EMPLOYMENT see also Unemployment

Addresses

Francis Boyer Lecture: Paul A. Volcker, 5969 [30MR]

Workplace 2000—Managing Change: John D. Ong, 18546 [14JY]

Amendments

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), 25024 [22SE], 25171 [23SE], 25597 [26SE], 26126, 26417, 26420 [28SE], 26739, 26741, 26746, 26751, 26753, 26818 [29SE]

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), 31515-31518, 31566 [18OC]

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), 28380, 28383, 28473, 28477 [5OC]

Federal Personnel Improvements Act: enact (S. 2530), 19099, 19111 [27JY]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 766-768 [3FE], 6595 [13AP], 7026, 7035, 7037, 7039, 7041, 7070-7072 [15AP], 7215, 7234, 7235, 7241, 7242, 7268 [19AP]

Industry: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 15814-15816 [23JN], 15926, 15931, 15934, 15954 [24JN], 16016, 16025, 16026, 16028, 16040, 16041, 16043, 16055, 16057 [27JN], 16099, 16104, 16106-16108, 16114, 16115, 16118, 16119, 16120, 16122, 16125, 16133, 16155-16167 [28JN], 16384, 16385 [29JN], 16677, 16682 [6JY], 17815-17818 [12JY]

Integrity in Post Employment Act: enact (S. 237), 4336 [17MR]

Job Training Partnership Act: amend to make technical change (H.R. 4857), 25243, 25255 [23SE]

Leave of absence: protection of employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (H.R. 925), 25025 [22SE]

Minimum wage: establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 6788 [13AP], 11339 [17MY]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2370-2372 [23FE], 4580, 4581-4584 [21MR], 4688-4691, 4703-4707 [22MR], 4846, 4848, 4940-4954, 4971-4977 [23MR], 5140-5145, 5147, 5167, 5186, 5187, 5188-5225 [24MR], 5269, 5270, 5316, 5317 [25MR], 5368, 5401 [28MR], 5534 [29MR]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 25331 [26SE], 25643, 25646, 25699, 25700, 25706 [27SE], 25870-25877, 25887, 25935 [28SE], 26540-26575, 26615, 26618-26672 [29SE], 27546-27769 [3OC], 28099 [4OC], 28394 [5OC], 28882-28955 [6OC], 29378 [7OC]

Polygraphs: limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), 1874 [19FE], 2718, 2725, 2737, 2738 [1MR], 2802, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2834, 2837, 2842-2845, 2847, 2849, 2855, 2882-2894 [2MR]

Railroads drug and alcohol testing for employees (H.R. 4748), 25130 [23SE]

Veterans: job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9113-9119 [27AP]

Analyses

Child Care Development Act (S. 2173), 4053 [16MR]

Cost Estimate of H.R. 1834: CBO, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (S. 2821), 24820, 24822 [22SE]

Employment Incentive Act (S. 2235), 5847 [30MR]

Hiring Preference for Certain VA-Trained Individuals (S. 2394), 11026 [13MY]

Labor Contract Amendment to H.R. 4264, Dept. of Defense Authorization, 9708, 9718 [3MY]

Pension Benefit Protection Act (S. 2700), 21246 [9AU]

Rehabilitation Act Amendments (S. 2821), 24820, 24822 [22SE]

Robert Nathan and Associates Study of the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Senators Metzenbaum and Stafford, 5190 [24MR]

Social Security Work Incentives Act (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1212 Polygraph Protection Act, 3384 [4MR], 4714 [22MR]

Articles and editorials

America Needs Pro-Family Workplace, 14753 [15JN]

Asbestos Hazard Seen in Commercial Buildings, 5372 [28MR]

Better Alternative to a Higher Minimum Wage, 5847 [30MR]

Better Measure of Prosperity, 23047 [8SE]

Better Than $3.35, $4.25 or Even $5.05, 31980 [19OC]

Better Way To Help the Low-Paid, 33449 [21OC]

Better Way to Help the Working Poor, 9890 [4MY]

Caring Workplace—Employers Who Address the Home and Health Concerns of Workers Find a Marked Improvement in Performance, Health and Morale, 27410 [3OC]

Caught in a Bureaucratic Circle, 17391 [8JY]

CBO's Unwelcome Cost Estimate Vanishes, 8566 [25AP]

Celebrations for the Win-Win Deal, 5705 [30MR]

Child Care Issue Emerges as Focus of Legislative Efforts, 2550 [25FE]

Child Care Revisited, 22758 [7SE]

Child-Care Dilemma Is Big One in Lincoln, 26865 [30SE]

Comparable Worth, 9908 [4MY]

Congress' Gap on Rights—Capitol Hill Is Exempted, 15051 [17JN]

Corporate Prenatal-Care Plans Multiply, Benefiting Both Mothers and Employers, 17834 [12JY], 27408 [3OC]

Cottage Industries Battle To Stay In House, 30895 [14OC]

Crisis in Child Care, 6240 [31MR]

Day Care Funding Increase Trims Welfare Rolls, 2722 [11AU]

Day Care Licensing, a Touching Topic, Is Up to the States, 32381 [20OC]

Day Care—For All Children, 13375 [3JN]

Day Care—Partnership for Families, 5243 [24MR]

Democrat's European Disease, 15764 [23JN]

Don't Knock Reaganomics, 18956 [27JY]

Don't Raise the Minimum Wage, 9886 [4MY]

Down and Out at Otis—Workers Facing Layoffs Ask ``Where Do We Go From Here?'', 17872 [13JY]

Drifting Sands, 6967 [14AP]

Dukakis' Vision or Nightmare, 29864 [11OC]

Economist—Jobs Go if Pay Rises, 24491 [20SE]

Education and the American Worker, 6793 [13AP]

Enforce Equality in the Trades, 9799 [3MY]

EPA Releases Asbestos-in-Public-Buildings Study and Recommendations to Congress, 5372 [28MR]

Extending the Reagan Revolution, 16168 [28JN]

Fair Protection for Workers, 16672 [6JY]

Family Gap, 28004 [4OC]

Family-Friendly Corporations—They Help Balance Demands of Home and Work, 25660 [27SE]

Few Good Women, 2703 [1MR]

Fictitious Issue of the ``Jobs Gap'' and the Damage It Can Cause, 23895 [15SE], 25630 [27SE]

For Education, an Ally for Many Seasons, 3821 [14MR]

Foreign Trade Competition, 3671 [10MR]

Gladys Should Get a License, It's Better for Day Care Providers and Kids, 28064 [4OC]

Glimpse of the ``Flex'' Future—At Steelcase, Offering Variable Hours, Pay, and Perks Benefits the Firm and Its Workers, 21971 [11AU], 27409 [3OC]

Government Shouldn't Give Marching Orders to Business, 27411 [3OC]

Helping the Working Poor, 9891 [4MY]

Homeless Workers Endangered by Asbestos, 20356-20357 [3AU]

Homework Rule Is Labor Insanity, 30896 [14OC]

House Votes to Protect Staff Rights—Bias Is Prohibited for the First Time in Hill Employment, 28369 [5OC]

How Will the Parental Leave Bill Affect School Districts?, 27408 [3OC]

Human Tragedy—How a Child's Life Can Be Put in Jeopardy by the Personnel at Day Care Facilities, 32379 [20OC]

Imagine Everyone in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago Changing Jobs, 12976 [27MY]

In ``Loco'' Parentis, 25244 [23SE]

Incentives—Specter's Plan Offers Hand to Welfare Recipients, 14406 [14JN]

Is Day Care Ruining Our Kids?, 25612 [26SE]

Japan Sent Microwaves Built Here, 3974 [15MR]

Job Poison, 12016 [23MY]

Joint and Several Liability—A Case For Reform, 5192-5193 [24MR]

Killing a Good Program, 17650 [12JY]

Last Minority Fights for Its Rights, 21261 [9AU]

Laundered Data From CBO, 9898 [4MY]

Laws Can't Make Us Good Parents, 27404 [3OC]

Lay Off the Layoff, 12017 [23MY]

Legal Access—Employment, 32149 [20OC]

Let Business Make Its Own Rules on Leaves, 27410, 27411, 27413 [3OC]

Making it Right the First Time, 11055 [13MY]

Mandated Uncompetitiveness, 27412 [3OC]

Matter of Simple Decency, 8112 [21AP]

Minimum Decency, 14486 [14JN]

Minimum Wage Bill Would Cost Carolinas 75,000 Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage, Maximum Cover-Up, 9899 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Politics and Economics, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost Jobs, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9895 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Increase Is Dangerous Legislation, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Increase Unnecessary, 24491 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, 24486 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Politicking—A Big Increase Will Mostly Raise Inflation and Joblessness Without Much Helping the Poor, 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage Versus Training, 13615 [9JN]

Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage—A Better Way, 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage—Good Intentions, Bad Idea, 24493 [20SE]

Mr. Bush on Family Leave, 28002 [4OC]

Mr. Dukakis on Health, 25662 [27SE]

Myth of the Minimum Wage, 17301 [7JY], 22764 [7SE]

Nation Must Help Working Parents, 4817 [22MR]

National Dilemma—Drugs in the Work Place, 3725 [14MR]

National Policy for Motherhood, 28003 [4OC]

North Carolina Jobs Lost if a Proposal Becomes Law, 24490 [20SE]

Notice Where Notice Is Due, 11354 [17MY]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs, 16021 [27JN], 16688 [6JY]

Nowhere To Go, The Plight of Aging-Out Youth in New Jersey, 24007 [15SE]

Nuking Employee Benefits, 24342 [16SE]

Official Warns Against Raising Minimum Wage, 24491 [20SE]

One-Size-Fits-All Leave Policy?, 9608 [29AP], 27405 [3OC]

Other Side of Minimum Wage Argument, 9618 [29AP]

Outdated Rules on Working at Home Need Good Shove, 30896 [14OC]

Parental Leave Bill is Good Indication of Conservatism, Liberalism, 27413 [3OC]

Parental-Leave Policy Scares Company Away, 27411 [3OC]

Parents Want to Choose Their Own Child Care, 27412 [3OC]

People Don't Need Congressional Nannies, 27412 [3OC]

Petri Gaining Support for Tax Credit Changes, 9896 [4MY]

Plant Closing Notifications, 16688 [6JY]

Plant Closings and the Veto, 8490 [22AP]

Plant Closings Bill Worth Passing, 15766 [23JN]

Plant Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 8683 [26AP], 8882 [27AP]

Plant Closings—It Pays to Give Workers Advance Notice, 13446 [6JN]

Plant Supervisors Are Key Safety People, 23049 [8SE]

Politics vs. Reality, 8976 [27AP]

Positive Enterprise, 19245 [27JY]

Pregnancy Leave for Women, and Men, 28005 [4OC]

Putting Emphasis on Plant Openings, 17441 [11JY]

Quality Child Care Is Everyone's Concern, 29260 [7OC]

Raising Minimum Wage Helps Poor Very Little, Professor Argues, 9895 [4MY]

Raising Minimum Wage May Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9896 [4MY]

Residency Madness, 17321 [8JY]

Right Minimum Wage, $0.00, 9886 [4MY], 18769 [26JY]

Round 2—Gladys Should Get a License, 22358 [11AU]

Say No to Paid Homemaking, 21929 [11AU]

Self-Interest and the Common Weal—Focusing on the Bottom Half, 12452-12456 [25MY]

Sending Child Care to Work, 33473 [21OC]

Soothing Number, 16339 [29JN]

Sorting Out the Economics of a Higher Minimum Wage, 31981 [19OC]

Streamlining Reaganomics for the 1990's, 19241 [27JY]

Study Says Minimum Wage Increases Tied to Poverty, 9895 [4MY]

Taking Leave of Economic Sense, 27413 [3OC]

Taxes, by Any Other Name . . ., 27406 [3OC]

That Bizarre Social Security Surplus, 23039 [8SE]

There's Never a Dull Moment Where Teens Learn a Trade—Ohio's Great Oaks Vocational System Has Come Up With an Astute Mixture of Academics, Training and Personal Support—And It Works, 23400-23402 [9SE]

Town That Saved Itself, 4964 [27AP]

Trade Bill Is Too Big, 8961 [27AP]

Unasked Question About the Residency Rule, 17321 [8JY]

What America Makes Best, 11052 [13MY]

What Ever Happened to Full Employment, 4994 [23MR]

``Why Are They Trying to Take Our Freedom Away?'', 24493 [20SE]

Why Don't We Do Better by Younger Generation?, 28058 [4OC]

Why Protect Uranium?, 5713 [30MR]

Will Home Work Ban End With Wage Deal?, 30895 [14OC]

Wooing Workers in the 1990's—New Role for Family Benefits, 27406 [3OC]

Worker Safety—Congress Should Ignore a Bill That Costs More Than It's Worth, 5286 [25MR]

Workers Sue Would-Be Raider Over Lost Jobs, 19567 [28JY]

Working, but Still Poor, 33445-33447 [21OC]

Working Mother Is Now Norm, Study Shows, 33473 [21OC]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2117)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 2856; H.R. 5500)

Aged: employment in child care for low-income families (see H.R. 4614, H. Con. Res. 362)

Apprenticeship programs: prohibit age discrimination (see S. 2197)

Blind: anniversary of establishment of sheltered workshops (see H. Res. 433)

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co. labor dispute (see H.J. Res. 624)

Child care: block grants (see H.R. 5526)

———expand the availability of child care (see S. 2124; H.R. 4999)

———improve services via tax incentives, increased dependent care expense credits, and liability risk reduction (see H.R. 5508)

———incentive programs (see S. 2864)

Child Care Development Act: enact (see S. 2173)

Child support: amounts withheld by employer from employee's wages for enforcement purposes (see H.R. 3882)

Commission on the American Family and Employment Act: enact (see S. 2775)

Committee on Government Operations: study of affirmative action employment practices relative to foreign companies operating in the U.S. (see H. Res. 608)

Crime and criminals: restrictions on postemployment activities (see H.R. 4917)

Dept. of Defense: assistance to areas affected by base closures and termination of major defense contracts (see H.R. 3983)

Economic conditions: purchase of domestic products and services made in U.S. (see S.J. Res. 258)

Education: additional professional and graduate institutions (see S. 2739)

EEOC: extending the statute of limitations for certain claims (see H.R. 4107)

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4951)

Equal Employment Opportunity Appeals Board: establish (see H.R. 5054)

Executive departments: labor dispute resolution (see H.R. 5101)

Fair Employment in Congress Act: enact (see S. 2299; H.R. 4821)

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit time off in lieu of compensation for overtime (see S. 2196)

Federal Contract Compliance and Workforce Development Act: enact (see H.R. 4903)

Federal employees: adjustment of wage schedules for prevailing rate employees relative to public policy (see H.R. 4145)

———coverage under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act for those employed by the legislative branch (see H.R. 5099)

———equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), consideration (see H. Res. 537)

———increase productivity of the Government (see H.R. 5195)

———leave transfers under certain experimental programs (see H.R. 3981)

———restrictions on post-employment activities (see H.R. 5043)

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), concurring in the Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 601)

———restrictions on post-employment activities (HR. 5043), correcting enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 168)

———retirement applications processing (see S. 2469)

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), correct enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 388)

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2500)

Federal Employees' Retirement System Act: amend (see S. 2188)

Federal Personnel Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2530)

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: amend relative to employment performed by certain employees of educational institutions (see S. 2600)

Flight attendants: limitation on duty time (see H.R. 5399)

Foreign trade: enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 4848), consideration (see H. Res. 491)

Government: prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 4576)

———prohibit employment discrimination in judicial branch (see S. 2428)

———prohibit employment discrimination against minorities in legislativew branch (see H.R. 5097)

Handicapped: amend Education of the Handicapped Act and the Rehabilitation Act (see S. 2821)

———establish clear prohibition of discrimination (see H.R. 4498)

Health insurance: continuation of coverage (see S. 2401)

———special rules for costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 2234)

House of Representatives: rules regarding employment practices (see H. Res. 445)

ICC: employee protection arrangements in certain railroad transactions (see H.R. 4713)

Immigration: employment verification (see H.R. 4581)

———extend H-1 nonimmigrant status for certain registered nurses (see H.R. 5427)

———temporary resident status for certain aliens sponsored by employers and labor unions (see S. 2131; H.R. 4079)

Industry: advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (see S. 2376, 2507, 2527, 2528; H.R. 4652)

———advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), consideration (see H. Res. 491)

———permit certain homework (see S. 2901)

Ireland, Northern: incentives for fair employment (see H.R. 4426)

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (see S. 2658)

Job Relocation Incentives Act: enact (see H.R. 5172)

Job Training Partnership Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 4857)

Kids in Day-Care Services Act: enact (see S. 2730)

Labor unions: certain unfair labor practices of employers during strikes (see H.R. 4552)

Legislative Branch Employment Relations Board: establish (see H.R. 5060)

Library of Congress: establish Equal Employment Opportunity Appeals Board (see H.R. 5105)

Members of Congress: restrict spouses from holding any civilian offices or positions requiring Presidential appointment with advise and consent of Senate (see H.R. 4456)

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (see S. 2556)

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 574)

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 333; H.J. Res. 585)

National Labor Relations Act: coverage of agricultural employees (see S. 2812)

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 331)

National Right to Work Bill: enact (see S. 2817)

North Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (see H.R. 4063)

Nuclear energy: protection against discrimination for certain employees (see H.R. 4071)

Occupational health and safety: clarify U.S. responsibility for workplaces operated by the U.S. (see S. 2709)

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (see S. 2488)

Pension Benefit Protection Act: enact (see S. 2700)

Pensions: moratorium on reversions to employers of assets of terminated plans (see H.R. 4111)

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (see H.R. 4690)

Postal Service: funding for certain health benefit payments (see H.R. 4025)

Public and Tax-Exempt Employees Deferred Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2480)

Railroads: employee protection arrangements in certain transactions involving parties under common control (see H.R. 4094, 4261)

Senate: fair employment practices (see S. Res. 488)

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (see S. 2217)

Social security: annual personal earnings and benefit statements to those workers covered (see S. 2441)

———phase out earnings test for those of retirement age (see S. 2766)

———remove limitations on amount of outside income an individual may earn while receiving benefits (see H.R. 4412)

South Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (see H.R. 4063)

Taxation: clarify income and employment tax treatment of providers of technical services through third-party arrangements (see S. 2626)

———credit against tax for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs (see S. 2594)

———deduction of jury pay (see S. 2630)

———employee stock ownership programs (see S. 2078, 2291; H.R. 5171)

———exclusion of certain loans for employer securities (see H.R. 5170)

———exclusion of employer subsidies for transportation (see S. 2023)

———exempt certain ruling requests relative to employee benefit plans from user fees (see H.R. 5543)

———health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5169)

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221)

———permanent exclusion from income of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 2119)

———State retirement plans (see S. 2652)

———terminating the exclusion from gross income of citizens working abroad (see S. 2125)

———treatment of certain deferred compensation (see S. 2358)

———treatment of collective bargaining agreements (see H.R. 4906)

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: certain regulations not used in administering (see H.R. 4941)

———prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (see S. 2536)

TVA: implement a reduction in force order applicable to employees (see S. 2585)

———regulations relative to determining the order of retention of competing employees in a reduction in force (see H.R. 5055)

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (see H.R. 4606)

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (see S. 2095)

Veterans: Dept. of Labor problem-resolution processes and job bank (see S. 2491)

———hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (see S. 2394)

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (see S. 2459)

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572)

Whistle blowing: protection against reprisal for disclosing information to protect public health and safety (see S. 2095)

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (see H.R. 4731)

Youth: program for those considered at-risk (see S. 2679; H.R. 5218)

Books

``Sound Off!—American Military Women Speak Out,'' Carl and Dorothy Schneider, 2703 [1MR]

``State Against Blacks,'' Walter W. Williams, 15410 [21JN]

Cloture motions

Industry: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 16042 [27JN], 16120, 16121 [28JN], 16323 [29JN]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 4502 [21MR], 4843 [23MR], 5135 [24MR], 5287 [25MR]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 26577 [29SE], 28355 [5OC]

Polygraphs: limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), 2725 [1MR]

———limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), close debate, 3060 [3MR]

Documents

International Labor Organization Conventions, 476 [1FE]

Essays

Man Who Looked Beyond His Disability: Kristin N. Daniel, 10533 [11MY]

Why I Have Chosen To Pursue a Government Career: Justin Daniels, 19577 [28JY]

Explanations

Clarify income and employment tax treatment of providers of technical services through third-party arrangements (S. 2626), 17539 [11JY]

Program for at-risk youths (S. 2679), 19949 [2AU]

Public and Tax-Exempt Employees Deferred Compensation Act, 13594 [7JN]

Factsheets

Job Enhancement for Families Act (S. 2658), 18768 [26JY]

Small Business Concerns With the Minimum Wage, 4146 [16MR]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 9549 [29AP]

History

Job Training Partnership Act, 28984 [6OC]

Letters

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: Dept. of Labor, 28086 [4OC]

———Senator Metzenbaum, 28086 [4OC]

———Senators Metzenbaum, Quayle, and Melcher, 28087 [4OC]

———several Senators, 28087 [4OC]

Availability of jobs for the unemployed: Marion S. King, 25267 [23SE]

CBO cost estimate of H.R. 1834: James L. Blum, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Closing of Tom Thumb Glove Co.: several Members of Congress, 24494 [20SE]

Continuation of health care coverage: Iowa Association of Business & Industry, 11170 [16MY]

Displaced workers deserve a better fate, Mike Stout, 21992 [11AU]

Drug-free workplace: David G. Coverdale, 18515 [14JY]

Ethanol industry: several Senators, 20053 [3AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: AFL-CIO, 31986 [19OC]

———Amalgamated Transit Union, 29197 [6OC]

———American Association of Retired Persons, 31986 [19OC]

———American Federation of Government Employees, 31987 [19OC]

———American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 31986 [19OC]

———American Postal Workers Union, 31987 [19OC]

———American Psychological Association, 29606 [7OC]

———Betty J. Forbes, 28662 [5OC]

———Communications Workers of America, 31988 [19OC]

———Darice Wright, 25659 [27SE]

———Donald G. Jackman, 25659 [27SE]

———Food & Allied Service Trades, 31986 [19OC]

———International Association of Fire Fighters, 31988 [19OC]

———International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 31987 [19OC]

———Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, 31987 [19OC]

———John J. Sweeney, 29654 [7OC]

———Mary W. Roberts, 25659 [27SE]

———Millie Waterman, 29599 [7OC]

———National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 28006 [4OC]

———Talmadge R. Jones, 25659 [27SE]

———Sarah Harder, American Association of University Women, 29171 [6OC]

———Service Employees International Union, 31987 [19OC]

———several organizations for the aged, 29653 [7OC]

———UAW, 31987 [19OC]

———United Mine Workers of America, 31987 [19OC]

———United Steelworkers of America, 31986 [19OC]

Health effects of tobacco use in the workplace: Fran Du Melle, Alan Davis and Scott D. Ballin, 5184 [24MR]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: American Farm Bureau Federation, 5380 [28MR]

———American Feed Industry Association, 5382 [28MR]

———American Heart Association, 5371 [28MR]

———American Lung Association, 5370 [28MR]

———Anna M. Carroll, 5393 [28MR]

———Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 5288 [25MR]

———David S. Hollingsworth, 5456 [29MR]

———John F. Finklea, Philip J. Landrigan and James J. Melius, 5392 [28MR]

———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 5382, 5387 [28MR]

———National Council of Agricultural Employees, 5381 [28MR]

———University of Alabama, 5375 [28MR]

———W.T. Stephens, 4675 [22MR]

Hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals: VA, 11026 [13MY]

Industrial homework: American Farm Bureau Federation, 30894 [14OC]

———Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 30894 [14OC]

———National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 30894 [14OC]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 30894 [14OC]

———North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 24488, 24494 [20SE]

———Ohio Farm Bureau, 30894 [14OC]

———OMB, 30893 [14OC]

———Senator Helms, 30892 [14OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 30894 [14OC]

International Labor Organization Conventions: Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 477 [1FE]

Massachusetts Industrial Services Program: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 13700 [8JN]

———Patricia Hanratty, 13701 [8JN]

Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act: CBO, 25296 [26SE]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: Jack Doak, 10563 [11MY]

Plant closing and layoff notification: Alexander B. Trowbridge, 16339 [29JN]

———Dean Kleckner, 16339 [29JN]

———Senators Roth, Metzenbaum, and Kennedy, 16017 [27JN]

———several Members of Congress, 13446 [6JN]

Polygraph Protection Act: Albert D. Bourland, 2810 [2MR]

———Bern Laxer, 2850 [2MR]

———David E. Nagle, 2809 [2MR]

———Gary W. Rollins, 2829 [2MR]

———Harvey S. Gold, 2813 [2MR]

———James F. Wilkinson, 2813 [2MR]

———John A. Knebel, 2813 [2MR]

———John J. Motley III, 3063 [3MR]

———Julian C. Morris, 2813 [2MR]

———Junior Strawn, 2829 [2MR]

———Mark Gorman, 3063 [3MR]

———Nobumasa Tsuboi, 2813 [2MR]

———Vincent J. Lambriola, 2814 [2MR]

Protection of LTV Steel Co.'s retiree health benefits: Dick Warden, 11931 [23MY]

———John Burry, Jr., Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 12699 [26MY]

———John J. Sheehan, 11931 [23MY]

———Robert M. McGlotten, 11931 [23MY]

Railroad Drug Abuse Prevention Act: Representative Rodino, 24634 [20SE]

Raising the minimum wage, 9890 [4MY]

Small employer compliance with nondiscrimination tests: Albert D. Bourland, 29735 [11OC]

Trade adjustment assistance: several Senators, 20557 [4AU]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: Arthur Holland, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 17654 [12JY]

———Pamela Plumb, National League of Cities, 17654 [12JY]

Welfare reform: American Jewish Committee, 14405 [14JN]

———Coalition on Human Needs, 14406 [14JN]

———League of Women Voters, 14406 [14JN]

———National Council of La Raza, 14405 [14JN]

———National Urban League, Inc. (1986), 14406 [14JN]

Worker exposure to betanaohthylamine: Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., 5378 [28MR]

———National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 5378 [28MR]

Lists

Age discrimination claims processed at EEOC, 31532 [18OC]

Associations opposed to High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4841 [23MR], 5288 [25MR]

Associations supporting S. 79, the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4687 [22MR]

Dept. of Labor standards for hazardous substances, 5284 [25MR]

Organizations opposed to S. 1904, the Polygraph Protection Act, 2810-2812 [2MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 387, equitable pay practices for Federal employees, 25795 [27SE]

Organizations supporting the revised Parental and Medical Leave Act, 28001 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 19757 [1AU], 24714 [20SE]

Florida, 15363 [21JN]

Hawaii, 10546 [11MY]

Oklahoma, 6786 [13AP]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority Annual Report: President Reagan, 23949 [15SE]

Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Reagan, 32550 [21OC]

Motions

Industry: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), table Domenici amendment, 16113 [28JN]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), recommit to committee, 26522-26539 [29SE]

Newsletters

New Plan Helps Families Make Ends Meet, Representative Nancy L. Johnson, 9896 [4MY]

Petitions

Day care policy: Buffalo, NY, Common Council, 18238 [13JY]

Employee nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits: Buffalo, NY, Common Council, 18926 [26JY]

Employee vacation and sick leave taxation: Schenectady, NY, City Council, 15995 [27JN]

Minimum wage increase: Canton, OH, City Council, 32122 [20OC]

Polls of opinion

Child care: Martilla & Kiley, Inc., 17567 [11JY]

Handicapped unemployment: Harris Poll, 9786 [3MY]

Press releases

Dept. of Justice settles discrimination case with Pan American World Airways, 4807 [22MR]

Petri announces legislation for working poor, 5847 [30MR]

Private sector support for welfare reform legislation: Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc., 14406 [14JN]

Questions and answers

Healthy family proposals, 25228 [23SE]

Recommendation

Federal protection of private sector health and safety whistleblowers: Administrative Conference of the U.S., 2345 [23FE]

Remarks in House

Act for Better Child Care Services: enact, 2722 [11AU]

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act: enact (S. 2117), 5605-5609 [29MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amendment for waiver of rights without supervision (H.R. 5500), 30617 [13OC]

Aged: employment in child care for low-income families (H.R. 4614), 11263 [17MY], 11360 [17MY]

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 1684 [17FE], 11928 [23MY], 11932, 11933 [23MY], 13198 [1JN]

Asbestos: cleaning done by homeless workers, 20356 [3AU]

Bush, Vice President: minimum wage policy, 25071 [23SE]

California Employment Development Department: Outstanding Veteran Service Award recipient, 8662 [25AP]

CBO: report on minimum wage, 7088 [18AP]

Channellock, Inc.: ban on use of tobacco products at manufacturing facilities, 11784 [19MY]

Child care: block grants (H.R. 5526), 30453 [13OC], 30633 [13OC]

———employers' policy, 6240 [31MR]

———expand availability (H.R. 4999), 17093 [7JY]

———results of Martilla & Kiley, Inc. survey, 17567 [11JY]

———improve services via tax incentives, increased dependent care expense credits, and liability risk reduction (H.R. 5508), 30618 [13OC]

———national policy, 1691 [18FE], 2550 [25FE], 5242 [24MR], 13374 [3JN], 32378 [20OC]

———tax credit, 2728 [11AU], 19577 [28JY]

Child support: amounts withheld by employer from employee's wages for enforcement purposes (H.R. 3882), 447 [28JA]

Civil Rights Enforcement Act: enact, 26032 [28SE]

Congress: prohibit employment discrimination (H.R. 4821), 9703 [3MY], 14774 [15JN]

Continental Airlines: employee union membership, 12104 [24MY]

Corporations: cooperation with cities, 11353 [17MY]

Delaware County, PA: anniversary of the Women's Association for Women's Alternatives, 14773 [15JN]

District of Columbia: residency requirement for government employment, 16547 [30JN]

Drug abuse: requiring recipients of Federal grants and contracts to maintain drug-free workplaces (H.R. 4719), 13102 [1JN]

———workplace, 12105, 12106 [24MY], 14062 [9JN], 18515 [14JY]

Economic conditions: assessment, 21751 [10AU], 23047 [8SE]

———jobless rate and low wages, 22397 [11AU]

———plants closing, 10351-10356 [10MY]

———policy of Reagan administration, 28497 [5OC]

———U.S. expansion, 19241 [27JY]

EEOC: extending the statute of limitations for certain claims (H.R. 4107), 3561 [8MR]

Employee benefits: nondiscrimination tests, 24342 [16SE]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1692), 6993 [14AP]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4951), 6970 [11AU], 16520 [29JN]

Enterprise zones: benefit to employment, 19245 [27JY]

Europe: flexible manufacturing networks, 24351 [16SE]

Executive departments: drug-free workplace policy, 33317 [10NO]

———labor dispute resolution (H.R. 5101), 19249 [27JY]

Families: medical leave policies, 23415 [9SE]

Federal Contract Compliance and Workforce Development Act: enact (H.R. 4903), 15905 [23JN]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), 25072 [23SE], 25788-25798 [27SE], 26124-26135, 26416 [28SE], 26739 [29SE], 26755 [30SE], 26756 [29SE]

———equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), consideration (H. Res. 537), 25783 -25788 [27SE]

———equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), Fawell amendment, 28249 [4OC]

———leave transfers under certain experimental programs (H.R. 3981), 3836-3838 [15MR]

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), 30089-30091 [12OC], 31794 [19OC], 31977 [19OC], 32396 [20OC], 32730 [21OC]

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 601), 32763-32770 [21OC]

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), 4726, 4735 [22MR], 30045-30050 [12OC]

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), correct technical errors in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 388), 30050 [12OC]

Federal Employees' Retirement System Act: amend (S. 2188), 15258 [20JN]

Flight attendants: limitation on duty time (H.R. 5399), 25834 [27SE]

Foreign trade: deficit, 14784 [16JN]

———domestic employment effects of sanctions against Toshiba Corp., 3973 [15MR]

———exports of electronics to Japan, 3973 [15MR]

GAO: report on conversions of political appointees to career jobs, 5555 [29MR]

Government: prohibit employment discrimination against minorities in the legislative branch (H.R. 5097), 19258 [27JY]

Government contractors: employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (H.R. 1716), 15961 [27JN]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 9056 [27AP]

Handicapped: anniversary of legislation providing employment and support services for blind and other disabled people, 17843 [12JY]

———establish clear prohibition of discrimination (H.R. 4498), 6969 [11AU], 9604-9608 [29AP], 9664 [2MY], 9785-9788 [3MY], 14166 [10JN]

Health: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 3596-3598 [9MR]

Homeless: jobs, 4082 [16MR]

House of Representatives: rules regarding employment practices (H. Res. 445), 10490 [11MY]

IBM: tribute to policy toward families, 31792 [19OC]

Immigration: employment verification (H.R. 4581), 22405 [11AU]

———lawful temporary resident status for certain aliens based upon petitions submitted by sponsoring employers and labor unions (H.R. 4079), 3306 [3MR], 9163 [27AP]

Income: equal salaries for jobs with comparable worth to their organization, 9908 [4MY]

Industrial policy: antitrust barriers, 24351 [16SE]

Industry: advance notification of major reductions (H.R. 4652), 11744 [19MY]

———advance notification of plant closing to employees, 8794 [26AP], 12231, 12233 [25MY]

———advance notification of plant closing and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 16411 [29JN], 17858 [13JY], 17876-17880 [13JY], 18524, 18526 [14JY], 18821 [26JY], 18930 [26JY], 19800 [2AU], 20203 [3AU]

———advance notification of plant closing and mass layoffs (S. 2527), consideration (H. Res. 491), 17848-17857 [13JY]

———President Reagan decision not to veto S. 2527, 19800 [2AU]

———signature of plant closing notice legislation, 19801 [2AU]

Ireland, Northern: incentives for fair employment (H.R. 4426), 8069-8072 [20AP]

———U.S. corporate guidelines on equal employment (H.R. 722), 695 [2FE]

IRS: crediting employee earnings to their Social Security accounts, 3560 [8MR]

ITC: report on Mexican assembly plants, 5069 [23MR]

Job Corps: budget, 23305, 23314 [9SE]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: improve economic incentives, 2506 [25FE]

Job Relocation Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 5172), 20633 [4AU]

Job Training Partnership Act: legislative history, 28984 [6OC]

———technical corrections (H.R. 4857), 15276 [20JN], 27793 [3OC]

Labor Unions: certain unfair labor practices of employers during strikes (H.R. 4552), 10283 [10MY], 14782 [16JN]

———promote education and training programs, 3821 [14MR]

Leave of absence: protection of employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (H.R. 925), 9608 [29AP], 9820, 9823, 9827, 9876 [4MY], 9921, 9924 [4MY], 9995, 10003 [5MY], 14753 [15JN], 15734, 15740, 15744, 15747 [22JN], 15871 [23JN], 15902 [23JN], 22402 [11AU], 25054 [22SE], 25069 [23SE], 28662 [5OC], 29197 [6OC], 29599 [7OC], 31985 [19OC]

Legislative Branch Employment Relations Board: establish (H.R. 5060), 18538 [14JY]

Library of Congress: establish Equal Employment Opportunity Appeals Board (H.R. 5105), 20011 [2AU]

Members of Congress: restrict spouses from holding any civilian offices or positions requiring Presidential appointment with advise and consent of Senate (H.R. 4456), 8865 [26AP]

Mexico: study of implications of Maquila Program, 21430-21431 [9AU]

Minimum wage: establish fair and equitable, 17300 [7JY]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 2790 [1MR], 3008 [2MR], 3574 [9MR], 4178 [17MR], 8438 [21AP], 9493 [28AP], 9549 [29AP], 9618 [29AP], 9804 [3MY], 9820, 9891, 9892, 9897 [4MY], 10004 [5MY], 10488 [11MY], 10581 [12MY], 11260 [17MY], 11375, 11376 [18MY], 11525 [18MY], 11776 [19MY]

———increase, 26033 [28SE], 31979 [19OC]

———reform, 4176 [17MR]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (H.J. Res. 574), 12768 [26MY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 333), 24318 [16SE]

National Vocational Education Week: observance, 65 [25JA]

New Jersey: economic development and job creation, 23685 [13SE]

North Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), 3258 [3MR], 3259 [9MR]

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: release of Guide to State and Federal Resources for Economic Development, 22602 [7SE], 24132 [15SE]

Nuclear energy: protection against discrimination for certain employees (H.R. 4071), 2915 [2MR], 5084 [23MR]

Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act: amend (H.R. 4071), 5084 [23MR]

Ohio's Great Oaks vocational system: tribute, 23400 [9SE]

Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc.: employment and training assistance for poor and homeless, 8863 [26AP]

OSHA: National Safe Workplace Institute report, 25841 [27SE]

———worker safety, 23028-23031 [8SE]

Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission: tribute to eastern regional office, 10871 [12MY]

Pensions: moratorium on reversions to employers of assets of terminated plans (H.R. 4111), 3618 [9MR]

Petroleum: economic conditions in West Texas, 6967 [14AP]

Pinellas County, FL: recipient of Presidential Award for the Outstanding Private Industry Council, 3624 [9MR]

———tribute to Project Hope, 11361 [17MY]

Pittsburgh, PA: Eastside Week, 27982 [3OC]

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (H.R. 4690), 12283 [25MY]

Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), conference report, 13062-13069 [1JN], 13315 [2JN]

Public Housing Gateway Act: enact (H.R. 4899), 15890 [23JN]

Puerto Rico: workfare program, 2490 [24FE]

Railroads: employee protection arrangements in certain transactions involving parties under common control (H.R. 4094), 3307, 3317 [3MR]

———ICC conditions for protection of employees in certain rail transactions (H.R. 4261), 6229 [31MR]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to the Ministers Council for Equal Opportunity for Minority Groups, 10373 [10MY]

Small business: impact of minimum wage on employment, 4146 [16MR]

Social security: remove limitations on amount of outside income an individual may earn while receiving benefits (H.R. 4412), 7530 [19AP]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY], 13206 [1JN]

South Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), 3258 [3MR], 3259 [9MR]

State employment service: funding, 20638 [4AU]

Taxation: employee stock ownership plans, 20515 [4AU]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (H.R. 3719), 9815 [3MY]

———health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (H.R. 5169), 20633 [4AU]

———long-term care insurance for employees (H.R. 2039), 8434 [21AP]

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (H.R. 4221), 4825 [22MR]

———permanent extension of the employee educational assistance deduction, 6793 [13AP]

———relate amount of the earned income tax credit to family size (H.R. 4119), 9881, 9884, 9887, 9888-9892 [4MY]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 17297 [7JY], 20930, 20936-20941 [8AU]

Thailand: AT&T to build factory, 16770 [7JY]

Tobacco industry: economic impact, 32180 [20OC]

Toshiba Corp: domestic employment effect of sanctions, 3973 [15MR]

Tourist trade: economic impact, 10392 [10MY]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: establish (H.R. 4606), 11262 [17MY]

Veterans: job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9109-9131 [27AP]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (H.J. Res. 572), 11541 [18MY], 24311 [16SE]

West Haven, CT: Nursing Assistants Awareness Day at VA hospital, 3317 [3MR]

Wisconsin: Allis-Chalmers Co. pensions, 1684 [17FE]

Women: equal opportunities, 9799 [3MY]

———recognize importance to economy (H. Res. 224), 14201, 14202 [13JN]

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (H.R. 4731), 13314 [2JN], 14199-14201 [13JN]

Workforce: rate and age structure, 29611 [7OC]

Youth: training program for those considered at-risk (H.R. 5218), 22379 [11AU]

Remarks in Senate

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: prevent discrimination, 21994 [11AU]

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act: EEOC enforcement, 31532 [18OC]

———enact (S. 2117), 2868 [2MR], 3145 [3MR], 4315 [17MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (S. 2856), 28085-28090 [4OC]

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 12696-12700 [26MY], 12852 [27MY]

———treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), correction, 13049 [27MY]

Airline mergers: protection of labor, 17629 [12JY]

Apprenticeship programs: prohibit age discrimination (S. 2197), 4439 [18MR]

Bush, Vice President: assessment of child care views, 19654 [29JY]

———assessment of economic policies, 22787 [8SE]

———discourage employers from relocating sites of employment overseas (S. 2712), 21598 [10AU]

Child care: expand availability (S. 2124), 2878 [2MR]

———expand availability, 18092 [13JY]

———incentive programs (S. 2864), 28364 [5OC]

———Federal assistance (S. 1271), 9411 [28AP]

———national policy, 1992 [23FE], 26863-26867 [30SE]

———providing leave for the purpose of parenting, 25244 [23SE]

Child Care Development Act: enact (S. 2173), 4051 [16MR]

Commission on the American Family and Employment Act: enact (S. 2775), 23526 [13SE]

Democratic Party: election campaign issues, 12040 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: women in military, 2703 [1MR]

Displaced workers: treatment, 1880 [19FE]

District of Columbia: residency requirement, 17320-17323 [8JY]

Economic conditions: assessment of President Reagan's policies, 18955 [27JY]

———campaign issues, 20597 [4AU]

———forecasts, 9509 [29AP]

———purchase of domestic products and services (S.J. Res. 258), 1540 [17FE]

———quality of available jobs, 23894 [15SE]

Economic growth: effects, 20524 [4AU]

Education: additional professional and graduate institutions (S. 2739), 21923 [11AU]

———transition to workplace, 12451 [25MY]

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 1726), 742 [3FE]

Employment Incentive Act: enact (S. 2235), 5843 [30MR]

Europe: mandatory prior notice of plant closings, 12016 [23MY]

Fair Employment in Congress Act: enact (S. 2299), 7649 [20AP]

Family: parental and medical leave policies, 32611 [21OC]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 10279 [10MY]

Faribault County, MN: economic development, 19957 [2AU]

Federal employees: job classification system, 29276-29292, 29293, 29302-29305 [7OC]

———leave transfers under certain experimental programs (H.R. 3981), 4879 [23MR]

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), 31515-31521 [18OC], 32465-32469 [21OC]

———restrictions on post-employment activities (H.R. 5043), correcting enrollment (S. Con. Res. 168), 32469 [21OC]

———retirement applications processing (S. 2469), 13462 [6JN]

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), 28473-28478 [5OC]

———voluntary leave transfer (H.R. 3757), correct technical errors in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 388), 31136 [14OC]

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act: enact (S. 2500), 14265 [13JN], 29414 [7OC], 29834 [11OC]

Federal Employees' Retirement System Act: amend (S. 2188), 4332 [17MR], 16183 [28JN]

Federal Personnel Improvements Act: enact (S. 2530), 15113, 15123, 15127 [17JN], 15228 [20JN], 19111-19114, 19117 [27JY]

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: amend relative to employment performed by certain employees of educational institutions (S. 2600), 16374 [29JN]

Foreign languages: computer bank to assist U.S. corporations in finding skilled personnel, 18731 [26JY]

Foreign trade: adjustment assistance, 610 [2FE], 20557 [4AU]

General Dynamics: Navajo Indian worker productivity, 24243 [16SE]

Government: prohibit employment discrimination in judicial branch (S. 2428), 14293 [13JN], 15051 [17JN]

Government contractors: employee protection against reprisal for disclosures (H.R. 1716), 19263 [28JY]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 768 [3FE], 6921 [14AP], 7025-7041 [15AP], 7215-7247 [19AP]

———time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), order to print, 7664 [20AP]

Handicapped: amend Education of the Handicapped Act and the Rehabilitation Act (S. 2821), 24820 [22SE]

———civil liberties violations, 21261 [9AU]

———promote employment, 6960 [14AP]

Health care: benefits for all U.S. workers (S. 1265), 7165 [18AP]

Health insurance: continuation of coverage (S. 2401), 11170 [16MY]

———special rules for costs of self-employed individuals (S. 2234), 5842 [30MR]

Illinois: recognize efforts of the Peoria District American Water Co., 1132 [4FE]

Illiteracy: social and economic effects, 22788 [8SE]

Immigration: temporary resident status for certain aliens sponsored by employers and labor unions (S. 2131), 3171 [3MR]

———visa regulations for temporary employees of distinguished ability, 18720 [26JY]

Income: statistics on personal per capita, 25712 [27SE]

Industry: notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 19867, 19870 [2AU]

———notification of plant closings and major employment reductions (S. 2376), 10799 [12MY]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2507), 14270 [13JN]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 15000 [16JN], 15513-15521, 15583 [22JN], 15760-15769, 15778-15796 [23JN], 15921-15939 [24JN], 16015, 16016, 16027, 16029, 16033-16043 [27JN], 16098-16133 [28JN], 16322-16326, 16338, 16340 [29JN], 16669, 16671-16693 [6JY], 17266 [7JY], 17441 [11JY]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2528), 14983 [16JN]

———permit certain homework (S. 2901), 30891-30893, 30897 [14OC]

———retraining laid-off employees, 21992 [11AU]

———submission of future reports relative to notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 16040 [27JN]

Integrity in Post Employment Act: enact (S. 237), 4338 [17MR]

International Labor Organization Conventions: ratification, 473-481 [1FE]

Investment: importance of private saving, 8770 [26AP]

Ireland, Northern: economic progress, 25710 [27SE]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (S. 2658), 18767, 18769, 18771 [26JY], 29719 [11OC]

Job Training Partnership Act: technical corrections (H.R. 4857), 1000 [4FE], 15834 [23JN], 22460 [7SE], 25255 [23SE]

Kentucky: Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant, 3946 [15MR]

Kids in Day-Care Services Act: enact (S. 2730), 21625 [10AU]

Labor unions: role in industry, 19863 [2AU]

Members of Congress: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 768 [3FE]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (S. 2556), 15568 [22JN]

Minimum wage level, 19657 [29JY], 24795 [22SE]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 14030 [9JN]

———status for Puerto Rico, 4326 [17MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 14030 [9JN]

Narcotics: drug abuse in the workplace, 14478 [14JN]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, 30317 [13OC], 32149 [20OC]

National Job Skills Week: designate (S.J. Res. 333), 13027 [27MY], 13776 [8JN]

National Labor Relations Act: coverage of agricultural employees (S. 2812), 24540 [20SE]

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week: designate (S.J. Res. 331), 13025 [27MY], 14305 [13JN], 15955 [24JN]

National Right to Work Bill: enact (S. 2817), 24816 [22SE]

National Vocational Education Week: observance, 553 [1FE]

North Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), 3386 [4MR]

———employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), indefinitely postponed, 4317 [17MR]

Occupational health and safety: clarify U.S. responsibility for workplaces operated by the U.S. (S. 2709), 21591 [10AU], 29703 [11OC]

———notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2372 [23FE], 4421 [18MR], 4671-4693 [22MR], 4838-4875, 4970-4984 [23MR], 5133, 5134-5178, 5183-5193, 5215 [24MR], 5269-5287, 5288, 5296 [25MR], 5363-5395 [28MR], 5454-5465 [29MR], 6581 [13AP]

Overtime: permit time off in lieu of compensation (S. 2196), 4439 [18MR]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 2488), 13767 [8JN], 16061 [27JN], 18379 [14JY], 25300, 25315-25324 [26SE], 25641-25674 [27SE], 25869-25889, 25913, 25924, 25926 [28SE], 26519 [29SE], 26891, 26893, 26934-26938 [30SE], 27393-27414 [3OC], 27996, 28000-28007, 28049, 28056-28058, 28064-28069 [4OC], 28317, 28336, 28354 [5OC], 29250-29268-29389, 29421 [7OC]

———enact (S. 2488), motion to proceed to consideration, 26577 [29SE]

———enact (S. 2488), unanimous-consent agreement, 28072-28075 [4OC]

Pension Benefit Protection Act: enact (S. 2700), 21246 [9AU]

Pensions: asset reversions, 18661-18664 [26JY]

Polygraphs: limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), 2706-2725, 2741 [1MR], 2797-2800, 2802 [2MR], 3059, 3060-3068 [3MR]

———limit examinations by employers involved in interstate commerce (S. 1904), indefinitely postponed, 3145 [3MR]

———prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 3069-3072 [3MR]

———prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), conference report, 13747 [8JN], 14007-14010 [9JN]

Public and Tax-Exempt Employees Deferred Compensation Act: enact (S. 2480), 13594 [7JN], 14030 [9JN]

Public debt: future consequences, 20021 [3AU]

Reagan, President: economic policies, 16168 [28JN]

Rural areas: unemployment and decline in economies, 28455 [5OC]

Senate: fair employment practices (S. Res. 488), 28369 [5OC]

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (S. 2217), 5312 [25MR]

Social Security: phase out earnings test for those of retirement age (S. 2766), 23143 [9SE]

South Carolina: employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), 3386 [4MR]

———employment of certain schoolbus drivers (H.R. 4063), indefinitely postponed, 4317 [17MR]

Taxation: clarify income and employment tax treatment of providers of technical services through third-party arrangements (S. 2626), 17537 [11JY]

———credit against tax for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs (S. 2594), 16368 [29JN]

———deduction of jury pay (S. 2630), 17703 [12JY]

———employee approval of employee stock ownership plan (S. 2078), 1922 [22FE]

———exclusion of certain cash distributions from profit-sharing plans (S. 932), 21971 [11AU]

———pension plans, 29709 [11OC]

———permanent targeted jobs credit (S. 684), 19780 [1AU]

———permanent the exclusion from income of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (S. 2119), 14995 [16JN]

———State retirement plans (S. 2652), 18625 [25JY]

———terminating the exclusion from gross income of citizens working abroad (S. 2125), 3165 [3MR]

———treatment of certain deferred compensation (S. 2358), 10152 [9MY]

———treatment of certain family services providers, 29768 [11OC]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc.: Kentucky plant, 3946 [15MR]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (S. 2536), 15133 [17JN]

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (S. 2095), 2342 [23FE]

Uranium industry: efforts to improve (S. 2097), 5690-5718, 5730 [30MR]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: extend, 17644 [12JY], 17656 [12JY]

Veterans: hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (S. 2394), 11025 [13MY]

———job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9453-9467 [28AP], 10846 [12MY]

———problem-resolution processes and job bank for veterans (S. 2491), 14025 [9JN], 18647 [25JY]

———run to emphasize need for employment assistance, 10851 [12MY]

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (S. 2459), 13009 [27MY]

Weirton Steel Co.: tribute, 4964 [27AP]

Whistle blowing: protection against reprisal for disclosing information to protect public health and safety (S. 2095), 2342 [23FE]

Work incentive programs: budget, 6856 [14AP]

———extend authority (H.R. 4731), 15228 [20JN], 16062 [27JN], 16097 [28JN]

Work made for hire: amend copyright law (S. 1223), 28311, 28312 [5OC]

Youth: program for those considered at-risk (S. 2679), 19947 [2AU]

Youth Employment Services Act: enact (S. 1731), 518 [1FE]

Youth services: Federal, State, and local government assistance, 24007 [15SE]

Reports

Advanced Notification of Plant Closings: Task Force on Plant Closings, 8491 [22AP]

———Provisions of S. 2527, 16123, 16127-16130 [28JN]

Colorado—Work and Welfare: Wayne Allard, 14912 [16JN]

Discrimination Against the Handicapped: National Council on the Handicapped, 9785, 9786 [3MY]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke: OTA, 6583 [13AP]

Federal Protection of Private Sector Health and Safety Whistleblowers: Eugene R. Fidell, 2347-2355 [23FE]

Increasing the Minimum Wage—A Risky Way to Reduce Poverty: Ronald B. Mincy, 19657 [29JY]

New Perspectives on Debt, Trade, and Investment—Key to U.S.-Latin American Relations, 15486 [21JN]

Plant Closing Provisions Promote Economic Growth, 10353 [10MY]

Reports by conference committees

Prohibit Use of Polygraphs by Employers Involved in or Affecting Interstate Commerce (H.R. 1212), 12547-12551 [26MY]

Reports filed

Drug-Free Workplaces for Recipients of Federal Grants and Contracts: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 4719) (H. Rept. 100-829), 21028 [8AU]

Enhancing Competitiveness of Domestic Industry (H.R. 4848), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

Equitable Pay Practices in Federal Civil Service: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 387) (H. Rept. 100-914), 23676 [13SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 387) (H. Rept. 100-926), 24093 [15SE]

Federal Employee Restrictions on Post-Employment Activities: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5043) (H. Rept. 100-1068), 29162 [6OC]

Federal Employees' Retirement System Act Amendment: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2188), 12716 [26MY]

National Job Skills Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 333), 18624 [25JY]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs (S. 2527), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

OSHA's Nonuse of Criminal Penalties for Safety Violations: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-1051), 28242 [4OC]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2488) (S. Rept. 100-447), 20137 [3AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2488), 28359 [5OC]

Prohibit Use of Polygraphs by Employers Involved in or Affecting Interstate Commerce: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-659), 12561 [26MY]

Protection of Employment and Benefits in Case of Birth, Adoption, or Health Condition: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 925) (H. Rept. 100-511), 3604 [9MR]

Restructuring of AFDC With New Family Support Program: Committee on Finance (H.R. 1720), 13583 [7JN]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 4904) (H. Rept. 100-819), 20521 [4AU]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Commission: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 4606) (H. Rept. 100-1101), 33323 [21OC]

Statements

America Needs Pro-Family Workplace: Judith L. Lichtman, Women's Legal Defense Fund, 17289 [7JY]

At-Risk Youth Employment and Training Program: Dept. of Labor, 22379 [11AU]

Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity for Citizens With Disabilities: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 21425 [9AU]

Employment of Welfare Recipients: Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 14257 [13JN]

Ethanol Industry: Representative Dorgan, 20053 [3AU]

———Representative Durbin, 20053 [3AU]

Foreign Trade Competition: Hudson Institute, 3669 [10MR]

———Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 3669 [10MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3669 [10MR]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Dept. of Agriculture, 5382 [28MR]

Monitoring Timber Supply Situation in Tongass National Forest: Henry M. Jackson, 7541 [20AP]

Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Committee for Economic Development, 17871 [13JY]

———Stan Lundine, 17864 [13JY]

Polygraph Examinations: David Raskin, 2712 [1MR]

———Senator Kennedy (dissenting views on S. 1904), 3063 [3MR]

———Stephen B. Markman, 2713 [1MR]

———William Scheve, American Polygraph Association, 2716 [1MR]

Retiree Benefit Protection Act: John Burry, Jr., 11933 [24MY]

Use of Polygraph by Employers: OTA, 14007 [9JN]

———Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 14007 [9JN]

Veteran's Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments: Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 9457-9466 [28AP]

Worker Notification of Plant Closings and Layoffs: William E. Brock III, 15779 [23JN]

Studies

Connecticut Product Development Corp.: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 24132 [15SE]

Cost Analysis for Mandatory Notice of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc., 16673 [6JY]

Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 22771 [7SE]

New Jersey Business Retention and Expansion Program: Charles Bartsch, 23685 [13SE]

New York Regional Economic Development Partnership Program, 23868 [14SE]

Saving, Investment Incentives and Economic Growth: Timothy P. Roth, 8770-8773 [26AP]

Wages of American Workers in the 1980's: Senate Committee on the Budget, 25308 [26SE], 25635-25640 [27SE]

Summaries

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act (H.R. 4107), 3562 [8MR]

Dept. of Labor Problem-Resolution Processes and Job Bank for Veterans (S. 2491), 14026 [9JN]

Employee Health Benefit Improvement Act (H.R. 4951), 16521 [29JN]

Federal Personnel Improvements Act: enact (S. 2530), 15127 [17JN]

Job Enhancement for Families Act (H.R. 4119), 9882 [4MY]

Major Provisions of Veterans' Job Training Bill, 10848 [12MY]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act (S. 2556), 15570 [22JN]

Minimum Wage, Economic Impact, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Impact on Poverty, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Demography, 9893 [4MY]

Minimum Wage—The Issue Is Skills, 9894 [4MY]

Veterans' Employment, Training and Counseling Services (S. 999), 9120-9129 [27AP]

Tables

Annual cost to business (hidden tax), 25663 [27SE]

Canadian Government and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. subsidies, 5700 [30MR]

Civil Service separations (sundry), 13462 [6JN]

Election-year economies, 25283 [26SE]

Employment loss in selected congressional districts due to passage of minimum wage legislation, 9821 [4MY]

Estimated job losses due to minimum wage increases and offsets, workers 16 to 24, 11535 [18MY]

Executive department retirement statistics (sundry), 13462 [6JN]

Male civilian labor force participation ratio by race, age, 24169 [16SE]

1988 comparison, 13416 [6JN]

Notification of plant closing: GAO, 15762 [23JN]

Textile plant closings and permanent layoffs, 22440 [7SE]

Working mothers, 14249 [13JN]

Youth employment (sundry), 3954 [15MR]

Testimonies

Dept. of Veterans' Benefits Workload, 17478 [11JY]

Domestic Uranium Industry: Robert P. Luke, 5701-5703 [30MR]

Expansion of Civil Rights Statutes: C.H. Fields, American Farm Bureau Federation, 385 [28JA]

Foreign Trade: Harry L. Freeman, American Express Co., 12219 [24MY]

Government Responsibility for Workplaces Operated by the U.S.: Joe G. Hollingsworth, 21592 [10AU]

Iron and Steel Industry: Thomas C. Graham, 21405 [9AU]

———Walter F. Williams, 21406 [9AU]

Parental Leave Benefits: Cynthia Grantz, Rockford Coatings Corp., 25321 [26SE]

———Michael C. Burandt, Alfred M. Lewis, Inc., 25321 [26SE]

———Michael Roark, West Point Pepperell, 25321 [26SE]

———Steve Elmont, Creative Gourmets, Ltd., 25321 [26SE]

Veterans' Employment Services: Robert E. David, 9455 [28AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 388, correcting enrollment of H.R. 3757, Federal employees voluntary leave transfer, 30050 [12OC]

H. Res. 491, consideration of S. 2527, notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 17848 [13JY]

H. Res. 537, equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), consideration, 25783 [27SE]

H. Res. 601, concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 5043, Post-Employment Restrictions Act, 32763-32767 [21OC]

H.J. Res. 572, Vocational-Technical Education Week, 24312 [16SE]

H.J. Res. 574, National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month, 12769 [26MY]

H.R. 1212, Polygraph Protection Act, 3069-3071 [3MR]

H.R. 2969, Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 11928, 11929 [23MY], 12696 [26MY]

H.R. 3757, Federal Employees' Leave Transfer Act, 4719-4722 [22MR]

H.R. 3981, leave transfers of Federal employees under certain experimental programs, 3836 [15MR]

H.R. 4063, North and South Carolina's employment of certain schoolbus drivers, 3259 [3MR]

H.R. 4071, Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act amendment, 5084 [23MR]

H.R. 4904, Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act, 20930-20936 [8AU]

H.R. 4999, expand availability of child care, 17094-17097 [7JY]

H.R. 5043, Post-Employment Restrictions Act, 30089-30092 [12OC], 32465-32468 [21OC]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4415-4421 [18MR]

S. 237, Integrity in Post Employment Act, 7245 [19AP]

S. 999, job training and counseling services for veterans, 9109-9113 [27AP]

S. 1726, Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, 742 [3FE]

S. 1904, Polygraph Protection Act, 2707 [1MR]

S. 2095, Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2343 [23FE]

S. 2097, Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act, 5718-5729 [30MR]

S. 2117, Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act, 4315 [17MR], 5605 [29MR]

S. 2125, termination of taxation exclusion from gross income of citizens working abroad, 3165 [3MR]

S. 2173, Child Care Development Act, 4052, 4053 [16MR]

S. 2188, Federal Employees' Retirement System Act, 4333 [17MR], 13488 [6JN], 15258 [20JN], 16183 [28JN]

S. 2196, Fair Labor Standards Act amendment to permit time off in lieu of compensation for overtime, 4439 [18MR]

S. 2197, prohibit age discrimination in apprenticeship programs, 4439 [18MR]

S. 2217, Service Workers Protection Act, 5313 [25MR]

S. 2234, special rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, 5843 [30MR]

S. 2235, Employment Incentive Act, 5844-5847 [30MR]

S. 2358, tax treatment of certain deferred compensation, 10152 [9MY]

S. 2376, advance notification of major employment reductions, 10800 [12MY]

S. 2394, hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals, 11025 [13MY]

S. 2453, rehiring certain air traffic controllers, 13000 [27MY]

S. 2459, Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act, 13009 [27MY]

S. 2480, Public and Tax-Exempt Employees Deferred Compensation Act, 13594 [7JN]

S. 2488, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 25300-25305 [26SE]

S. 2491, Dept. of Labor problem-resolution processes and job bank for veterans, 14025 [9JN]

S. 2500, Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act, 14266 [13JN]

S. 2527, notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 16691 [6JY], 17878 [13JY]

S. 2530, Federal Personnel Improvements Act, 15124-15127 [17JN]

S. 2556, Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act, 15569-15570 [22JN]

S. 2594, credit against tax for employers who pay the costs of employee assistance programs, 16368 [29JN]

S. 2600, amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act relative to employment performed by certain employees of educational institutions, 16375 [29JN]

S. 2626, clarify income and employment tax treatment of providers of technical services through third-party arrangements, 17538 [11JY]

S. 2652, taxation of State retirement benefits, 18625 [25JY]

S. 2658, Job Enhancement for Families Act, 18768 [26JY]

S. 2679, program for at-risk youths, 19947-19949 [2AU]

S. 2700, Pension Benefit Protection Act, 21246 [9AU]

S. 2730, Kids in Day-Care Services Act, 21627-21633 [10AU]

S. 2766, phase out Social Security earnings test for those of retirement age, 23144 [9SE]

S. 2775, Commission on the American Family and Employment Act, 23527 [13SE]

S. 2856, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 28458 [5OC]

S. Con. Res. 168, correcting enrollment of H.R. 5043, Post-Employment Restrictions Act, 32469, 32558 [21OC]

S. Res. 488, fair employment practices in the Senate, 28368 [5OC]

S.J. Res. 331, National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week, 14306 [13JN]

S.J. Res. 333, National Job Skills Week, 13027 [27MY], 18814 [26JY], 24318 [16SE]

S. 2117, Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act, 2869 [2MR]

Transcripts

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