The crucial assumption underlying new Soviet legislation is the existence of common interest of workers and management in production; stressing cooperation, consultation, and creative participation and an increase in the role of trade unions in decision making. (Editor)

A developmental psychologist describes her experience in testifying at Congressional hearings on proposed revisions in child labor legislation. The testimony argued that proposals to increase job opportunities for school-going teenagers are a threat to their development and to the job prospects of unemployed out-of-school youths and adults.…

Highlights the various statutory and regulatory bases for wage discrimination claims in general, with particular focus on comparable worth actions. (Author)

Summarizes a workshop held to analyze the typical arguments for and against comparable worth, assess the practicality of implementing comparable worth should it become law, project the future direction of the controversy, and offer suggestions to employers regarding how to cope with this evolving employment concept. (Author/MLF)

By excluding all private college faculty from collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act, the Supreme Court has demonstrated a misunderstanding of the genuine need of faculty to participate in bargaining and should have shown more restraint before substituting its judgment for that of the NLRB. (MSE)

California's 1978 Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act empowers but regulates college and university faculty in selecting a representative and engaging in collective bargaining. The content and implications of the law are examined, with focus on administrative problems. Available from Hastings Law Journal, 198 McAllister St., San…

Data from Los Angeles County (California) indicates that bargaining was limited to the issues specifically enumerated as mandatory by the Rodda Act and that administration seemed more successful in the bargaining. (Author/IRT)

Examines two questions: What general consequences would follow from requiring state and local governments to recognize unions of public employees and to bargain collectively with them? What particular consequences would flow from administering this system through the national government? (Author/IRT)

Thirty-two legislative issues that public institutions should address while devising their legislative programs or reviewing a proposed public employees' collective bargaining bill are presented. The article concludes with a brief discussion of administrative rule-making and other alternatives to legislative treatment of these issues. (LBH)

This study was designed to examine one alternative to collective bargaining available to the school governing body--the employment of an external professional to represent the school board in contract negotiations with the teachers' representatives. (MM)

California school employee unions' objective is the enhancement of wages and hours for their members. School districts and unions need to participate in some form of collaborative (nonadversarial) bargaining. Lists steps a district might follow to handle the negotiations process from an educational point of view; that is, support and enhance…

This article describes how the Fair Labor Standards Act, recently reauthorized with regulations published in 1989, governs school-based employment and vocational training programs for students with disabilities. It offers case studies of programs for students with severe handicaps to explain situations often misunderstood by educators and…

Cooperative education instructor-coordinators are responsible for the safety of student workers. They must be cognizant of employment laws and regulations; careful to select safe, well-supervised training sites; and, together with employers, they must document how safety instruction is to be carried out in the workplace. (SK)

Increased casual employment and contract labor challenge the protective nature of Australian labor law. Laws and social policies should not cause casual and self-employed workers to be denied benefits nor allow employers to evade standards. (SK)

Time and resources are becoming increasingly scarce in most higher education institutions today. As a result, colleges and universities are looking to streamline and simplify many costly, labor-intensive administrative processes. In this article, Tracy Williams examines how Web-based time-entry systems can help institutions save valuable time and…