Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-2-1971

Abstract

1964 was the year of passage of the Civil Rights Act Title VII of which addressed itself to the question of discrimination in employment because of sex. Since then, however, many companies have taken advantage of the lack of federal prosecution under this law. In the past few years, a few cases have been tried under this law but no appreciable headway was made in the fight against discrimination. This paper is a discussion of one of the methods by which the practice and effect of discrimination against women in hiring, firing, layoff rehiring and unequal pay can be proved. Past legal cases, a pending case and the specific solution to the problem at hand are discussed.

Keywords

Operations research, Sex discrimination in employment--United States, Women--Employment--United States, Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States, Equal pay for equal work--United States, Sex discrimination against women--United States, United States. Fair Housing Act

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 246

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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