This paper discusses the Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as it applies to women athletic coaches and physical education teachers. The following points are considered: (1) application of the Equal Pay Act; (2) advantage of voluntary compliance with the Equal Pay Act; (3) factors used to measure "equal work"; (4)…

The comparable worth issue has become heated in the 1980s and is especially important to minorities and women. The debate, explored in this eighth chapter of a book on school law, concerns the causes of and cures for the earning gap between employed men and women. One major cause of the gap is occupational segregation. Comparable worth advocates…

At this hearing questions of unemployment compensation, job training, minimum wage, and statistics gathering of the Bureau of Labor Statistics were considered. Points made included the following: while minorities are overrepresented among the poor, most poor people are white; most poor people are also women, possibly because they have less access…

Introductory teaching units for secondary students on the history of the Canadian labor movement and labor law are presented in this report. Five units are outlined, addressing the following questions: (1) How do students perceive organized labor, its position in today's society, and its historical development?; (2) What knowledge do students have…

This document is a transcript of hearings held before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, into a bill requiring that allowances available to teachers in the Department of Defense Overseas Dependents' Schools be provided without regard to the location at…

The application of the comparable worth doctrine to faculty positions in higher education is examined and the political, legal, legislative, and collective bargaining approaches taken towards its adoption are reviewed and analyzed. Recommendations for enhancing salary equity in academe are postulated. (Author/MLW)

Discusses court decisions affecting union shops in public institutions and their requirement of union fee payments by nonunion member employees. Discusses procedures that must be followed for dissenters challenging amount of fee charged. The most recent decision, "Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson," does not deal with an important…

A recent United States Supreme Court Case, County of Washington v. Gunther, examined issues related to sex-based wage discrimination, as defined by federal statutes. The positions of the respondent and petitioner and majority and minority views of the court are presented. (PP)

School districts are advised to take the necessary steps to bring job classification and compensation schedules into line with comparable worth criteria. (Author/MLF)

The status of comparable worth pay in federal courts is reviewed, state activity on this issue as it relates to higher education institutions is discussed, and practical and institutional problems in implementing comparable worth pay policy at colleges and universities are examined. (MSE)

For each major federal antidiscrimination statute the various standards of proof adopted by the courts are reviewed. A uniform model approach is proposed as a means of eliminating confusion about the type and quantum of proof necessary in litigation. (MSE)

Washington State's Higher Education Coordinating Board undertook a review of the State Work Study (SWS) program requirements related to the classification and compensation of SWS positions at public colleges and universities. A task force studying wage rate comparability was convened to review statutory directives related to this issue and to…

This document contains the text of a 1979 hearing called to address the issue of economic disparities that exist between white and black Americans. The issue focused on during this hearing was the loss of revenue to the black community imposed by economic disparity and the imposed cost of institutional barriers preventing economic parity. A…

Discusses ways to close the gap between the courts' approach to applying Federal law to sex-based and race-based wage discrimination and the law's potential to change wage inequities. Discusses the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Explores ways the court applies these laws. (JS)

This document contains two congressional hearings on H.R. 4599, the Federal Pay Equity Act of 1984, and H.R. 5092, the Pay Equity Act of 1984. These bills would mandate the Office of Personnel Management to study wage discrepancies in the Federal classification structure and to devise a more equitable job evaluation program and would require…