The Definition and Measurement of Discrimination in an Industrial Plant (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Maryellen Kelley
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ISBN: 9781332257294
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Excerpt from The Definition and Measurement of Discrimination in an Industrial Plant The 1964 Civil Rights Act explicitly prohibits employers from engaging in any hiring, job assignment, promotion practice or any other employment practice which treats members of one race or sex group differently from another and which results in a disparate impact on the affected groups wages or employment opportunities. Since the passage of the Act, a number of major U.S. Supreme Court decisions have followed which have interpreted, in legal terms, what is considered a discriminatory employment pattern or practice. The most important ruling in this regard, applicable to all types of employment practices, excluding seniority systems, is the Griggs v. Duke Power Company decision in 1971. With this decision the Court set the following standards for determining if an employment practice is unlawfully discriminatory. An employment practice that has a significantly disparate effect on blacks or women's wages or employment opportunities is considered discriminatory even if the practice is neutral on its face and in terms of intent. The Gilggs rule for determining a prima facie case of discrimination requires that the complainant only show that a regular post-Act employment practice or pattern has a disparate impact on the affected class. In this landmark decision, the Court ruled that it was not necessary to prove intent to discriminate on the part of the employer who instituted such a practice if it operates to freeze the status quo of 2 prior discriminatory employment practices. Only if the employer can show that the practice is a business necessity will it be considered legally permissible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.