Greater administrative accountability can result only from a replacement of the current "but-for" test with one that simply asks whether protected activity was a substantial cause of the decision to remove the employee. Available from the Yale Law Journal, 401A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. (Author)

Argues that a carefully drafted amendment to the National Labor Relations Act can withstand constitutional challenge and that the standards set forth in "League of Cities" can be met. (Author/IRT)

Although a residency requirement establishing qualifications for employment can usually be imposed unilaterally by the public employer, a requirement dealing with conditions of continued employment must generally be negotiated if it impacts greater on conditions of employment than on the mission of the employer. (Author)

Outlined are implications for the execution of an executive order, effective July 1, 1980, requiring federal agencies to comply with the same occupational safety and health standards that private employers must meet. A brief history of prior attempts to put similar safeguards on federal facilities is provided. (CS)

Assessment of employment trends for minorities and women in health care settings supports the hypothesis that discriminatory employment practices, particularly in the government sector, are directly related to the health status of racial/ethnic minorities. It is therefore important that minorities be given jobs in policymaking positions in health…

Displays data concerning the number of government work stoppages for each major issue across the several political subdivisions in the United States from 1968 to 1977. Also speaks to the involvement of third party interests in collective negotiations as a way of reducing these work stoppages. (Author/IRT)

The author considers charges that public sector unionism diminishes democracy by requiring a sharing of public authority with private bodies that too often exerts disproportionate influence on government decisions. He questions these charges in view of declining public unionism and unrealistic assumptions about the nature of local government…

Reacting to the reality that reductions in government expenditures continue to be the top current fad relating to government services, the author states that the continued support of government workers in the United States is essential to the American way of life. (Author/KC)

Provides an overview of the issues in school labor relations in Illinois. Available from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 77 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606; single copies $5.00. (IRT)

Discussed are the conflict-of-interest provisions of the Federal Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that limit the activities of high level officials after they leave government service. Designed to deal with officials with inside information who return to private positions of influence, the law's brovisions are seen as much too broad. (JMP)

The possibilities of successfully suing a state entity have been narrowed by the Eleventh Amendment, the definitional exclusions imposed by the Supreme Court in its interpretations of section 1983's legislative history, and the inapplicability of the doctrine of various liability to section 1983 suits. Such narrowing of the permissable scope of…

The definition, scope, and treatment of works for hire have been controversial issues in the new copyright law effective in 1978. Case law in this area is reviewed. Works for hire are defined in S. 22 as works prepared by an employee within the scope of his employment, and the inclusion of commissioned works as works for hire is examined. (LBH)

Examines the constructs of segmented and block equalities from Frederickson's Compound Theory of Social Equity in the context of the civil service systems of the United States and Sweden. (JOW)

All city employees of Palm Desert, California, were assigned either to experimental or control groups. Pre- and posttests measured attitude before and after the experimental group received training. Job behavior change was measured six months later. T-tests indicated no statistically significant attitudinal or behavioral changes, perhaps because…

"Take Ten" enables Sheffield (England) city council employees to take 10 days of paid educational leave for a staff development program that focuses on developing individual communication and interpersonal and teamwork skills, offering new perspectives on public service work, enabling work experiences to be shared, and broadening…