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This report examines the changes to employment policies and practices mandated as part of sex and race employment discrimination litigation. The report is based on the analysis of more than 500 consent decrees (court supervised pre-trial settlements) that were negotiated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or private law firms, and in-depth study of the negotiation and implementation of four sex discrimination consent decrees.
The report summarises findings about the 502 consent decrees in the Institute for Women’s Policy Research – Wage Consent Decree Database created in the course of the research and presents case studies in four industries: public corrections, agriculture (specifically egg processing), aerospace manufacturing, and financial services. The cases run the gamut from the most egregious forms of sexual harassment, to pervasive pay and promotion discrimination. Notably, the report finds that, for injunctive relief to effectively tackle bias and discrimination, human resource decisions need to be transparent and managers held accountable.
| Publisher | Institute for Women's Policy Research |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| External Link | http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/ending-sex-and-race-discrimination-in-theworkplace-legal-interventions-that-push-the-envelope-1 |
| Online | Yes |
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