The political landscape of aging policy: important actors and trends

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The response of human resource managers to the issue of workforce aging will be shaped by political limitations. While this issue is receiving relatively more attention from US policymakers, efforts to introduce laws and programs to benefit older workers are limited by political realities, including limits on domestic program appropriations and the need to offset new programs with new taxes or reductions in existing entitlements. Other issues that personnel managers need to examine are the youth's negative views of the elderly and political differences among interest groups.

Aged, Elderly, Services, Demographic aspects, Political aspects, Elder law, Public policy (Law)

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"Victimhood" and the implementation of sexual harassment policy

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Many organizations have introduced sexual harassment policies. However, formal reporting rates are very low despite general employee awareness of these policies and high incidents of sexual harassment. A study, which involved administration of survey to employees of two government organizations, was conducted to discover the reasons behind this conundrum. Findings revealed that victims are threatened by potential negative consequences. Refusal to recognize 'victimhood' is another reason for the low formal reporting rate.

Work environment, Sexual harassment, Sex roles, Sex role in the work environment, Complaints (Administrative procedure)

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From dual policy to dual attitudes: the social construction of substance use policy

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A study examined workplace substance use policies in two municipal organizations. Findings revealed that employees who are most critical of all policy elements demonstrate higher occurrences of alcohol drunkenness. while employees who are most supportive of punishments have the highest levels of contact with co-worker use. Moreover, employees who prefer an educative technique experience higher levels of alcohol use but not alcohol problems or drug use.

Human resource management, Employee alcoholism, Substance abuse, Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Municipal government, Employee drug abuse

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