Providing benefits to the employees are well-proven motivators. Many child care center owners and directors have discovered that employee benefits can eliminate the need for incentive compensation. This article discusses the importance of fringe benefits to find, attract, and retain workers in a company. It also discusses benefits that employees…

In June 2006, the State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Steven Paine, convened the Task Force comprised of county superintendents, RESA executive directors, county school boards, county and RESA specialists in staff development, finance, and technology, staff from West Virginia Senate and House Education Committees, the State Auditor's Office, and…

Since the Office of Library and Information Services published the first Rhode Island trustees manual in 1980, Rhode Island public libraries have continued to respond to an ever increasing demand for service. In so doing, they consistently have taken advantage of new opportunities to provide this service more efficiently and effectively via…

This paper presents the findings from a research study of one large public sector organisation's strategy to promote gender equality and family friendliness. An examination was made of the organisation's policy documentation in this area and a questionnaire survey containing both closed and open-ended questions was undertaken across all staff in…

This paper examines the relationship between policy, organizational type, and the utilization of extrinsic incentives. Charter school reform spread throughout the country in the 1990s, providing the unique opportunity to study over a thousand new public organizations and the innovative operational decisions they made. Traditional public schools…

Presents highlights of the "Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" that represents the most comprehensive federal legislation ever enacted affecting the private pension system in this country. (Author)

The administration of Lehigh University acted improperly in denying further appointment to Mrs. Margerite B. Gravez, after she had served appreciably in excess of the maximun probationary period permitted. (Author/PG)

Presents the AAUP's recommended institutional regulation for termination of an appointment based on factors beyond the affected individual's control. (Author/PG)

The article reviews a series of studies from 1959-1974 concerning changes in the value systems of college students regarding salary offers. Statistically determined "average" or blanket salary plans do not appear to be the solution to individual preferences and differences among employees. (EA)

The authors describe multiple approaches to the problem of definition, stratification, and personnel policy applicable to the professional, non-faculty work force found in most American universities. (Editor)

This paper discusses a national survey of employee benefits designed to investigate the extent to which employers have independently implemented basic components of a comprehensive maternity plan. Components include: (1) standard policies that set the period of leave; (2) job-protected medical leave for maternity; (3) employer contributions to…

School systems must be able to attract high quality teachers and, if necessary, to attract them across state boundaries. Pension portability, which allows workers to change jobs and retirement systems without losing retirement benefits, is essential to accommodate an increasingly mobile work force. This paper reviews the National Governors'…

The American Association of School Administrators believes that professional compensation programs for teachers should incorporate three goals: (1) entry level salaries should be sufficiently high to attract the top one-fourth of those choosing vocations requiring at least a bachelor's degree; (2) the plan must be sufficiently competitive to hold…

Comments are divided into four sections: (1) a summary of the problems posed by the tenure system; (2) a brief survey of several alternatives to conventional tenure; (3) a review of some problems facing colleges in financial exigency; and (4) a few positive suggestions for the future. (Author/PG)