, benefits, and working conditions of individuals and/or day care centers. The following topics are discussed: reasons for making a survey; limits of surveys; personnel, time, and money involved; sample selection and informaton collection strategies;…

Details of 1981 aid-to-education programs by U.S. companies are presented in this handbook. For each company, information is provided on the purpose of grants, techniques of providing funds to support education, the amount of total educational grants in 1981, support of colleges and universities, support of students, support of education-related…

This book of case studies highlights 26 municipalities involved in activities related to child care. Cities selected were of different sizes; were located in different parts of the country; and used diverse approaches for developing ways to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care. Each case study was developed through a telephone…

This document consists of a series of tables that display data derived from a survey of 33 companies that provide employer supported caregiver programs for the elderly. The tables outline the following information: (1) factors enhancing employer-supported eldercare development; (2) factors inhibiting employer-supported eldercare development; (3)…

This report presents a portrait of the staff who work in State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) member agencies and the organizational structure and personnel policies of the agencies which employ them. Data sources included questionnaires submitted by 322 professional staff working in SHEEO agencies and an organizational survey…

Virtually every employer has it in their power to reduce their employee health care costs by 10-20 percent or more. The solution to the rising health care costs problem is a total health care system. Most cost savings potential will be centered in three areas: control of wasteful and often harmful use of the health care system; provider price…

In 1985, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) reserves had accumulated over $2 billion in reserve surplus, precipitating the program's first refund. Concerned about FEHBP reserve practices, the chairman of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, United States Congress, asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to…

A study was made to obtain a broad overview of the operation of maternity leave in Australia from the perspectives of employees and employers. The study included: (1) an employee survey exploring the use and non-use of maternity leave and identifying determinants of taking maternity leave and of retaining women in the labor force after childbirth;…

In 1986, a study was conducted of the employment contracts of the chief executive officers (CEO's) of two-year colleges in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Questionnaires were mailed to the entire membership of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, totaling 1,110 colleges. Study findings, based on responses from 506…

This report discusses the goals, activities, and recommendations of the Employer Child Care Development Council. An increasing number of businesses in Fairfax county, Virginia are offering some type of child care service as an employee benefit. In January 1987, the Board of Supervisors established the Employer Child Care Development Council as a…

The manager of an on-site corporate child care center located at a medical center in the southeastern United States implemented an in-house information and referral service to assist parents attempting to locate appropriate temporary child care near their homes or work-sites. Medical center employees were given a detailed listing of all child care…

An Internal Revenue Code provision (section 127) that allows taxpayers to exclude from gross income the amounts their employer paid for their education expired at the end of 1987. Several bills have been introduced in the 100th Congress to reauthorize section 127. Without the exclusion, individuals may have to pay taxes on such assistance unless…

This report contains data collected from 275 Pennsylvania school districts for the 1977-78 school year. The data reflect policies and practices affecting fringe benefits for professional employees. The report is divided into three major sections. The first section presents comparative data for 30 variables on a statewide, size, and wealth basis.…