CHANGE & GIFT DIVISION OVERSIGHT ON FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.O., ON NOVEMBER 28 AND 29, 1978 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor LIBRARY OF CONGRE APR 23 1979 COPY KF27 .E3366 1978 b COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan JOHN BUCHANAN, Alabama PHILLIP BURTON, California JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota WILLIAM “BILL" CLAY, Missouri WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania MARIO BIAGGI, New York BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina SHIRLEY N. PETTIS, California MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont MICHAEL O. MYERS, Pennsylvania CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan JOSEPH A. LE FANTE, New Jersey ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota, Ex Officio Ex Officio 79-60 1864 305 Hearings held in Washington, D.C.:: Blunt, Kathleen, associate director, Women Employed, Chicago, Ill., accom- panied by Judith Lichtman, executive director, Women's Legal Defense Contreras, Joel G., director, Employment Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Francisco, Calif.. Goldstein, Barry L., assistant general counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C., accompanied by Charles Ste- phen Ralston, first assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educa- Leach, Daniel E., Vice Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- Newman, Winn, general counsel, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Carole Wilson, Norton, Eleanor H., Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... Rodriguez, Armando M., Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Seymour, Richardson, director of Government employment projects, Law- yers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., accompa- nied by Linda Thome, staff attorney Sibal, Abner W., General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Smith, J. Clay, Jr., Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Walsh, Ethel Bent, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Prepared statements, letters, supplentental materials, et cetera- requested information......... Davis, Hilton, vice president, legislative action, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated December 15, 1978, Goldstein, Barry, assistant general counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and sures Testimony of Human Rights Agencies, letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated December 6, 1978.. Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated December 8, 317 374 536 519 (IID och 113 Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera-Continued 54 Chart entitled, “Total closures" 7 Information requested from Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, entitled Appendix A 111 Letter to Chairman Hawkins, dated December 20, 1978, with several enclosures 153 Letter to "Prospective Contractor,” dated May 27, 1977, enclosing "Study of methods for determining job comparability" a report .... 185 Letter to Ted Harris, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, dated July 5, 1978, enclosing several inserts...... 225 Prepared statement...... 22 Responses to Testimony presented by interested groups: Blunt, Kathleen, associate director, Women Employed 292 Contreras, Joel G., director, Employment Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund 290 Newman, Winn, general counsel, Internation Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO-CLC. 291 Seymour Richard, director, Government Employment Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 295 “Status of Rapid Charge Processing System,” 8 Seymour, Richardson, director, Government employment projects, Law yers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., state- 460 Sibal, Abner W., General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Com mission, testimony of 72 OVERSIGHT ON FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978 House OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE on EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CoMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:40 a.m., in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Hawkins and Weiss. Staff present: Susan Grayson, staff director; Darryl Fagin, legislative assistant; Carole Schanzer, administrative assistant to the subcommittee; Hugh Duffy, majority associate counsel; Charles Radcliffe, minority counsel; and James M. Stephens, minority assistant labor counsel. Mr. HAwkINs. The Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor is called to order. This morning the subcommittee continues its oversight on Federal enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws. This has been a priority interest of this committee over the years. The subcommittee held extensive hearings on this issue in the 94th Congress which resulted in the Staff Report on Oversight Investiga#. of Federal Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity WS. Last year, the subcommittee held hearings in July and in October, asking the EEOC, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in the Department of Labor, and the Civil Service Commission to outline their plans for improving EEO enforcement. The subcommittee was pleased to hear Chair Norton of the EEOC outline in detail the internal reorganization, policy changes and procedural reforms designed to improve the Commission's performance and to shore up its flagging public image. I am pleased to have this opportunity to hear again from Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton to report on the progress made since July 1977. I think Chair Norton is to be commended for making very real progress in reducing the backlog of charges filed with the Commission and for taking strong leadership in establishing the Commission as a competent, professional law enforcement agency. (1) |