Women and Workplace Discrimination: Overcoming Barriers to Gender Equality

by Raymond F. Gregory

Overview

Attorney Raymond F. Gregory addresses the millions of women who think they might be facing sexual discrimination and explains federal measures enacted to assist workers in contesting unlawful employer conduct. He presents actual court cases to demonstrate the ways that women have challenged their employers. The cases illustrate legal principles in real-life experiences. Many of the cases relate compelling stories of workers caught up in a web of employer discriminatory conduct. Gregory has eliminated legal jargon, ensuring that all concepts are clear to his readers. Individuals will turn to this book again and again to obtain authoritative background on this important topic.

Topics covered include:

• The increasing incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace
• Common forms of sex discrimination
• Discrimination against older women
• Discrimination against women of color
• Discrimination against women in the professions
• Discrimination against pregnant women
• Discrimination against women with children
• Sex discrimination in hiring, promotion, termination
• Employer liability for workplace sexual harassment
• Employer retaliation against workers
• Proving sex discrimination in the courtroom
• Compensatory and punitive damages
• Back pay, front pay, and other remedies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813531373
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	11/22/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	1560L (what's this?)

About the Author

Raymond F. Gregory is a practicing attorney with nearly four decades experience in employment discrimination.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Older Worker in Today's Workplace
1 Age Discrimination and the Arrival of the Baby-Boomer Generation at Middle Age
2 Age Stereotypes and Employment Discrimination
3 Age Discrimination and Reductions in Force
4 Age Discrimination and Early-Retirement Plans
5 Waivers of Claims and the Age Discrimination Law
6 Age Discrimination and the Hiring of Older Workers
7 Promotions, Demotions, Transfers, and Age Discrimination
8 Employer Retaliation against Age Discrimination Claimants
9 Women and Age Discrimination
10 The Employer's Motion for Summary Judgment
11 Proving Age Discrimination Using Indirect Evidence
12 Proving Age Discrimination Using Other Evidentiary Procedures
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13 Monetary Damages and Other Legal Remedies
14 The Roles of the EEOC and the Private Attorney
15 The Negative Attitude of the Courts and Enforcement of the ADEA
16 Judicial Limitations to Proving Age Discrimination
17 Arbitration of Age Discrimination Disputes
18 The Role of the Worker in an Age Discrimination Suit
19 Recommendations for Changes in the ADEA and Its Enforcement
Conclusion: Hope for the Older Worker in the Future
NOTES 265
INDEX 275