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Headley, K. J. – San Diego Law Review, 1981
Resolution of the comparable worth controversy involves judicial enforcement of statutory mandates and remedial development of bias-free evaluation systems, wage negotiation, and possible restructuring of work positions. Remedies will be developed when wage discrimination is no longer tolerable. (AVAIL: University of San Diego School of Law, San…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Employed Women, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation

Weeks, Kent M.; Organ, Jerome M. – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Discusses legal and practical problems which prevent the full implementation of the concept of equal pay for jobs of comparable worth. Reviews legislative history of Title VII, the case of "County of Washington vs. Gunther," and other recent litigation, focusing on the impact of comparable worth on educational institutions. (IW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Comparable Worth, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation

Reed, Mary Hutchings – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Provides a broad survey of employment discrimination lawsuits brought against libraries under various federal and state statutes. Practical pointers for librarians are drawn from these cases for their use in hiring, firing, and disciplining employees. (EM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Comparable Worth, Court Litigation, Disability Discrimination
Hogges, Ralph – 1979
Current experiences and practices that exist in some colleges and universities that violate the Civil Rights Act and affirmative action legislation are discussed. Treatment of the average black, other minority, and women candidates as compared to the average white candidate is questioned in regard to staff recruitment, assignment to line as…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, Black Teachers, Civil Rights