Age Discrimination in Federally-assisted Programs: Hearing Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights : Hearing Held in Miami, Florida, August 22-23, 1977, Volume 1

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Page 61 - It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin...
Page 56 - employment agency" includes any person undertaking to procure employees or opportunities to work. 3. The term "labor organization" includes any organization which exists and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms, or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
Page 62 - ... (2) to limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual, in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or would limit such employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee or as an applicant for employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin ; or (3) to cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate...
Page 277 - Congress believed that in order for the earned income credit to be an effective incentive to work and a disincentive for being on welfare, the credit should be treated as earned income for purposes of the aid to families with dependent children and Supplemental Security Income programs. Explanation of...
Page 4 - ... (d) The Chairman or Acting Chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum and unprofessional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and exclusion from the hearings. (e) If the Commission determines that evidence or testimony at any hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or Incriminate any person...
Page 12 - Except with respect to any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance for public service employment under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1974 (29 USC 801, et seq...
Page 4 - If the Commission determines that evidence or testimony at any hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, it shall receive such evidence or testimony or summary of such evidence or testimony in executive session. The Commission shall afford any person defamed, degraded, or incriminated by such evidence or testimony...
Page 1 - Age Discrimination Act of 1975". STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 302. It is the purpose of this title to prohibit unreasonable discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 USC 1221 et seq.).