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Federal law of employment discrimination in a nutshell / by Mack A. Player, Dean and Professor of Law, emeritus, Santa Clara University School of Law.

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Federal law of employment discrimination in a nutshell / by Mack A. Player, Dean and Professor of Law, emeritus, Santa Clara University School of Law.
Author
Player, Mack A.
Publication
  • St. Paul, MN : West, [2013]
  • ©2013

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xlviii, 501 pages; 19 cm.
Series Statement
West nutshell series
Uniform Title
Nutshell series
Alternative Title
Federal law of employment discrimination
Subject
  • Gelijke behandeling
  • Werknemers
  • Discrimination in employment > Law and legislation > United States
  • Discriminatie (sociologie)
  • Verenigde Staten
Genre/Form
  • Study aids.
  • Study guides
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
  • INTRODUCTION: "Employment discrimination" definition -- Common law context -- Overview and history -- Coverage of the core statutes -- Principles of actionable "discrimination" -- PROTECTED CLASSES: Race and color -- National origin -- Sex -- Religion -- Age : The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) -- Discrimination based on "impairments" : The Americans with Disabilities Act -- SELECTING THE WORKFORCE : ESTABLISHING DISCRIMINATORY HIRING, PROMOTIONS, AND DISMISSALS: Facial exclusions and the bona fide occupational qualification defense -- Affirmative action -- "Because of" : motive-based disparate treatment liability -- Proving motive though expressions of prejudice -- Proving motive with circumstantial evidence -- Proving motive with statistics systemic "pattern or practice" discrimination -- Disparate impact liability -- Seniority : impact and motive.
  • DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORK PLACE : COMPENSATION AND OTHER "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT": The Equal Pay Act -- Direct compensation under Title VII, ADA, and ADEA -- Insurance -- Pensions and retirement -- Leaves and reassignments -- IntangIble "terms and conditions" -- Advertisements, interviews, inquiries and medical examinations -- Retaliation ("reprisal") for "participation" or "opposition" -- COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT: Remedies -- Enforcement procedures in the public forum : non-federal defendants -- Federal employee enforcement -- Private, non-judicial resolution.
ISBN
  • 9780314285355
  • 0314285350
OCLC
  • 851034763
  • SCSB-10460054
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