Sex Discrimination in the Workplace, 1981: Hearings Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on Examination on Issues Affecting Women in Our Nation's Labor Force, January 28 and April 21, 1981 |
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... ment in order to obtain , keep , or advance in their jobs . Surely this is a practice which is abhorrent to all but the offenders , but this committee will not be afraid to address it . We will seek the advice and counsel of both women ...
... ment in order to obtain , keep , or advance in their jobs . Surely this is a practice which is abhorrent to all but the offenders , but this committee will not be afraid to address it . We will seek the advice and counsel of both women ...
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... ment opportunities for women exist today - in clerical work and also in service employment . Once again , only 17 percent of women work in the professional and technical fields . Only 7 percent of women work as managers and ...
... ment opportunities for women exist today - in clerical work and also in service employment . Once again , only 17 percent of women work in the professional and technical fields . Only 7 percent of women work as managers and ...
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... ment opportunity laws just as they are beginning to bring a meas- ure of fairness and equity to millions of blacks , women , and His- panics . I am hopeful that we can all agree on this paramount issue so that we can turn attention to ...
... ment opportunity laws just as they are beginning to bring a meas- ure of fairness and equity to millions of blacks , women , and His- panics . I am hopeful that we can all agree on this paramount issue so that we can turn attention to ...
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... ment , both problems derive from the pernicious and , unfortunately , deeply rooted philosophy that women are interlopers in the work- place with different goals and motivations than men . This view- point was rather baldly articulated ...
... ment , both problems derive from the pernicious and , unfortunately , deeply rooted philosophy that women are interlopers in the work- place with different goals and motivations than men . This view- point was rather baldly articulated ...
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... ment by their boss . Employed Women- Occupational Differences Of the more than 80,000 em- ployed women who responded to the NCWW Survey a high proportion were in professional and in clerical occu- pations . • 40 % of the professional ...
... ment by their boss . Employed Women- Occupational Differences Of the more than 80,000 em- ployed women who responded to the NCWW Survey a high proportion were in professional and in clerical occu- pations . • 40 % of the professional ...
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Page 618 - Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when ( 1 ) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's...
Page 573 - 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 507 - Commission will look at the record as a whole and at the totality of the circumstances, such as the nature of the sexual advances and the context in which the alleged incidents occurred.
Page 296 - Federal regulations define sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature...
Page 507 - Prevention is the best tool for the elimination of sexual harassment. An employer should take all steps necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring, such as affirmatively raising the subject, expressing strong disapproval, developing appropriate sanctions, informing employees of their right to raise and how to raise the issue of harassment under Title VII, and developing methods to sensitize all concerned.
Page 298 - With respect to conduct between fellow employees, an employer is responsible for acts of sexual harassment in the workplace where the employer (or its agents or supervisory employees) knows or should have known of the conduct, unless it can show that it took immediate and appropriate corrective action.
Page 559 - The Project on the Status and Education of Women of the Association of American Colleges...
Page 337 - ... in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Page 616 - ... regardless of whether the specific acts complained of were authorized or even forbidden by the employer and regardless of whether the employer knew or should have known of their occurrence. The...
Page 589 - It shall not be an unlawful employment practice under this title for any employer to differentiate upon the basis of sex in determining the amount of the wages or compensation paid or to be paid to employees of such employer if such differentiation is authorized by the provisions of section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended (29 USC 206(d...