Affirmative action in employment: Recent court approaches to a difficult concept.

From: International Labour Review | Date: September 22, 1999| Author: Hodges-Aeberhard, Jane | Copyright information

A review of employee discrimination cases in the U.S., South Africa, Australia, and India are presented, focusing on the countries' decisions regarding affirmative action programs. Countries' inability to establish common standards for judging employee discrimination, and the roles of the UN and International Labor Organization are analyzed.

Jane HODGES-AEBERHARD [*]

Affirmative action is an extension of the notion of equality of opportunity and non-discrimination. It a...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Beyond Gratz and Grutter: prospects for affirmative action in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Michigan decisions.
The Review of Policy Research ; ... African American retention once students have enrolled. This problem is particularly prevalent among young males. As reported in a news release by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on September 2, 2003, only 35% of African American men who entered ...
National Teachers Union Vows To Support Affirmative Action; Group Still Must Decide Role in Supreme Court Case
The Washington Post ; The nation's largest teachers union renewed its support of affirmative action today in the midst of congressional and legal challenges, including a pivotal Supreme Court case involving schools. After little debate, delegates at the union's annual assembly agreed by voice vote to urge local unions
Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court
NPR Tavis Smiley ; Analysis: Ongoing affirmative action cases in the Supreme Court Host: TONY COX Time: 9:00-10:00 AM TONY COX, host: From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tony Cox, in for Tavis Smiley. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard two cases from the University of Michigan that could decide the fate of
News and Views: While Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance; Speculating on Future Nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ; News and Views: While Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance; Speculating on Future Nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court What clues ...
Race matters: this year, the Supreme Court could dismantle affirmative action. Would it be ending an unfair practice or hurting the cause of racial equality?
New York Times Upfront ; It took years of court orders, bloody demonstrations, and even armed federal marshals to desegregate American schools, lunch counters, and workplaces. That may be hard to imagine these days, when few in mainstream America would defend racial segregation, which prohibited black people from using the
NAACP strongly backs affirmative action plans, criticizes their detractors Convention speakers assail Supreme Court for rulings, lack of minority clerks
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; The nation's oldest civil rights organization stood firmly behind affirmative action on Monday, largely scorning compromise on the issue and attacking its critics, including the Supreme Court. Talk of accommodation was in short supply at the convention of the National Association for the
AFFIRMED... FOR NOW THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION MADE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RESOUNDINGLY LEGAL. NOW COMES THE HARD PART - MAKING IT UNNECESSARY.
The Boston Globe ; AS A RESULT of its recent decisions in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, the Supreme Court has at long last resolved a key dispute in America's still raging culture wars-at least for the time being. For over 30 years, critics and supporters of affirmative action have been
Weighing Affirmative Action As Supreme court tackles the polarizing issue Tuesday
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; ... points system to rate applicants. On a scale of 150 points, students can earn a full 20 points for race, according a university news release. However, the school argues that these points are given for socioeconomic disadvantages as well, something not specific ...
Taking supreme action: Michigan proceedings offer some hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will affirm the use of race in academic admissions, say affirmative action proponents. But critics are more skeptical. (Affirmative Action Watch).(University of Michigan affirmative action case)
Black Issues in Higher Education ; WASHINGTON Following the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan cases earlier this month, affirmative action proponents say the proceedings offered some hope that the court will affirm the use of race in academic admissions. Reaction to the oral arguments
Fate of Affirmative Action To Be Decided By Supreme Court Justices
Washington Informer ; How ironic that at a time when combined battalions of U.S-led coalition forces are fighting a war to liberate the people of Iraq from Saddam Hussein's might, minorities here in America are demonstrating for the liberty to be educated in any of the country's "so-called" prestigious institutions of