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Raygan Pierce Chain; Michael Conklin – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2024
This article provides instructions for an engaging classroom activity when discussing the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Students are asked to consider how to approach pay decisions when hiring a new employee for their business. Issues arise when the new hire asks for a higher wage than a current employee of a different sex. Legal Environment of…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Class Activities
Shoop, Robert J.; Dunklee, Dennis R. – Principal Leadership, 2001
Understanding prospective employees' rights (under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and other federal legislation prohibiting discriminatory practices) can help principals protect themselves, their schools, and their districts from litigation. Scenarios are described, along with permissible staff-selection steps: position analysis, recruitment,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
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