EMPLOYMENT
Addresses
AFL-CIO Position and Opinion on Privatization of Urban Mass Transit: John Lawe, 1900 [22JA]
Calling of the Higher Law: Clarence Thomas, 2656 [3FE]
Effectiveness of the PIC Program, David Ziska, 3324 [11FE]
FMI Annual Convention—Mandated Benefits Workshop, Gerald R. Rudd, 17221 [24JN]
Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: Robert Anderson, 9459 [23AP]
On Theories of Unemployment: Robert M. Solow, 31244 [6NO]
Partnership Between Mack Trucks and UAW: J.B. Curcio, 15601 [11JN]
Reopening of Rose Laundry, Inc., in Huntington, WV: Representative Rahall, 31708 [10NO]
Amendments
Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30353 [30OC]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 18563 [1JY]
Federal employees: technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 36618, 36631 [19DE]
Federal programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7508, 7556 [31MR], 7803 [2AP]
Job Training Act: establish incentive bonus for placement (S. 514), 4358 [26FE]
Labor: health and science programs (S. 1158), 20946, 21018 [23JY], 29343, 29464 [27OC]
Occupational health and safety: notification of workers at risk (S. 79), 31541 [10NO]
———notification of workers at risk (H.R. 162), 24353 [17SE], 27881, 27906-27908, 27912- 27914 [14OC], 27965, 27968, 27975, 27976, 27977 [15OC]
Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30650 [3NO], 30836, 30845, 30851, 30858, 30860, 30865, 30868, 30870, 30871, 30873 [4NO]
Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (S. 811), 6678-6680 [24MR]
Veterans: job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9447 [23AP]
Youth: payment of employment opportunity standards (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]
Analyses
Copyright Law Regarding Work Made for Hire (S. 1223), 12958-12961 [19MY]
Dislocated Worker Assistance and Labor Productivity Program, 4526 [3MR]
Dislocated Worker Assistance (Sec. 210 of Trade Act), 4527 [3MR]
Health Care Savings Account Act (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), 3146 [5FE]
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16552 [17JN]
Partnership Act (S. 862), 7056-7061 [26MR]
Retiree Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2969), 20288 [20JY]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act (S. 539), 3595-3655 [19FE]
Training for AFDC Recipients (H.R. 2245), 14427 [2JN]
Appointments
Commission on Agricultural Workers: Dolores Huerta, 96 [6JA]
———Roger Mahony, 96 [6JA]
Articles and editorials
After Retiring From Highest Ranks of Military, Black Officers Find Dearth of Job Opportunities, 28161 [15OC]
Almost Poor—Holding Jobs, Seeking Careers—A Fifth of America Living on the Margin, 30939 [4NO]
American Job Machine, 23475 [7AU]
Anti-Welfare Woman Saluted for Motivating 10,000 to Pride and Work, 22820 [6AU]
Bad Idea Then, a Bad Idea Now, 18101 [29JN]
Beating Up on Small Business, 14432 [2JN]
Benefits a la Carte—``Cafeteria'' Plans Let Local Employees Choose From Menu of Programs, 32700 [18NO]
Big Lie of Low-Pay Jobs, 18353 [30JN]
Bill for the Family, 14793 [4JN]
Black Youth Unemployment Crisis, 7764 [2AP]
Boom—Coming or Going?, 23476 [7AU]
Business Myopia About Children, 34634 [9DE]
Can Army of Unskilled Youth Be Redeemed?, 26743 [6OC]
Case Against Drug Testing, 18384 [30JN]
Child Care Looms Large for Biz Firms, 3868 [19FE]
Cities Attacking the Wrong Target, 7061 [26MR]
Closing a Gap in Child Care, 8918 [9AP]
Congress Aims at Minimum Benefit, 3820 [19FE]
``Cruel Kindness'' of the Minimum Wage, 20597 [21JY], 21900 [31JY]
Cure May Be Worse Than the Ill, 13298 [20MY]
Customized Job-Training Yields 17 Candidates for First Jersey, 20114 [15JY]
CWA, Union Leaders Kick Off ``Jobs With Justice'' Campaign, 24118 [16SE]
Damages Awarded, 4787 [4MR]
Deja Vu, 2942 [4FE]
Democrats' European Disease, 18910 [8JY]
Detection of Deception in the Employment Context—A Review and Critical Analysis, 30827 [4NO]
Dispelling the Myths About a Higher Minimum Wage, 28295 [16OC]
Don't Raise the Minimum Wage, 24564 [18SE]
Drug Testing, 29848 [29OC]
Education, the Best Investment, 14711 [4JN]
Enforcing Sanctions, 17866 [26JN]
Ex-Im Bank Revamps Its Lending Program, 29010 [22OC]
Exports Supply 4 Million U.S. Jobs, 29010 [22OC]
Fall of the Minimum Wage, 3245 [10FE]
First Jersey Banking on Unemployed To Fill Jobs, 20113 [15JY]
First Jersey—Jobless Get Lessons in Banking Skills, 20114 [15JY]
Garment Work—Home Is Not a Sweatshop, 5990 [17MR]
Health Insurance for All Workers, 3819 [19FE]
Heinz—Cut Penalty, 13564 [21MY]
Helping Families Weather Tough Times—Family and Medical Leave Act Ensures That Workers Can Care for Families, Keep Jobs, 8067 [6AP]
Helping the Homeless, 8523 [8AP]
Helping Workers To Work Smarter, 18377 [30JN]
How Not To Save Jobs, 10665 [30AP]
Human Analysis of Welfare System, 5674 [12MR]
Imperfect Job Machine, 3878 [19FE], 5065 [6MR]
In the Shadow of the Budget Deficit, 6620 [24MR]
Job Isn't Always a Solution—Some Can't Afford to Work, 26741 [6OC]
Job Machine Has Not Broken Down, 4640 [3MR]
Job-Destruction Bill, 7657 [1AP]
Jobs for Everyone, 9793 [27AP]
Labor Lending—How a Union Survives in Banking by Pushing Services Over Profits, 38256-38257, 38264 [22DE]
Let's Not Torpedo the Growth of Jobs, 15486 [11JN]
Lie Detectors Do Lie, 19286 [9JY]
Lies, Damn Lies—And Polygraphs, 30828 [4NO]
Logical Reform Proposal for Federal Aid, 7061 [26MR]
Low-Pay Jobs—The Big Lie, 7559 [31MR], 23475 [7AU]
Major Problems With the U.S. Economy—Hypochondria, 23474 [7AU]
Make Family Leave Available to All, 1809 [21JA]
Matter for the Entrepreneur, 28789 [21OC]
McDonald's Woos Older Workers, 3865 [19FE]
Meese Ignores Bill of Rights, 6938 [25MR]
Metzenbaum's Metzen-bomb, 7657 [1AP]
Middle-Class Dream Fades for Some—Workers See Earnings Decline as Companies Cut Labor Costs, 1432 [20JA]
Misguided Notion About Plant Closings, 10666 [30AP]
Myth of a Post-Industrial Economy, 3451-3453 [18FE]
Myth That Won't Quit, 23669 [9SE]
New Cutting Edge in Factories—Education, 9175-9177 [21AP], 11119-11121 [5MY]
New Employment Promotion Act, 14377 [2JN]
Not Enough Jobs, 14710 [4JN]
Novel Program Lets Kodak Workers Take Unpaid Family Leave, 30670 [3NO]
Old and Young Aren't Foes, 9185 [21AP]
Out of the Pits—Phelps Dodge Proves Its Mettle, 10660-10662 [30AP]
Pathmark's Parent Cutting Back, May Sell Some Stores, 11673 [7MY]
Plant Closings—Government, Industry Must Find Way To Allow Advance Warning, 4790 [4MR]
Plant Closings—Warnings, Not Laws, 7657 [1AP]
Pregnancy Leave for Women, and Men, 3234 [9FE]
Progress on the Trade Bill, 18925 [8JY]
Provide Jobs for Those on Welfare in Puerto Rico, 20291 [20JY]
Psychological Murder, 10170 [28AP]
Risky and Dubious—America's Research Budget Is Off Balance and Off Target, 34095 [4DE]
RX for Jobs Lost Through Mergers, 5099 [9MR]
Sanctions Snafu, 15112 [9JN]
Schools Are My Business, 12543 [14MY]
Seeing Through the Wrapper, 18353 [30JN]
Stop Exploiting Child Laborers, 29776 [28OC], 30252 [29OC]
Successful Coach Finds Winners in Job Corps—Carrasco, Formerly of Blair and AU, Directs Program for Dropouts in El Paso, 24050 [15SE]
They're Not ``McJobs'', 23476 [7AU]
Time for a New WPA, 2649 [3FE]
Todd Shipyards, 25930 [30SE]
Top Court Upholds Severance Pay for Workers Whose Plants Close, 14395 [2JN]
True Cost of Trade Protection, 9351 [22AP]
Turf Threat, 7062 [26MR]
U.S. Does Little to Train Idle Young People, 26740 [6OC]
U.S. Pays High Price for IBM's Power, 6706 [24MR]
Urban Job Boom Remains a Bust for Young Blacks Seeking Work, 13705 [27MY]
US West, Subsidiary Aid Jobs Plan, 20830 [22JY]
Values, Opportunities and Unwed Parenthood, 5968 [17MR]
Veto a Threat to Interstates, Jobs, Bridges, 7227 [30MR]
Vicki Frankovich and the TWA Flight Attendants, 4931 [5MR]
Virginia Tech Instructor Sees Youth Labor Shortage, 1222 [13JA]
Wage Debate With No Real Winners, 6712 [24MR]
White Pine—A Model for the New Era?, 13271 [20MY]
Why Common Market Cannot Generate Jobs, 22386 [5AU]
Why Suburbs Beat the Boroughs in Gaining Tenants, 7442 [31MR]
Why Unemployment Stays so High in Germany, 14376 [2JN]
Widely Acclaimed Pianos, Symbolize Old Massachusetts City's Resurgence, 7094 [26MR]
Work or Welfare Dilemma Difficult, 5714 [13MR]
Workfare, Not Welfare, Makes a Lot of Sense, 3155 [5FE]
WPA Met a Big Need, May Again, 5651 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions
AFDC: assist States in child care services to recipients (see H.R. 2405)
———elimination of 100-hour rule and work requirements for recipients (see H.R. 795)
———implement programs for self-sufficiency (see H.R. 1880)
———require States to establish employment, training, or education programs for participants (see H.R. 1696)
———training for recipients (see H.R. 2245)
———uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see S. 862)
Aged: employer targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 1480)
———treatment of claims for certain benefits (see H.R. 2969)
Agriculture: dislocation assistance (see S. 890)
———job training for transition to other economic activities (see H.R. 1202)
———temporary employees (see S. 1178)
Airlines: treatment of employees in case of mergers (see H.R. 1101)
American Samoa: include in Native American Employment and Training Programs (see H.R. 1138)
American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (see S. 590)
Arts: grant certain labor rights to employers and performers (see H.R. 1638)
Bankruptcy: benefits of retired employees (see H.R. 1186)
———health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1488)
———payment of certain benefits to retired former employees of debtors (see H.R. 1301)
———rejection of collective bargaining agreements by debtors (see H.R. 931)
Bell System: reemployment rights for persons affected by divestiture (see H.R. 2828)
Business: amend copyright law regarding work made for hire (see S. 1223)
———assistance for employees who suffer loss (see H.R. 424)
———bonus for placement of certain persons (see H.R. 2246)
———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 41)
———provide penalties for nondisclosure of serious concealed dangers by certain entities and personnel (see H.R. 2664)
———tax credit for employers who provide on-site day care facilities for dependents of their employees (see S. 1535)
Children: parental medical leave (see S. 249)
Civil liberties: exemption relative to privacy (see H.R. 495)
Civil Rights Act: filing compliance reports (see H.R. 3330)
Collective bargaining: stability in construction industry (see S. 492)
Committees of the Senate: requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits (see S. Res. 218)
Construction industries: minimum wage on public projects (see S. 1621)
Contract Work Hours and Safety Act: permit employees any combination of hours in 40 hour workweek (see H.R. 354)
Corporations: community impact statements when mergers will affect employment in a community (see H.R. 772)
Corps of Engineers: salaries (see H.R. 2963)
Davis-Bacon Act: amend relative to coverage threshold of contracts (see S. 1555)
Day care: Federal assistance (see S. 1271), 13555 [21MY]
Defense contracts: economic adjustment of communities and industries affected by reductions or realignments (see H.R. 813)
Dept. of Defense: advancement of Army and Air Force reserve enlisted personnel to highest grade satisfactorily held after thirty years of service (see S. 1552)
Dept. of HHS: employee benefit plan information requests (see H.R. 2570)
Dept. of Labor: limit authority for reductions in force within Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (see S. 901)
Dept. of State: minority employment (see H. Con. Res. 143)
Discrimination: prohibit (see S. 5)
Disease: prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1546), 5492 [11MR]
Diseases: notify workers of risk of occupational (see S. 79)
Drug abuse: restrictions on testing by Government and private employers (see H.R. 691)
———standards for testing (see H.R. 2951)
Economic conditions: making appropriations to provide jobs for fiscal year ending September 30, 1988 (see H.R. 3706)
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (see S. 538; H.R. 1122)
Education: establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (see S. 904)
———minimum funding for certain outreach recruitment and training programs (see H.R. 1373)
———youth employment opportunity wage (see H.R. 2572)
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692)
Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1726)
Employee Ownership Week: designate (see S. Res. 295)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act: amend title I (see H.R. 2575)
Employee stock ownership plans: estate tax deduction for employer securities sales (see H.R. 1311)
Employment Training Administration: budget authority (see H.R. 883)
ERISA: exception to anti-alienation and preemption provisions (see H.R. 2317)
———solvency of pension benefit guaranty program for single-employer plans (see H.R. 2268)
Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2676)
FAA: additional air traffic controllers (see H.R. 3425)
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend portion relative to industrial homework (see S. 637)
———assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (see S. 1265)
———require prenotification to affected employees and communities of dislocation business concerns (see H.R. 161)
Families: entitlement to leave in certain situations (see H.R. 284)
Family Security Act: enact (see H.R. 3148)
Federal aid programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (see S. 514)
———worker retraining assistance (see S. 785)
Federal employees: awards program (see H.R. 2242)
———extend pay retention provisions (see H.R. 896)
———garnishment of wages (see H.R. 3565)
———inclusion of treatment of cleft lip and palate conditions in health benefits (see H.R. 3429)
———modification of pay comparability system (see H.R. 386)
———simplified management system (see H.R. 2966)
———technical corrections to retirement system (see H.R. 3395)
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (see S. 1162)
Federal employment: equitable pay practices (see H.R. 387)
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers (see S. 1254)
Fire fighters: collective bargaining (see H.R. 1201)
———exclusion under Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see H.R. 1200)
Food Stamp Plan: treatment of income received by handicapped and disabled individuals (see H.R. 971)
Foreign countries: terminate employment of aliens in U.S. Embassies in certain Communist countries (see S. 1107)
Foreign trade: denial of internationally recognized worker rights (see H.R. 1735)
———prohibit importation of items made by child labor which violates internationally recognized child labor rights (see H.R. 3112)
Fringe benefits: modify valuation method for personal use of vehicle provided by employer (see H.R. 506)
Government contractors: employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (see H.R. 1716)
Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (see S. 237)
Handicapped: preparation for disadvantaged individuals and families (see H.R. 3359)
———prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 192)
Health: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (see H.R. 162)
———minimum benefits for all workers (see H.R. 2508)
———notify workers of risk of occupational disease (see S. 79)
Health insurance: prevent rejection of contract with current or former employees in case of bankruptcy
Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 535, 597)
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to discrimination against handicapped (see H. Res. 119)
———require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188)
Immigration Reform and Control Act: delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions (see S. 1083)
Industry: expansion of worker trade readjustment allowance (see H.R. 2162)
———plant closing notification (see H.R. 1484)
———prohibit certain plant closings and layoffs (see H.R. 1828)
———training to assure competitiveness of U.S. workers (see H.R. 90)
———waiver of Federal regulations to stimulate employment in trade-impacted sectors of industry (see H.R. 270)
Ireland, Northern: adherence to McBride Principles by business entities (see S. 229; H.R. 722)
Iron and steel industry: revitalize (see H.R. 2743)
IRS: delay penalty on valid withholding certificates (see S. 388)
Job Training Partnership Act: accreditation of training providers (see H.R. 3829)
———improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1853)
Labor: denial of internationally recognized worker rights (see H.R. 1735)
———exempt from overtime requirements certain employees in cleaning of carpets or fabrics (see H.R. 3280)
———financial assistance for supplemental worker training programs (see H.R. 1461)
———guarantee work opportunity (see S. 777)
———health and science programs (see S. 1158)
———international worker rights (see S. 497)
———unemployment compensation (see S. 287)
———work opportunities (see H.R. 2197)
———workplace literacy programs (see H.R. 1342)
Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (see S. 617)
Labor unions: rights relative to membership (see H.R. 97)
Law enforcement officers: exclusion under Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see H.R. 1200)
Leave of absence: protection of employee's employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (see H.R. 925)
Low-Income Opportunity Board: establish (see H.R. 1288)
Low-Income Opportunity Improvement Act: enact (see S. 610)
Made in the U.S.A. Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 177)
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: mediation and conciliation actions (see H.R. 1722)
Mines and mineral resources: exempt owner-operated mines form certain health and safety requirements (see H.R. 1042)
Minimum wage: adjust (see H.R. 1189)
———establish fair and equitable (see H.R. 1834)
———increase and index (see H.R. 659)
National Apprenticeship Act: funding for certain recruitment and training and information collection system (see S. 901)
National Guard: civilian employees military uniforms wear requirements (see H.R. 1794)
National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72; H.J. Res. 288)
Native American Employment and Training Programs: include American Samoans (see S. 102)
Occupational health and safety: hazards in the workplace (see H.R. 3566)
Office of Vocational and Adult Education: budget authority (see H.R. 851)
Opportunity right: constitutional amendment (see H.J. Res. 118)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: coverage of early retirement pension benefits (see H.R. 2987)
Pensions: employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 41)
———prohibit reversions to employers of residual assets upon termination of single-employer plans (see H.R. 1942)
———single-employer plan termination insurance program and pension plan premium costs (see H.R. 2063), 8667 [9AP]
———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (see H.R. 3086)
Pittsburgh Job Corps Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281)
Plant shutdowns: notification (see H.R. 2016)
Polygraphs: consideration of H.R. 1212, prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (see H. Res. 295)
———examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536)
———limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (see S. 1904)
———prohibit use by employers involved in interstate commerce (see H.R. 1212)
Postal Service: subject to certain provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (see H.R. 1954)
Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (see S. 811)
———improve work assistance programs (see H.R. 1288)
———vouchers for child care services (see H.R. 1572)
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 2)
Public buildings: smoking restrictions (see H.R. 1008)
Public Health Service Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (see S. 1265)
Public welfare: establish comprehensive education, training, and employment programs in States for recipients (see H.R. 30)
———State's workfare program participation as requirement for eligibility (see H.R. 598)
Public works: authorizing construction of short-term infrastructure repair projects (see H.R. 198)
Railroad Retirement Act: amend to change benefit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 218)
———civil service retirement credit (see S. 1578)
Railroads: credit for military service relative to pensions (see H.R. 2824)
———disability benefits (see H.R. 2829, 2830)
———last employer rule relative to annuities (see H.R. 2831)
———protect rail employees affected by the sale or other disposal of a rail line (see H.R. 3332)
———survivor's annuities (see H.R. 2822)
———survivor's annuities for divorced wives (see H.R. 2825)
———unemployment and sickness benefits (see H.R. 2826)
———workers with 25 years or more of service shall have a current connection for purposes of annuities (see H.R. 2827)
Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3707)
Religious organizations: optional Social Security coverage for employees (see H.R. 114)
Restrictive trade practices: relief procedures (see S. 219)
Rural enterprise zones: establish to stimulate employment (see H.R. 1973)
Small business: encourage to extend retirement and fringe benefits (see H.R. 2793)
Small Business Retirement and Benefit Extension Act: enact (see S. 1426)
Social conditions: opportunity assistance to economically disadvantaged individuals and families (see S. 280, 281)
Social Security: amend provision relative to amount of outside income earned while receiving benefits (see H.R. 230)
———determining authenticity of cards (see S. 72)
———exemption from coverage for members of faiths opposed to participation (see S. 1884)
———increase outside earnings without benefit reductions (see H.R. 351, 365)
———limitation of outside income (see H.R. 248)
———limitation upon amount of earned outside income (see H.R. 2612)
———retirement transition benefits formula adjustment (see H.R. 1057)
———support for hospitals in meeting indigent care costs (see H.R. 3128)
Social Security Act: amend title II (see H.R. 2471)
Support of dependents: employment withholdings (see H.R. 1604)
Tariff: work gloves (see H.R. 894)
Taxation: certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (see S. 1610)
———computation procedure for employee annuities (see H.R. 130)
———day care center and dependent care services credit (see H.R. 3005)
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (see S. 1370, 1386)
———delay employment determination for certain technical personnel (see S. 429)
———delay exception for certain technical personnel (see H.R. 792)
———eliminate retroactive certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (see H.R. 2111)
———excise tax on an employer's cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (see H.R. 3128)
———exclude from gross income value of certain transportation furnished by employer (see H.R. 3403)
———exclusion of tips from gross income (see H.R. 110)
———exemptions for certain persons taking early retirements (see H.R. 2702)
———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719)
———group-term life insurance purchased for employees (see H.R. 745)
———incentive for urban enterprise zones and youth education and employment opportunity programs (see H.R. 1428)
———make permanent targeted jobs credit (see S. 684)
———meals furnished off premises as fringe benefits (see H.R. 622)
———restore special 3-year basis recovery rule for employee's annuity (see H.R. 1007)
———Social Security treatment of Conservation Reserve Program payments (see H.R. 1959)
———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (see H.R. 1534)
———targeted jobs tax credit on wages paid during a labor dispute (see H.R. 2215)
———3-year basis recovery rule applicable to annuities (see H.R. 780)
———treatment of certain health and welfare benefit funds (see H.R. 2868)
———treatment of certain technical personnel as self-employed (see S. 491)
———treatment of Conservation Reserve Program payments (see H.R. 1959)
———treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies (see S. 1757; H.R. 3437)
———treatment of self-insured workers' compensation funds (see H.R. 1489)
Telecommunication: equal employment by radio and television stations (see H.R. 292)
Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950)
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see S. 549)
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (see S. 539)
Trade adjustment assistance: extend to workers and firms in oil and gas industry whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports (see S. 734)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: changes (see S. 749)
———improve (see S. 483)
———waive certain time limitations for certain workers (see S. 1053)
Training: provide (see H.R. 2725)
U.S. Embassies: terminate employment of aliens in certain Communist countries (see S. 1107)
Unemployment: establish system of individual training accounts within trust fund (see H.R. 137)
———extended compensation program (see H.R. 19)
———integrated service delivery and other demonstration projects to test methods of reemploying dislocated recipients (see H.R. 3213)
———job training benefits for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (see S. 370)
———programs for training and self-employment (see S. 1969)
———taxation of compensation (see H.R. 144)
VA: recruitment of registered nurses (see S. 713)
———waive State license requirements for certain medical personnel not employed in patient care, or employed in a foreign country (see H.R. 2003)
Veterans: employment and training (see H.R. 3460)
———job training and counseling services (see S. 999)
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1882)
———improve program (see S. 553)
Vocational education: funding (see H. Res. 146)
Volunteer work: should be taken into account by employers in the consideration of job applications (see S. Con. Res. 32), 5921 [17MR]
Volunteer workers: deferral or credit for payment of student loans (see H.R. 2156)
Women: economic equity (see S. 1309; H.R. 2577)
Workplace Literacy Act: enact (see S. 1227)
Youth: payment of employment opportunity standards (see H.R. 2710)
———summer job for certain youth pursuing education or training (see H.R. 16)
———tax incentives for urban enterprise zones and education and employment opportunity programs (see H.R. 1428)
Youth Employment Services Act: enact (see S. 1731; H.R. 3671)
Complaint
Johnson v. Alexander's, Inc., 30823 [4NO]
Court decisions
Moon v. Cook County, IL, Police and Corrections Merit Board, 30823 [4NO]
Pavolini v. Bard-Air Corp.( protection of whistleblowers job), 36647 [19DE]
Rachford v. Evergreen International Airlines, Inc., 36647 [19DE]
Decisions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 30826 [4NO]
Descriptions
Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act (S. 777), 14710 [4JN]
Documents
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (excerpt), 30835 [4NO]
Night, Standby, Irregular, and Hazardous Duty Differential (U.S. Code), 3267 [10FE]
Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 27675 [13OC]
Explanations
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16581 [17JN]
Factsheets
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: enact (S. 287), 1144
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act (H.R. 1155), 3884
Hearings
Committee on Appropriations (House): Employment and Training Administration (testimony), D200 [26MR]
———OSHA, Dept. of Labor departmental management, and veterans' employment and training (testimony), D193 [25MR]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): Child Care—The Key to Employment in a Changing Economy (testimony from public witnesses), D134 [10MR]
Committee on Economics (Joint): employment/unemployment statistics for March (testimony), D464 [3AP]
Committee on Education and Labor: Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (H.R. 1122) (testimony), D159 [17MR]
———Employee Polygraph Protection Act (H.R. 1212), D305 [30AP]
———Employee Polygraph Protection Act (H.R. 1212) (testimony from Representatives McKinney and Darden, and Steve Markman), D119 [5MR]
———Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 925), D119 [5MR]
———Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90) (testimony from Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio), D85 [25FE]
———entitlement of employees to family and temporary medical leave in certain cases with adequate protection of employment and benefit rights (H.R. 925) (testimony from Representatives Berman and Schroeder), D85 [25FE]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162) (testimony), D159 [17MR], D248 [8AP], D279 [23AP]
———minimum wage rate, D255 [9AP]
Committee on Finance: impact of Latin American debt crisis on U.S. (testimony from James L. Adams, Donald V. Fites, John T. Plunket, Phil LaRocco, Joaquim dos Santo Andrade, Thomas Burns, Sally Shelton-Colby, Richard E. Feinberg, Steve Beckman, Leroy Watson, Sam Brownback and Margaret D. Hayes), D125 [9MR]
Committee on Government Operations: underreporting of occupational injuries and its impact on workers' safety (testimony), D176 [19MR]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from Ed Farris, Michael Dukakis, Richard McAloon, Madeleine M. Kunin, Dawn Lawson, Carmen Colon, John Jacob, Raul Yzaguirre and Leon H. Sullivan), D46 [3FE]
———bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from John Horsley, Pierce Quinlan, and Stephen Heintz), D50 [4FE]
———bonus to States which successfully train and employ long-term welfare dependents (S. 514) (testimony from Roger D. Semerad, Raymond C. Scheppach, and Donald A. Newberg), D123 [6MR]
———employment in the U.S. (testimony from Senator Simon, William E. Brock, Thomas Donahue, Joseph Sullivan, Michael Harrington, Barry Bluestone, and Karen Nussbaum), D12 [13JA]
———grant employees parental and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 249) (testimony), D275 [23AP]
———guarantee a work opportunity for all citizens (S. 777) (testimony), D289 [28AP]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D253 [9AP]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), (testimony from Edward J. Burger, Jr., John Higginson, Frederick Hoerger, Martin Reape, Wallace Parker, Peter Ruane, Craig Berrington, Eugene Humphrey, James F. Patterson, John A. Knebel, Bernard Roy, Earl Arp, Gerry Raabe, George A. Rodenhausen, Bruce W. Karrh and Allyn Tatum), D125 [9MR]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79) (S. 79) (testimony from Michael J. Wright, Leslie Cheek, George Cafasso, Robert E. Finnigan, Robert Clark, Robert Windom, James Melius, Philip J. Landrigan, John Seffrin, James A. Merchant, Howard D. Samuel and Tom Evans), D78 [24FE]
———market-oriented sector specific talks between the U.S. and Japan and their effect on U.S. employment in the auto parts industry (testimony), D207 [30MR]
———nomination of Charles A. Shanor to be general counsel of the EEOC, D192 [25MR]
———U.S. employment and productivity (testimony from G. Glenn Gardner, Jack Sheehan, Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., William Wiggenhorn, Donald D. Davis, Anthony Carnevale and Pat Choate), D123 [6MR]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): protect benefits under a collective bargaining agreement to include retired employees (S. 548) (testimony), D282 [24AP]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): Veterans' Job Training Act (H.R. 1504) (testimony), D168 [18MR]
Committee on Ways and Means: effect of President's competitiveness initiative on funding and termination of defined benefit pension plans, D124 [6MR]
———taxation of worker's compensation funds (testimony), D241 [7AP]
Letters
Construction Labor Reform Act and Service Contract Threshold Increase Act: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 21262 [28JY]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor, 18907 [8JY]
Employee Polygraph Protection Act: ACLU, 30945 [4NO]
———AFL-CIO, 30945 [4NO]
———Alan G. Kraut, 30945 [4NO]
———James Dixon, 30871 [5NO]
———James H. Sammons, 30945 [4NO]
———Leonard Saxe, 30947 [4NO]
———Robert W. Jenkins, 30872 [5NO]
———Representative Aspin, 30945 [4NO]
Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act: Erick F. Schwarz, 9459 [23AP]
Health programs for small business: James E. Burke, 25624 [29SE]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 11625 [7MY]
———Crum & Foster Insurance Cos., 25695 [30SE]
———Ken Foster, 26942 [7OC]
———Wilmer P. Eidemiller and others, Greensburg, PA, 33744 [2DE]
Home labor, 1100 [8JA]
Mandatory health insurance coverage: Senator Quayle, 3818 [19FE]
Manpower training programs: unemployed West Virginian, 14313 [2JN]
Minimum health benefits for U.S. workers: Gordon R. Trapnell, Actuarial Research Corp., 13582 [21MY]
Minimum wage on public construction projects: CBO, 23202 [7AU]
Morale of Federal employees working in foreign countries: Senator Inouye, 35333 [11DE]
Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: Alan C. Davis, 3197 [5FE]
Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act and Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act: National Urban League and Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, 748 [6JA]
Plant closing legislation: Bud Ogden, 18923 [8JY]
———Business Roundtable and several other groups, 18898 [8JY]
———William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18889 , 18906 [8JY]
Railroad unemployment insurance: several Representatives (sundry), 9698 [23AP]
Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act: Dick Warden, UAW, 27670 [13OC]
———John J. Sheehan, United Steelworkers of America, 27669 [13OC]
Social Security penalties (sundry), 4034 [24FE]
State unemployment insurance service operations: Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio, 14130 [29MY]
Support of dependents: Drew Altman, 5553 [12MR]
Taxation: Arnold L. Raphel, 10887 [1MY]
———J. Edward Fox, 10885, 10886 [1MY]
———J.M. Thur, 10887 [1MY]
———Senator Helms, 10885 [1MY]
———Thomas J. Nicola, 10884 [1MY]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: AFL-CIO, 3047 [5FE]
———Senator Heinz, 5587 [12MR]
Veterans' Job Training Act: J. Michael Hudson, Dept. of the Treasury, 7495 [31MR]
———Senator Cranston, 7495 [31MR]
———Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 7495, 7498 [31MR]
Lists
Employer-provided prerequisites for consideration of plant shutdowns, 18886 [8JY]
Industry associations and companies in opposition to High-Risk Occupational Disease notification and Prevention Act, 24659 [21SE]
Meetings
Committee on Education and Labor: Employee Polygraph Protection Act (H.R. 1212), D305 [30AP]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless individuals and education for homeless children, D227 [2AP]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D289 [28AP]
———incentive bonus to States which train and employ long-term welfare dependents, D164 [18MR]
Memorandums
Financial Effect of a Proposal To Liberalize the Earnings Test, 2194 [28JA]
Polygraph Examinations: OTA (1983), 33488 [1DE]
Tax Code and Worker Training: Steve Hoffman and Becca Newquist, 16582 [17JN]
Veterans' Job Training Act: Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 7498 [31MR]
Memorials of legislature
California, 25749 [30SE]
Hawaii, 14260 [2JN]
Idaho, 11619 [7MY]
Illinois, 23712 [10SE]
Louisiana, 19383 [10JY]
Massachusetts, 22020 [3AU]
Michigan, 35741 [15DE]
Ohio, 22589 [5AU]
Pennsylvania, 35741 [15DE]
Messages
Low-Income Opportunity Improvement Act: President Reagan, 4255 [26FE]
State of the Union: President Reagan, 2000-2002 [27JA]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: President Reagan, 3500 [19FE]
Opinions
Myths and fears about disability and disease: William J. Brennan, Jr., 9169 [21AP]
Rinehart Orchards, Washington County, MD: seasonal agricultural employment, 6945 [25MR]
Papers
De-Mythification of America: Richard Rahn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 25732 [30SE]
Polls of opinion
Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District: Representative Yatron, 34654 [9DE]
Press releases
U.S. earner works 2 hours, 43 minutes per day to pay Federal, State, and local taxes: Tax Foundation, 11021 [4MY]
Questions
Dept. of Labor study of older workers reentering the workforce, 27762 [14OC]
Questions and answers
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16553 [17JN]
Regulations
Recusation standards: Dept. of Justice, 30496 [3NO]
Remarks in House
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]
Adult Education Act: extend and improve (H.R. 1862), 7317 [30MR]
AFDC: assist States to provide child care services to recipients (H.R. 2405), 12398 [13MY]
———implement programs for self-sufficiency (H.R. 1880), 7337 [31MR]
———require States to establish employment, training, or education programs for participants (H.R. 1696), 6150 [18MR], 6250
———training for recipients, 14426 [2JN]
Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 20287 [20JY], 27667-27676 [13OC]
Agriculture: dislocation assistance (H.R. 1913), 7581 [31MR]
———grants to assist persons leaving farming (H.R. 1425), 4956 [5MR]
———job training for transition to other economic activities (H.R. 1202), 4109 [25FE]
Airlines: fair treatment of employees in mergers (H.R. 1101), 16894 [22JN]
———unfair labor practices, 4931 [5MR]
American Conservation Corps: establish (H.R. 18), 871 [7JA]
American Samoa: assistance, 3864 [19FE]
———include in Native American Employment and Training Program, 3864 [19FE]
Apprenticeships: role on work force, 4727 [3MR]
Bankruptcy: amend code relative to benefits of retired employees (H.R. 1186), 5475-5481 [11MR], 5533 [11MR], 6190 [18MR]
———rejection of collective bargaining agreements by debtors (H.R. 931), 4441 [27FE]
———termination of company health benefits (H.R. 761), 2197, 2202 [29JA]
Baton Rouge, LA: new Exxon Chemical Co. plant, 11734 [7MY]
Bell System: reemployment rights for persons affected by divestiture (H.R. 2828), 19133 [9JY]
Blacks: levels of unemployment, 36509 [18DE]
Blue collar workers: productivity, 26349 [5OC]
Building and construction industry: collective bargaining agreements stability (S. 492), 9340 [22AP], 14785 [4JN]
Bureau of the Census: child care arrangements of working families, 13283 [20MY]
Business: employee health coverage, 18390 [30JN]
Caloric Corp.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]
Children: international exploitation, 35441 [11DE]
Civil rights: Supreme Court decision in Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, CA (affirmative action), 8300 [7AP]
Civil Rights Act: filing compliance reports (H.R. 3330), 24909 [22SE]
Collective bargaining: benefits for retirees (H.R. 548), 1097 [8JA]
Committee on Education and Labor: Jobs With Justice hearings, Nashville, TN, 31622-31624 [10NO]
Community Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 681), 1813 [21JA]
Competition Enhancement and Tax Relief Act: enact (H.R. 246), 932 [7JA]
Comprehensive Trade Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 942 [7JA]
Congress: role in formulation of international trade policy and regulation, 7709 [1AP]
Corporations: effects of Government regulations on mergers, buyouts, acquisitions, privatization, and deregulation, 24116-24123 [16SE]
———restructuring, 5099 [9MR]
Day care: tax credit for certain employers (H.R. 541), 3868 [19FE]
Dept. of Labor: U.S. Employment Service, 5280 [10MR]
Discrimination in employment: cancer victims (H.R. 1546), 4787 [4MR]
Diseases: high risk occupational disease, 27635 [13OC]
———prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (H.R. 1546), 5535 [11MR], 6603 [23MR], 9169 [21AP]
———protect cancer survivors against work discrimination, 5468 [11MR]
Dislocated workers: employment assistance (H.R. 1122), 3445 [18FE]
Drugs: testing of job applicants, 18384 [30JN], 30968 [5NO]
———testing of schoolteachers, 6938 [25MR]
Economic conditions, 27169-27174 [9OC]
———availability of jobs, 23474 [7AU]
———export of jobs, 29010 [22OC], 31280 [9NO]
———growth during Reagan administration, 25724-25735 [30SE]
———service sector and manufacturing sector employment, 13682 [21MY]
———status of U.S. poor, 30938 [4NO]
———U.S. competitiveness, 6706 [24MR]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1122), 3445 [18FE], 4790 [4MR], 18101 [29JN]
Economic Equity Act: enact, 14512 [3JN]
Education: training requirements in the workplace, 33200 [20NO]
———workplace literacy programs (H.R. 1342), 4690 [3MR], 4791 [4MR]
Education Training for American Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 90), 885 [7JA]
El Paso Job Corps, TX: tribute, 24050 [15SE]
Elderly Earnings Opportunity Act: enact (H.R. 620), 2193 [28JA]
Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act: enact (H.R. 437), 5740 [16MR]
ERISA: exemptions from anti-alienation provisions (H.R. 2317), 11725 [7MY]
———solvency of pension benefit guaranty program for single-employer plans (H.R. 2268), 15229 [10JN]
Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2676), 15569 [11JN], 15636 [11JN], 36647 [19DE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13665 [21MY]
Fair Work Opportunities Act: enact (H.R. 30), 890 [7JA]
Fairfield, OH: closing of GMC auto plant, 24572 [21SE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: enact, 11669 [7MY]
———enact (H.R. 925), 3230 [9FE]
Family and Medical Leave Job Security Act: enact, 9041 [21AP]
Family Security Act: enact (H.R. 3148), 23006 [6AU]
Federal employees: establish optional early retirement program (H.R. 818), 15230 [10JN]
———inclusion of treatment of cleft lip and palate conditions in health benefits (H.R. 3429), 26723 [6OC]
———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 28311 [19OC], 28546 [20OC]
———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), Senate amendments, 36723-36727 [21DE]
Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act: enact (H.R. 387), 888 [7JA]
Federal Pay Management Act: enact (H.R. 386), 895 [7JA]
Foreign countries: jobs from U.S. investment, 30812 [4NO]
Foreign investments: effect on domestic employment, 31708 [10NO]
Foreign trade: cost of protecting U.S. jobs, 9351 [22AP]
———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), 942 [7JA]
———expand the authority of the Trade and Development Program (H.R. 1494), 5219 [10MR]
———impact of education on U.S. competitiveness, 3206 [5FE]
———policy, 4419 [26FE], 24060 [16SE]
———prohibit importation of items made by child labor which violates internationally recognized child labor rights (H.R. 3112), 22694 [5AU], 29775 [28OC], 30252 [29OC]
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act: economic objectives, 26395-26398 [5OC]
Government contractors: minimum wages under Davis-Bacon Act (H.R. 98), 4113 [25FE]
Government regulations: effects on corporate mergers, buyouts, acquisitions, privatization, and deregulation, 24116-24123 [16SE]
Governor's Three Star Award: recipient, 35441 [11DE]
Handicapped: prohibit employment discrimination (H.R. 192), 4105 [25FE]
Health care: benefits for U.S. workers, 13682 [21MY]
———minimum benefits for all workers (H.R. 2508), 13678 [21MY]
———occupational and environmental hazards, 11283 [5MY]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 162), 91 [6JA], 3250, 3254 [10FE], 23602, 13034 [19MY], 13298 [20MY], 23602, 23640-23643 [9SE], 23690 [10SE], 23894, 23930 [15SE], 24658-24668 [21SE], 24698 [21SE], 25432 [29SE], 25694, 25739 [30SE], 25908 [30SE], 26606, 26685, 26697-26703 [6OC], 26942 [7OC], 27845-27914 [14OC], 27965 [15OC], 27982 [19OC], 27983 [22OC], 27984, 27985, 28003-28007 [15OC], 28536, 28542 [20OC], 30242 [29OC], 33743-33746 [2DE]
———high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), consideration (H. Res. 280), 27858 -27860 [14OC]
Holidays: no new national observance, 11896 [11MY]
Home Employment Enterprise Act: enact (H.R. 535), 1099 [8JA]
Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 535), 5780 [17MR]
Homeless: Osage Enterprise, 20829 [22JY]
Honda of America Motor Co.: expansion project at Anna, OH, production facility, 1689 [21JA]
Humphreys County, TN: Governor's Three Star Award, 35441 [11DE]
Income: minimum wages, 7760 [2AP]
———wage gap, 27940 [14OC]
Industry: plant closing notice, 11670 [7MY]
INS: illegal alien employment regulations, 5776 [17MR]
International corporations: export of U.S. jobs, 10177 [28AP]
Ireland, Northern: U.S. corporate guidelines on equal employment (H.R. 722), 38254 [22DE]
Iron and steel industry: revitalize (H.R. 2743), 17052 [23JN]
Job Corps: restore appropriations, 9693 [23AP]
Job Training Partnership Act: funding, 34056-34058 [3DE]
———improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (H.R. 1853), 7315 [30MR]
———reallocate unspent funds, 35433 [11DE]
———status, 20113 [15JY]
———success of title III programs for displaced workers, 5287 [10MR]
Kathadin Friends, Inc.: tribute, 32697 [18NO]
Labor: effects of transition from manufacturing economy to service economy, 3451 [18FE]
———health and science programs (S. 1158), 23619 [9SE], 30603-30612 [3NO]
———homework ban, 5990 [17MR]
———job security, 21290 [28JY]
———minimum wage, 6712 [24MR]
———reform bills, 24883-24888 [22SE]
———unemployment compensation system, 5548 [12MR]
———work opportunities (H.R. 2197), 10603 [29AP]
———worker's rights, 29293 [27OC]
———workplace literacy programs (H.R. 1342), 6599 [23MR], 9175 [21AP], 26213 [1OC]
Labor unions: John L. Lewis Day, 7679 [1AP]
———noted success of union-owned Amalgamated Bank of New York, 38264 [22DE]
———support, 38255 [22DE]
———workers' rights (H.R. 97), 4107 [25FE]
Leave of absence: protection of employee's employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (H.R. 925), 8067 [6AP], 11893 [11MY], 14793 [4JN], 20116 [15JY], 30670 [3NO], 32875 [19NO], 36159 [17DE]
Lehigh Valley, PA: agreement between Mack Trucks, Inc. and UAW, 15601 [11JN]
LTV Corp.: employee medical and retirement benefits, 2008 [27JA], 2669 [3FE], 3886 [19FE]
McDonald's Restaurants Corp.: recruitment of retirees and elderly, 3865 [19FE]
Medical care: parental and medical leave, 1808 [21JA]
———tax credit for contributions to certain savings account (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: mediation and conciliation actions (H.R. 1722), 6945 [25MR]
Mines and mineral resources: black lung benefits, 35753 [15DE]
———owner-operated mines safety exemptions (H.R. 1042), 3206 [5FE]
Minimum wage: increase, 2676 [4FE], 3244 [10FE], 3962 [24FE]
Monitoring by employer: regular audible warning tone (H.R. 1950), 11133 [5MY], 20803 [22JY]
National Individual Training Account Act: enact (H.R. 137), 921 [7JA]
National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 72), 25702 [30SE]
National Labor Relations Act: prehire agreements, 16544, 16545 [17JN]
———single employer definition, 16532 [17JN]
New Initiatives for Full Employment: New York conference, 1551 [20JA]
Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1008), 3195 [5FE]
Occupational and environmental hazards, 11283 [5MY]
Occupational health and safety: hazards in the workplace (H.R. 3566), 29764 [28OC]
———notify workers of risk (S. 79), 13034 [19MY]
On-Site Day Care Privatization Act: enact (H.R. 541), 1107 [8JA]
Opportunities, 23669 [9SE]
Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 3234 [9FE]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: crisis, 16208 [16JN]
Pensions: employee stock ownership plans (H.R. 41), 941 [7JA]
———prohibit reversions to employers of residual assets upon termination of single-employer pension plans (H.R. 1942), 8289 [7AP]
———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (H.R. 3086), 22331 [4AU]
Plymouth/AAA Trouble Shooting Contest: tribute, 17130 [23JN]
Polygraph Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1212), 4025 [24FE], 19286
———enact (H.R. 1212), consideration (H. Res. 295), 30812 [4NO]
———enact (H.R. 1212), technical corrections, 30886 [4NO]
Polygraphs: employee protection against dismissal or discipline, 30873, 30875-30884 [4NO]
———examinations of applicants by employers (H.R. 1536), 5197 [10MR]
———exemption for financial institutions, 30870, 30871 [4NO]
———exemption for services conducted in personal residences, 30871 [4NO]
———exemption from ban for drug investigations, 30858-30864 [4NO]
———exemption from ban for federally regulated financial institutions, 30851-30858 [4NO]
———exemption from ban for nursing homes, 30836-30844 [4NO]
———exemption from ban for ongoing investigations, 30865-30867 [4NO]
———exemption from ban for security services, 30845-30850 [4NO]
———make ban applicable to Congress, 30868-30870 [4NO]
Portland, OR: auto mechanics training program for students, 1823 [21JA]
Postal Employees' Political Activities Act: enact (H.R. 21), 891 [7JA]
Postal Service: adverse action appeal rights (H.R. 348), 897 [7JA]
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: require report on implementation of recommendations (H.J. Res. 2), 932 [7JA]
Productivity: U.S. low-paying unskilled jobs, 3878 [19FE]
Professional Secretaries Day: observance, 9352 [22AP]
Public Health Service Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13665 [21MY]
Public welfare: mandatory work-for-benefits participation, 35004 [10DE]
———problems, 34071 [3DE]
Puerto Rico: provision of jobs for those on welfare, 20290 [20JY]
Railroad Retirement Act: amend (H.R. 1148), 3496, 3497 [19FE]
Railroad retirement plans: effect of subsequent employment after layoff, 3496, 3497 [19FE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: amend to ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 9697
———amend to ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), technical corrections, 31395 [9NO]
Railroads: restore protections for employees upon sale of short lines and regional railroads, 24914 [22SE]
Raytheon Co.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]
Reagan, President: economic policies, 25692-25700 [30SE]
Roads and highways: projects, 6152 [18MR]
San Jose, CA, Job Corps Center: tribute, 13310 [20MY]
Santa Ana, CA: development of downtown area, 23510 [20AU]
Sea World, San Diego, CA: tribute for employment of handicapped, 9173 [21AP]
Secretary's Day: observance, 9692 [23AP]
Senior Opportunities Services, Inc.: tribute, 28992 [22OC]
Small business: congressional support, 14431 [2JN]
———encourage to extend retirement and fringe benefits (H.R. 2793), 17624 [25JN]
———forced expansion of employees' benefits, 15498 [11JN]
Social Security: outside income limitations, 922 [7JA], 4034 [24FE]
———outside income limitation (H.R. 351), 1901 [22JA]
———outside income limitation (H.R. 2612), 14802 [4JN]
———support for hospitals in meeting indigent care costs (H.R. 3128), 22571 [5AU]
Supermarkets General Corp.: takeover, 11673 [7MY]
Supreme Court: effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]
———organized labor decisions, 14395 [2JN]
Taxation: Conservation Reserve Program rental payments (H.R. 1959), 8557 [8AP]
———credit for contributions to medical care savings account (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]
———day care center and dependent care services credit (H.R. 3005), 22686 [5AU]
———earned income credit, 33294 [1DE]
———eliminate retroactive certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (H.R. 2111), 9296 [22AP]
———excise tax on an employer's cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (H.R. 3128), 22571 [5AU]
———exempt status of workers' compensation self-insurance funds, 5101 [9MR]
———targeted job credit relative to certain wages (H.R. 1534), 5269 [10MR]
———targeted jobs tax credit for employers who hire older persons, 5102 [9MR]
———targeted jobs tax credit on wages paid during a labor dispute (H.R. 2215), 10618 [29AP]
Thailand: child labor, 28774 [21OC]
Todd Shipyards: Federal assistance, 25930 [30SE]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act: Job training program funding, 6727 [25MR]
Training: provide (H.R. 2725), 16551 [17JN], 16581 [17JN], 16800 [18JN], 18377 [30JN]
Unemployment insurance: integrated service delivery and other demonstration projects to test methods of reemploying dislocated recipients (H.R. 3213), 23465 [7AU]
Veterans: employment and training (H.R. 3460), 29228-29233 [27OC]
———security for civil service positions, 5288 [10MR]
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 17904 [26JN]
———extend, 16208 [16JN]
Vocational education, 2951 [4FE], 7681 [1AP], 9182 [21AP]
Wall Street Journal: report on male and female unemployment, 23026 [7AU]
Whistleblower Protection Act: enact (H.R. 25), 886 [7JA]
Women: economic equity (H.R. 2577), 14207, 14210 [2JN], 24049 [15SE]
———family leave policy, 11300 [6MY]
———maternity leave, 2504 [3FE]
———pay equity in the workplace, 4729 [4MR]
Worker Readjustment and Placement Act: enact (H.R. 728), 1939 [26JA], 2022 [27JA]
Worker rights laws: enforcement, 27336 [9OC]
Workers: erosion of fundamental rights, 31694 [10NO]
YMCA: Career Partners Program, 27150 [8OC]
Youth Employment Services Act: enact (H.R. 3671), 33201 [20NO]
Remarks in Senate
Aeronautics: fair treatment of employees of airlines involved in mergers (S. 943), 15492 [11JN]
AFDC: establish more uniform eligibility and benefit levels and provide greater Federal financial responsibility (S. 862), 7055 [26MR]
Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30334 [30OC]
Agriculture: dislocation assistance (S. 890), 7538 [31MR]
———temporary employees (S. 1178), 11802 [8MY]
Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act: enact (S. 281), 746 [6JA]
Aliens: job discrimination, 32051 [17NO]
———terminate employment in U.S. Embassies in certain Communist countries (S. 1107), 10345 [29AP]
American Conservation Corps: establish (S. 27), 452 [6JA]
American Samoa: inclusion in Federal training programs (S. 102), 567 [6JA]
American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (S. 590), 4288-4290 [26FE]
Anniston Army Depot, AL: tribute, 9418 [23AP]
Business: amend copyright law regarding work made for hire (S. 1223), 12957 [19MY]
———European experience, 15486 [11JN]
———tax credit for employers who provide on-site day care facilities for dependents of their employees (S. 1535), 20990 [23JY]
Catholic Church: bishops' pastoral letter, 3837 [19FE]
Child care: crisis, 28147 [15OC]
Children: parental medical leave (S. 249), 8952 [10AP]
Civil rights: requirement for telephone monitoring of private conversation (S. 1124), 10924 [1MY]
Civil Rights Act: amend, 3139 [5FE]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: hearings on employment, 1221 [13JA]
Committees of the Senate: requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits (S. Res. 218), 13265 [20MY]
Contracts: amend Davis-Bacon Act relative to coverage threshold (S. 1555), 21261 [28JY]
Construction industries: increase stability of collective bargaining (S. 492), 3080 [5FE], 9118 [21AP]
———minimum wage on public projects (S. 1621), 23201 [7AU]
Corporations: cost of takeover attempts, 20622 [22JY]
———mergers, 6288 [19MR]
Day care: Federal assistance (S. 1271), 13594 [21MY]
Dept. of Defense: military personnel pay raise, 35252 [11DE]
Dept. of Labor: limit authority for reductions in force within Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (S. 901), 7850 [2AP]
Drug abuse: testing of Federal employees, 18472 [1JY]
Economic conditions: full and balanced growth, 10341 [29AP]
———job creation, 7559 [31MR]
———pay equity, 14315 [2JN]
———U.S. outlook, 31249 [6NO]
———U.S. policy, 26071 [1OC]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 3725-3727 [19FE], 6502 [20MR], 7657 [1AP], 10665 [30AP], 14376 [2JN], 16133 [16JN], 16363 [17JN], 19139 [9JY], 19149 [10JY]
Education: establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (S. 904), 7949 [3AP]
———funding for vocational training (S. Res. 157), 4357 [26FE]
———high school dropouts, 21081 [24JY]
———public/private partnerships, 12543 [14MY]
Educational Achievement Incentive Act: enact (S. 19), 436 [6JA]
Employ the Handicapped Week: observance, 26515 [6OC]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (S. 39), 479 [6JA]
Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 1726), 25623 [29SE]
Employee Ownership Week: designate (S. Res. 295), 26577 [6OC], 26891 [7OC]
ERA: constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 1), 751-753 [6JA]
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: enact (S. 287), 1142 [12JA]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend portion relative to industrial homework (S. 637), 4608 [3MR]
———assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13576, 13583 [21MY]
———minimum wage, 20597 [21JY]
Federal aid programs: worker retraining assistance (S. 785), 6363 [19MR]
Federal employees: technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 28973 [22OC], 36631-36635 [19DE]
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (S. 1162), 11620 [7MY]
Federal programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7793-7813 [2AP]
———establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), unanimous-consent agreement, 7508 [31MR]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers (S. 1254), 13564 [21MY]
Federal-Aid Highway Program: use of domestic industries, 2576 [3FE]
Foreign trade: enhance U.S. competitiveness (S. 1409), 27811 [14OC]
Handicapped: Supreme Court decision on protection of rights, 4656 [3MR]
Hazardous substances: develop standards for notification of individuals exposed (S. 638), 4609 [3MR]
Health insurance: proposed mandatory coverage by employers, 3818 [19FE]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 79), 536, 540 [6JA], 3146 [5FE]
Homosexuals: prohibit discrimination (S. 464), 2899 [4FE]
Housing and Community Development Act: use of urban development action grants to facilitate business relocation, 7441-7443 [31MR]
Immigration: enforcing sanctions, 17866 [26JN]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions (S. 1083), 9430 [23AP], 11126 [5MY]
Income: raise minimum wage, 5687 [13MR]
———rates, 5065 [6MR]
Industry: impact of hiring of part-time workers, 9277 [22AP]
———U.S. competitiveness, 11119 [5MY]
Investments: employee stock ownership plans, 20035 [15JY]
IRS: delay penalty on valid withholding certificates (S. 388), 2119 [28JA]
Job Training Act: establish incentive bonus for placement (S. 514), 4360 [26FE]
Job Training Partnership Act: successful participants in program, 29663-29664 [28OC]
Jobs: creation of new, 4640 [3MR]
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act: enact (S. 514), 3121 [5FE]
Labor: guarantee work opportunity (S. 777), 9459 [23AP], 14709-14713 [4JN]
———health and science programs (S. 1158), 11539 [6MY], 20651 [22JY], 20942, 20946-20949 [23JY], 21073 [24JY], 29341-29343 [27OC], 30324 [30OC]
———international worker rights (S. 497), 18822 [7JY]
Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (S. 617), 4662 [3MR]
Law enforcement officers: enable Federal law enforcement officers to accomplish their missions (S. 1975), 36597-36601 [19DE]
Low-Income Opportunity Improvement Act: enact (S. 610), 4573 [3MR]
———enact (S. 610), unanimous-consent agreement, 4406 [26FE]
Made in the U.S.A. Month: designate (S.J. Res. 177), 20647 [22JY]
Manpower training programs: funding, 14306 , 14313 [2JN]
Mexico: reduce pressure on emigration, 3671 [19FE]
Minimum wage: maintain salary difference, 24564 [18SE]
Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 28294 [16OC]
Miquiladoras program: economic stimulus on U.S.-Mexican border, 3671 [19FE]
National Apprenticeship Act: funding for certain recruitment and training and information collection system (S. 901), 7850 [2AP]
National defense: Council on Competitiveness, 9420 [23AP]
National Employ the Handicapped Week: observance, 26825 [7OC]
National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 72), 4351 [26FE]
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: economic development with TVA, 17350 [24JN]
Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act: enact (S. 229), 674 [6JA]
Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 6123 [18MR], 11625 [7MY], 12317-12321 [13MY], 31237 [6NO], 31542 [10NO]
Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act: enact (S. 280), 746 [6JA]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: European labor market reforms, 17044 [23JN]
Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 696 [6JA]
Parental and Temporary Medical Leave Act: enact, 23774 [10SE]
Pay Equity Act: enact (S. 5), 366-374 [6JA]
Pensions: portability, 28144 [15OC]
———private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of plan termination (S. Con. Res. 58), 12309 [13MY]
Plant shutdowns: advanced notification, 18876 [8JY]
Polygraphs: limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), 33488-33492 [1DE]
Postal Service: procedural and appeal rights relative to certain adverse personnel actions (S. 541), 3728 [19FE]
Public Health Service Act: assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 13576, 13583 [21MY]
Public welfare: work program, 2942 [4FE]
Public works, 5595 [12MR]
Racial violence: unemployment, 2648 [3FE]
Railroad Retirement Act: civil service retirement credit (S. 1578), 21915 [31JY]
School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act: enact (S. 320), 1395 [16JA]
Schools and workplaces: ensure healthful (S. 673), 5027 [6MR]
Service Contract Reform Act: enact (S. 266), 730 [6JA]
Small business: economic improving status as world leader, 7093 [26MR]
Small Business Retirement and Benefit Extension Act: enact (S. 1426), 17575 [25JN]
Social conditions: relationship between joblessness and unwed parenthood, 5968 [17MR]
Social Security Act: exemption from coverage for members of faiths opposed to participation (S. 1884), 32819 [19NO]
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: funding, 13704, 13706, 13707, 13710, 13731 [27MY]
Summer Youth Jobs Program: increase emphasis on education, 22449 [5AU]
Tax Reform Act: repeal provision relative to certain technical personnel as self-employed (S. 491), 3079 [5FE]
Taxation: certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (S. 1610), 22934 [6AU]
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (S. 1370), 16167 [16JN]
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (S. 1386), 16643 [18JN]
———delay employment determination for certain technical personnel (S. 429), 2449 [2FE]
———exclusion of certain cash distributions from profit-sharing plans (S. 932), 27091 [8OC], 35324 [11DE]
———extend Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program, 5186 [10MR]
———make permanent targeted jobs credit (S. 684), 5049 [6MR]
———treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies (S. 1757), 26573-26575 [6OC]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (S. 539), 3592, 3595, 3656 [19FE], 4563 [3MR]
Trade adjustment assistance: extend to workers and firms in petroleum and gas industry whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports (S. 734), 5593 [12MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: changes (S. 749), 5922 [17MR]
———extend and reform, 3047 [5FE]
———extend and reform (S. 23), 443, 446 [6JA]
———funding, 5587 [12MR]
———waive certain time limitations for certain workers (S. 1053), 9137 [21AP]
Trade Procedures Reform Act: enact (S. 219), 654 [6JA]
Tribute to Benito Sanchez, 6583 [23MR]
U.N.: exceptions to current hiring freeze on recruitment in Secretariat, 12565-12567 [15MY]
Unemployment: programs for training and self-employment (S. 1969), 36208 [18DE]
———work program for welfare recipients, 5713 [13MR]
VA: recruitment of registered nurses (S. 713), 5318 [11MR]
Veterans: job training and counseling services (S. 999), 8804-8805 [9AP], 9449 [23AP], 22182, 22186-22197 [4AU], 36572 [19DE]
———job training and counseling services (S. 999), H.R. 1504 passed in lieu, 22197 [4AU]
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1882), 32810 [19NO]
———improve program (S. 553), 3735 [19FE]
Volunteer workers: work should be taken into account by employers in the consideration of job applications (S. Con. Res. 32), 5950 [17MR]
Women: economic equity (S. 1309), 14348-14363 [2JN]
Worker Adjustment Improvement Act: enact (S. 524), 3351, 3356, 3359 [17FE]
Workplace Literacy Act: enact (S. 1227), 12967 [19MY]
Works Progress Administration: creation of new, 2649 [3FE]
Youth Employment Services Act: enact (S. 1731), 25863-25867 [30SE]
Reports
America's Competitive Crisis—Confronting the New Reality: Council on Competitiveness, 9421-9422 [23AP]
Black Employment-Population Ratio: Paul B. Manchester, 36510 [18DE]
Decade of Child Support Enforcement 1975-85: Dept. of HHS, 5553 [12MR]
Development of Guidelines for Establishing and Updating Child Support Orders: Advisory Panel Child Support Models Project, 5554 [12MR]
Dislocated Worker Unit: Task Force on Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation, 3446 [18FE]
Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation: Dept. of Labor, 18890, 18900 [8JY]
High Risk of Occupational Illness, System Identification and Prevention (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Res. 280), 26683 [6OC]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: GAO, 32052 [17NO]
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 514), 7804 [2AP]
Nurse Recruitment and Retention in the VA: VA, 33856 [3DE]
Polygraph Examinations (1964), 33488 [1DE]
Reform of Microeconomic Policies: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 17045 [23JN]
Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing—A Research Review and Evaluation: OTA (excerpt), 30827 [4NO]
Statistical Report in Case of Johnson v. Alexander's, 30824 [4NO]
Reports filed
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1122) (H. Rept. 100-285), 23076 [7AU]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 538) (S. Rept. 100-62), 12956 [19MY], 14328 [2JN]
Health Services, Mental Health Services, and Job Training for Homeless: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 811), 7948 [3AP]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 162) (H. Rept. 100-194), 17696 [26JN]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 79) (S. Rept. 100-166), 25022 [23SE]
National Job Skills Week: (S.J. Res. 72), 17007 [23JN]
Overhauling the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing System: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-456), 33230 [30NO]
Polygraph Use by Employers Involved in Interstate Commerce: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-208), 19135 [9JY]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-407), Consideration (H. Res. 295), 29711, 29737 [28OC]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 13431 [21MY]
———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 28346 [19OC]
Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 3460) (H. Rept. 100-387), 28619 [21OC]
Veterans' Job Training Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 999) (S. Rept. 100-128), 21249 [28JY]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Lee H.: Drug Testing, 6939 [25MR]
———Small Business in America, 13299 [20MY]
Rulings of the Chair
Youth: payment of employment opportunity standards (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]
Statements
Advanced Notification in Plant Shutdowns: Tom Donohue, 18884 [8JY]
Another OSHA Looms in Washington: John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 13034 [19MY]
Appalachian Regional Development Commission: Tilda Kemplen, 17168 [24JN]
Appropriations for Trade Adjustment Assistance, Job Corps, and Library Services: Representative Oberstar, 9694 [23AP]
Bankruptcy: President Reagan, 27674 [13OC]
Community Service Employment Program: Joyce Ryder, 32112 [17NO]
Corporate Takeovers: Robert Mercer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 14617 [4JN]
Costs and Equities of Health Care for Employees: Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, Inc., 13832 [27MY]
Enhance Domestic Industrial Competitiveness: Dept. of Labor Task Force on Dislocated Workers, 10249 [28AP]
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act Economic Objectives: Alice M. Rivlin, 26398 [5OC]
Gephardt Amendment: Paul A. Volcker, 10515 [29AP]
Healthful Schools and Workplaces, 5028 [6MR]
Highway Construction Season: Washington Dept. of Transportation, 7521 [31MR]
Illegal Aliens: Alan C. Nelson, INS, 14680 [4JN]
Impact of Hiring of Part-Time Workers: Gordon Burgess, 9277 [22AP]
Kennedy Health Plan Prescription for Less Jobs, Higher Prices: John Sloan, 18390 [30JN]
Labor Recommendations: Task Force on Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation, 3727 [19FE]
Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Marginal Employees, Employers, National Federation of Independent Business, 11245 [5MY]
NLRB: Richard Trumka, 31694 [10NO]
Polygraph Examinations: Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 33488 [1DE]
Poverty: Barbara Blum, 7766 [2AP]
Restructuring Unemployment Insurance Program: Representative Clinger, 36647 [19DE]
State Unemployment Insurance Service Operations: by, 14130 [29MY]
———Senator Chiles, 14130 [29MY]
———Senator Metzenbaum, 14130 [29MY]
Technology: President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, 26516 [6OC]
U.S. Economic Growth and Opportunity: Paul C. Roberts, 31250 [6NO]
———Senator Kasten, 31250 [6NO]
U.S. Employment Service: Wacker Siltronic Corp., 5281 [10MR]
Why a Nonconstruction Company Opposes H.R. 282/S. 492, 9341 [22AP]
Workplace Literacy Programs: Barbara Bush, 6599 [23MR]
———Jonathan Kozol, 6599 [23MR]
———President Reagan, 6599 [23MR]
———(sundry), 6599 [23MR]
———Terrel H. Bell, 6599 [23MR]
Studies
Advanced Notification in Plant Closings: Industrial Relations Adjustment Service, 18899 [8JY]
Comparable Worth: American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, 18906 [8JY]
Fair Work Opportunities: Manpower Demonstrative Research Corp., 891 [7JA]
Minimum Wage: National Council on Employment Policy, 3244 [10FE]
Summaries
American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act (S. 590), 4291 [26FE]
Community Adjustment Act (H.R. 681), 1814 [21JA]
EEOC Filing Compliance Reports (H.R. 3330), 24910 [22SE]
Fair Work Opportunities Act (H.R. 30), 891 [7JA]
Health Insurance Plans Offered by Employers To Have Catastrophic Illness Coverage (H.R. 2300), 11590 [6MY]
Rural Dislocation Assistance Act (H.R. 1913), 7581 [31MR]
Tax Incentives for Cash Profit Sharing Plans: various business groups and individuals, 35325 [11DE]
Worker Adjustment Improvement Act: enact (S. 524), 3352-3355 [17FE]
Tables
Blacks and Hispanics in the labor market, 26741 [6OC]
Education, training, employment, and social services budget, 11373 [6MY]
Employment and average weekly wages, private industry, March, 1986, 3819 [19FE]
Nonwhites in the workforce, 26741 [6OC]
Pension eligibility, 28145 [15OC]
Steel production, 1975-87, 1430 [20JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Economics (Joint): employment-unemployment statistics, D124 [6MR]
EEOC: Clarence Thomas, 24910 [22SE]
Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Russell B. Long, 20035-20037 [15JY]
Enhancing Economic Competitiveness in North Carolina: John A. Forlines, Jr., 11074 [5MY]
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act Economic Objectives: Leon H. Keyserling, 26396 [5OC]
Polygraph use: Christopher Boyce, 30841 [4NO]
———Representative Richardson, 29759 [28OC]
Todd Shipyards—A Troubled Industry, 25930 [30SE]
Texts of
H. Res. 146, budget funding for vocational education programs, 8923 [9AP]
H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 3251-3253 [10FE]
H.R. 192, Civil Rights Act amendment, 4105 [25FE]
H.R. 351, increase outside income limitation, 1901 [22JA]
H.R. 1008, Nonsmokers Health Protection Act, 3196 [5FE]
H.R. 1101, fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers, 16894 [22JN]
H.R. 1342, workplace literacy programs, 4690 [3MR]
H.R. 2167, amend Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to ensure payment of benefits, 31319-31325 [9NO]
H.R. 2317, ERISA exemptions from anti-alienation provisions, 11725 [7MY]
H.R. 2969, treatment of claims for certain pension benefits, 27667 [13OC]
H.R. 3112, Child Labor Prevention Act, 22694 [5AU]
H.R. 3395, technical corrections to Federal employees' retirement system, 36723-36726 [21DE]
H.R. 3460, veterans employment and training, 29228 [27OC]
S. 5, Pay Equity Act, 374-377 [6JA]
S. 19, Educational Achievement Incentive Act, 437 [6JA]
S. 23, Trade Adjustment Assistance Program extension and reform, 444 [6JA]
S. 27, establish American Conservation Corps, 453 [6JA]
S. 39, Employee Educational Assistance Act, 480 [6JA]
S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 537-540 [6JA]
S. 102, include American Samoans in Federal training programs, 567 [6JA]
S. 219, Trade Procedures Reform Act, 654, 656 [6JA]
S. 229, Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act, 675 [6JA]
S. 249, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 697-701 [6JA]
S. 266, Service Contract Reform Act, 731 [6JA]
S. 280, Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act, 747 [6JA]
S. 281, Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act, 748 [6JA]
S. 287, Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, 1145 [12JA]
S. 370, job training for workers dislocated from closures due to environmental law violations, 1644 [21JA]
S. 464, prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation, 2900 [4FE]
S. 491, repeal provision of Tax Reform Act relative to certain technical personnel as self-employed, 3080 [5FE]
S. 514, Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act, 3122, 7793-7796, 7810-7813 [2AP]
S. 524, Worker Adjustment Improvement Act, 3356-3359 [17FE]
S. 553, amend Veterans Job Training Act to improve program, 3736 [19FE]
S. 590, American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act, 4290-4291 [26FE]
S. 637, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to industrial homework, 4608 [3MR]
S. 638, develop standards for notification of individuals exposed to hazardous substances, 4609-4610 [3MR]
S. 673, ensure healthful schools and workplaces, 5028 [6MR]
S. 684, make permanent targeted jobs tax credit, 5049 [6MR]
S. 713, VA recruitment of registered nurses, 5318 [11MR]
S. 743, trade adjustment assistance for workers and firms in petroleum and gas whose services or products are not directly competitive with imports, 5593 [12MR]
S. 749, Trade Adjustment Assistance Program changes, 5924 [17MR]
S. 785, worker retraining assistance, 6364 [19MR]
S. 811, health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless, 6555-6559 [23MR]
S. 901, Apprenticeship Improvement Act, 7850 [2AP]
S. 999, Veterans' Job Training Act, 8807-8809 [9AP], 22182-22186 [4AU], 36572-36576 [19DE]
S. 1053, waive certain time limitations Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for certain workers, 9138 [21AP]
S. 1083, delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions of Immigration Reform and Control Act, 9430 [23AP]
S. 1107, terminate alien employment in U.S. Embassies in certain Communist countries, 10345 [29AP]
S. 1158, Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act, 11541 [6MY]
S. 1178, temporary agricultural employees, 11803 [8MY]
S. 1227, Workplace Literacy Act, 12968 [19MY]
S. 1254, additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers under Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 13564 [21MY]
S. 1265, assure minimum health benefits for all U.S. workers, 13578-13582 [21MY]
S. 1271, Day Care Working Families Act, 13595 [21MY]
S. 1309, Economic Equity Act, 14350-14362 [2JN]
S. 1370, tax deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed, 16167 [16JN]
S. 1535, tax credit for employers who provide on-site day care facilities for dependents of their employees, 20994 [23JY]
S. 1555, amend Davis-Bacon Act relative to coverage threshold of contracts, 21261 [28JY]
S. 1621, minimum wage on public construction projects, 23202 [7AU]
S. 1726, Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, 25624 [29SE]
S. 1731, Youth Employment Services Act, 25863 [30SE]
S. 1757, tax treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies, 26573 [6OC]
S. 1904, Polygraph Protection Act, 33489-33491 [1DE]
S. 1969, programs for training and self-employment, 36208-36211 [18DE]
S. 1975, enable Federal law enforcement officers to accomplish their missions, 36598-36600 [19DE]
S. Con. Res. 32, volunteer work should be taken into account by employers in the consideration of job applications, 5950 [17MR]
S. Con. Res. 58, private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered by retirees and employees as a result of pension plan termination, 12309 [13MY]
S. Res. 52, funds for Urban Development Action Grant Program, 800 [6JA]
S. Res. 157, funding for vocational training, 4357 [26FE]
S. Res. 218, requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits, 13265 [20MY]
S. Res. 295, Employee Ownership Week, 26577 [6OC], 26891 [7OC]
S.J. Res. 1, amend Constitution to affirm equal rights, 751 [6JA]
S.J. Res. 72, National Job Skills Week, 4352 [26FE], 17444 [25JN], 25702 [30SE]
Social Security income limitations for working aged, 922 [7JA]