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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... percent of American women worked ; today , 51 percent are employed ; 25 million more women are working today than in 1950 ; the number of working mothers has increased tenfold in that 30 - year period . Yet , this 2 EEOC "REGULATORY ...
... percent of American women worked ; today , 51 percent are employed ; 25 million more women are working today than in 1950 ; the number of working mothers has increased tenfold in that 30 - year period . Yet , this 2 EEOC "REGULATORY ...
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... percentages are much lower . Only 25 percent of all managers are women , and fewer than 1 percent of top corporate executives are women . This compares with 98 percent of household workers who are women . This chart also indicates where ...
... percentages are much lower . Only 25 percent of all managers are women , and fewer than 1 percent of top corporate executives are women . This compares with 98 percent of household workers who are women . This chart also indicates where ...
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... percent of our labor force . As we meet today , that has risen , I believe , to approximately 51 percent . This trend is anticipated to continue . By 1990 it is anticipated that there will be 83 women in the labor force for every 100 ...
... percent of our labor force . As we meet today , that has risen , I believe , to approximately 51 percent . This trend is anticipated to continue . By 1990 it is anticipated that there will be 83 women in the labor force for every 100 ...
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... percent of the work force . In 1979 , women comprise 41 percent of this Nation's labor force . The diversity of interest and talents among them as well as the depth of their commitment to their work make the above quotation seem rather ...
... percent of the work force . In 1979 , women comprise 41 percent of this Nation's labor force . The diversity of interest and talents among them as well as the depth of their commitment to their work make the above quotation seem rather ...
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... percent of female work- ers who are segregated in so - called women's occupations . Those jobs may differ in content ... percent of the middle- management jobs are filled by women . Only 1 percent of top execu- tive positions are held by ...
... percent of female work- ers who are segregated in so - called women's occupations . Those jobs may differ in content ... percent of the middle- management jobs are filled by women . Only 1 percent of top execu- tive positions are held by ...
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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...