This article introduces the findings of four separate research studies, which focus on aspects of collective bargaining in Indiana for the three years since the enactment of Public Law 217, 1974-76. (MM)

This note analyzes the front pay award as it must exist within the general framework of section 706(g) of Title VII. The review covers definitions, the interrelationship between back pay and the rightful place theory, legislative history of section 706(g) and the National Labor Relations Act, and specific cases addressing the issue. (LBH)

Traces the evolving judicial standards on employment tests and applications, beginning with the Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. through the Court's more recent decision in Washington v. Davis. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 S.W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646, $3.00 single copy. (Author/JG)

Contains 18 articles published in International Labour Review from 1921-1975 that discuss the International Labour Organisation, international labor movement and law, economics and the labor market, family security, full employment, population growth, industrial welfare, trade policy and employment growth, and income expectations and rural-urban…

Wage work done at home has existed for more than a century. It is performed mainly by women and the disabled and can be a concealed form of child labor. This article examines the main aspects of the subject and advocates increased legal protection. (JOW)

Describes and compares the law applicable to sexual harassment at work in 23 industrialized countries. Shows how different legal approaches have been adopted to combat sexual harassment in the countries surveyed and how this diversity reflects differences of legal traditions and of attitudes toward the legal classification of sexual harassment.…

Includes "From Philanthropy to Foundation: The Roots of the ILO (International Labour Organization)" (Ghebali); The Golden Age of Standards" (Valticos); and "The Technical Cooperation Adventure" (Fromont). (JOW)

The question of child labor in Africa is complicated by the failures of the educational system, family relations, traditional forms of apprenticeship, proliferation of the informal economic sector, and continuing existence of a rural economy. Hazardous working conditions prevail. (SK)

Discusses the following: employment legislation for people with disabilities in Japan; roles of the Ministries of Labor and Health and Welfare; roles of vocational counselors and social workers; and the Third-Sector Project for employment of persons with severe disabilities. (SK)

Reviews federal laws (Fair Labor Standard Act's child labor regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act) for their implications for cooperative education and school-to-work programs. (SK)

A union perspective of major issues in higher education labor law in the 1990s includes the 11th Circuit Court cases on whether Congress abrogated states' 11th Amendment immunity for suits under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Analyzes contract issues of protection around age…

An examination of turn-of-the-century maximum hours laws shows that in certain circumstances they increased women's share of employment but did not affect occupational sex segregation. These results support two theories: that such laws protect employers' class interests and that they protect both their gendered and their class interests. (SK)

Virginia became the forty-third jurisdiction to pass a minimum wage law as 17 others strengthened such protection; California and nine other States took steps to aid farm workers. This is followed by summary of individual State labor legislation passed during 1975. (Author/BP)

The scope of individual employee rights to engage in activities under the National Labor Relations Act and the concomitant restrictions on employer actions, as interpreted in decisions of the National Labor Relations Board and the courts, are examined on the premise that college administrators are well-advised to understand them. (JT)