Last Hired, First Fired Seniority, Layoffs, and Title VII: Questions of Liability and Remedy.

Joseph, Ellen R.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Last Hired, First Fired Seniority, Layoffs, and Title VII: Questions of Liability and Remedy

Joseph, Ellen R.

Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, 11, 3, 343-402, Spr 75

The severe economic downturn since the fall of 1973 has focused attention on the consequences of layoffs for the groups intended by Congress to benefit from the employment opportunity policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Layoffs have disproportionately affected minority or women employees. (LBH)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Level, Females, Higher Education, Job Layoff, Legal Problems, Minority Groups

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