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Reports that Synercid, an antibiotic to treat potentially fatal infections, created by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Incorporated, was given a mixed endorsement from a United States Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. How the panel voted; Functions of the antibiotic; Recommendations of the panel.

Reports that Astra USA Incorporated agreed to pay about $10 million to settle sexual harassment charges which were levied against it by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Who Astra USA filed a lawsuit against on February 4, 1998; Reason for the lawsuit against Astra USA.

Focuses on the agreement of a federal committee to expand the exemptions under which Medicare and Medicaid managed-care plans are protected from prosecution under health-care antikickback laws. What would also be exempted from the committee's plan; Impact of the proposal on confusion about the reach of the antikickback statue; Detailed information on the proposal.

Reports that the Health Benefits Coalition group is opposed to the proposed Patient Access to Responsible Care Act by the United States White House and congressional leaders, for the regulation of managed health care in the United States. Advantages and disadvantages of the proposal cited; Arguments made by the US Chamber of Commerce; Criticism of President Bill Clinton's proposed Consumer Bill of Rights.

States that the United States President Bill Clinton administration will propose a 40 percent increase in the tax credit for building low-income housing, according to an announcement by Vice President Al Gore. Amount the plan would cost over a five-year period; What the plan could result in; How states could increase the credits they allocate to housing developers; Details on the existing tax credit; Detailed information on the proposal.

Reports on claims by Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America's former Vice President and General Manager of Human Resources, Arthur Zintek, that he was forced to deceive the press regarding the company's progress in relation to sexual-harassment problems. Contents of Zintek's resignation letter; Factors relating to the issue; Details on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's sexual harassment lawsuit against the company.

Comments on the fifth anniversary of the Take Our Daughters to Work Day in 1997. People supporting the concept; How the reality has become less appealing; Some schools discouraging children from participating in corporate events; Arguments by several private schools which have planned alternatives to the event.

Presents briefs about life on the job and job-related trends, as of January 21, 1997. Citing of the declining number of welfare recipients getting Aid to Families with Dependent Children since the passing of the new law by Congress in August 1996; Question of the definition of work to determine how states get their share of federal money under new law; Penalties imposed in state of Wisconsin to recipients who didn't search for a job; More.

Discusses the functioning of Japanese-owned businesses in the United States, and the distrust between the Japanese and other ethnic communities. Effort by Craig Samuels, the only black branch manager at Sumitomo Bank of California, to expand the bank's African-American clientele; Percentage of black employees at Japanese-controlled businesses in the United States; Percentage of blacks in 1995 at Sumitomo Bank of California.

Reveals that women workers at the Mitsubishi auto plant in Illinois became disillusioned with the United Auto Workers (UAW), which often ignored their claims of sexual harassment. The rarity of grievances that the union filed, despite dozens of complaints to union leaders; Claims by UAW leaders that the union was in a tough position; Comments of David Bevans, former president of the local; The suit brought by Terry Paz, a single mother.

Profiles auto worker Larry Ramey of Saybrook, Illinois, who disagrees strongly with the United States' sexual-harassment suit against his employer, Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. The suit's charges of widespread harassment at the plant in Normal, Illinois where he works; His efforts to avoid being entrapped; Actions he has taken to protest the lawsuit, including letters to the editor.

Reports on the forceful counterattack waged by Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. in response to the biggest federal sexual-harassment case in history filed against the company by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Rally planned for April 1996, with involvement of nearly 3,000 employees; Comments and strategy of Gary Schultz, the company's general counsel; How employees who are sympathetic to the suit have been pressured by the company.

Reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America because of claims from hundreds of female employees that they endured physical abuse while working there. Details of the class-action suit; Claims of abuse, both physical and emotional; Where most of the harassing occurred; Comments from Gary Shultz, vice president and general counsel of the company; Predicted effects of the case.

Reports news briefs relating to work and employment. Abuse of electronic mail (E-mail) by employees in various offices to harass colleagues; Impact of use of energy-efficient lights and temperature controls on productivity of workers; Survey of female employment in top executives positions in Fortune 500 companies; Comparison of working hours of American teachers with those in other countries; More.

Examines lawsuit by Beatrice Shaw against her employer, Citicorp Credit Services Inc., for discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Details of the dispute regarding Beatrice's foul body odor; Medical aspects of the disease and Beatrice's efforts against it; Court proceedings and verdict of the jury.

Focuses on publication of ninth annual list of `100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' in the magazine Working Mother. Concept of the list; Criticism of evaluation criteria used by the magazine; Details of meeting planned between Working Mother and different companies including 1994 winners Motorola Inc., Merck & Co., Amoco Corp.; Information on the 1994 list; Names of prominent companies included and excluded in the list.

Discusses various news concerning working people and their jobs. Inclusion of Lancaster Laboratories Inc. and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Working Mother's list of top ten companies; Proliferation of illegal football pools for betting; Report on survey by security firm, Guardsmark; Gilbert Tweed Associates search for seven best presidential candidates; Comments of Carol Kleiman, author of a career-advice book, on potential job hunting grounds; More.

Discusses how thousand of patients with impotence because of severe heart disease are now able to resume sexual intercourse with the help of Viagra. The intense physical exertion involved with intercourse and how it impacts the vulnerable population of heart disease patients; Concerns that the men who need Viagra most are those least able to withstand the rigors of sex; Number of deaths of Viagra uses which have occurred from a stroke or heart attack during sex.

Focuses on the American Type Culture Collection, a biological department store that sells and stores specimens critical for research. Sampling of biological material stored for industrial and scientific use; The organization's function as a giant safety-deposit box for big corporations, universities and government labs that need to store substances securely, and secretly; The regulations enacted by US Congress to deter terrorists from obtaining the specimens.

Looks at the question of what a secretary is to do when asked to lie by an employer. The possible conflict of values and ethics; Where the point of loyalty becomes a fault; The position of President Clinton's secretary Betty Currie being forced to testify before a federal grand jury; The secretaries who become whistle-blowers; The wrongdoing that secretaries witness.

Discusses circumstances surrounding the effort of Janet Schutt to start her own construction company. The skepticism surrounding her application to enter a United States federal affirmative action program for female entrepreneurs; The rejection of her application; Schutt's appeal of the rejection; How some women are flourishing as highway contractors.

Looks at how Asian-American-owned businesses have more than doubled their share of contracts awarded under the US Small Business Administration's so-called 8a program. Comparison of contracts received by African American contractors to Asian Americans; The utilization of the program by Asians in ways that African-Americans and Hispanics do less frequently; The shift as raising questions about the administration's review of its affirmative-action programs.

Looks at how Aramark Corp. ran into problems trying to collect tax credits for employing welfare recipients under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Aramark's experience as an illustration of why well intentioned government ideas often fail; How Aramark will only get tax credits for a quarter of the amount of people who appeared eligible; The results as leading Aramark's chairman to question whether tax credits really motivate businesses to hire high-risk workers.

Considers the efforts of Manpower Inc., a temporary-help firm, in targeting poor urban residents in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as part of its labor pool. The success of Karole Shirley in doubling revenues for the Milwaukee-based Manpower office through finding jobs for the urban population; The belief of Manpower in the importance of altering their business strategy to attract inner-city workers; The possibility that Manpower could provide a blueprint for other staffing companies.

Reports that 51.7 million American children will go to school in Fall 1996 breaking the 1971 record of 51.3 million according to a study made by the Education Department. Challenge of school districts from classroom overcrowding and teacher shortages.

Reports on Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing's appointment of former Labor Secretary Lynn Martin to review the firm's workplace policies. Investigation of sexual harassment suits by women workers against Mitsubishi; Publicity ploy in hiring Martin; Effort at damage control that may intimidate potential witnesses.

Reports that a top executive of Mitsubishi's United States auto plant met individually with 10 congresswomen to explain his company's handling of charges of sexual harassment. Charges by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc,; Comments by company official Larry Greene.

Reports that Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. has denied reports of meetings with the government concerning the settlement of sexual harassment charges filed against the company. Comments from company officials; Background on the lawsuit against the company; Refusal of the company to acknowledge neglect.

Reports on the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's sexual-harassment lawsuit against Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s subsidiary Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. Case background; Company's organization of its employees to protest against the suit.

Reports on the commitment by governors in the United States to launch reform policies to improve education standards in their states. Proposals to require job applicants to submit school transcripts and evidences of academic excellence; Plans for creating educational clearinghouses to improve standards.

Looks at how the budget impasse is affecting the public service in the United States. Areas that are mostly being affected; Comments from Austin, Texas Mayor Bruce Todd; Prospect of permanent cuts in public sector.

Informs about the sharp reduction made by the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee in the federal student-loan program, requiring schools to pay the government a fee on all loans made to its students.

States that according to Jeffrey Norris, president of the Equal Employment Advisory Council, Fortune 500 companies are more worried with the proliferation of class-action discrimination lawsuits than affirmative action debates. Seminar to be held on how to avoid suits; Approach taken by most companies towards affirmative action; Requirements needed for government to determine whether the qualifications are discriminatory.

Focuses on recommendations made by former Labor Secretary Lynn Martin for operations at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's United States plant in light of sexual harassment allegations there. Skepticism of employees at the recommendations; Details on the recommendations; Federal lawsuit pending against Mitsubishi; Comments from John Hendrickson, attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Focuses on an announcement by Pfizer Incorporated in relation to the deaths of six men who were taking the impotence medication manufactured by the company called Viagra. Cause of death as identified by the company; Why the company decided not to change the medication's label; Notification of the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Reports on May 26, 1998, that Pfizer Incorporated is investigating the cases of persons who died while taking Viagra, the company's impotence drug. Details on the investigation; Assertion of Pfizer and the United States Food and Drug Administration that Viagra is safe; Complaints of doctors; Information on the investigation.

Focuses on progress being made regarding a merger agreement between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Speculation over when the agreement will be completed; Annual revenues of the two unions; Benefits of a union to teachers; Operating capacity of the two unions; Comments from key individuals on the merger.