Affirmative Action & Seniority : Doctrinal Conflict in Equal Employment Opportunity Law.

Reviews the doctrinal evolution of the affirmative action and seniority concepts in the context of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Also discusses relevant case law, focusing on Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts in which the Supreme Court ruled that vested seniority rights of vet...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1985.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Discrimination in employment. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Reviews the doctrinal evolution of the affirmative action and seniority concepts in the context of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Also discusses relevant case law, focusing on Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts in which the Supreme Court ruled that vested seniority rights of veteran employees prevail over competing interests of more recently hired minorities, and subsequent cases.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.