Discrimination: Gender Discrimination," 2004). This paper will analyze the landmark disparate impact case of Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (401 U.S. 424, 1971) from its beginning to its conclusion in the Supreme Court. Included will be the facts of the case and the issues detailed, as well as the history of the case from initial filing to final ruling. Background A class action suit was brought against Duke Power Company by thirteen of its black workers in the Dan River Stream Station located at Draper, North
four-fifths as well as the majority on a screening device or a presumption of disparate impact arises, and the device must then be shown to be a legitimate business necessity” (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2015, p. 70). Such as in the case of Ricci v. Destefano in 2003 tried to prove that minorities were at a disadvantage according to test results that seemed to favor whites for job promotions (Griffin, Sullivan, and Robertson, 2010). In this case, the judge was in favor of the employer maintaining
employee work together to prevent these forms of discretions, it can help curtail some of the litigiousness surrounding this issue. References Anheuser-Busch, Inc., v. Missouri Com’n on Human Rights, 682 S.W.2d 828 (Mo.App. E.D. 1984) Bennett-Alexander-Hartman, Employment Law for Business, 4th Edition, 85, 95, 97, Griggs v. Duke Power, 401 U.S. 424 (1971).
1. Raytheon Company v. Hernandez, 540 U.S. 44; No. 02749. Argued October 8, 2003Decided December 2, 2003 on Disparate Treatment. We can define, Disparate Impact happens "when people are treated differently, with respect to the terms and conditions of employment because of their race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age or mental or physical disability." Facts: In the above case, employee Joel Hernandez was tested positive for cocaine. With the fear of being dismissed from his job, he
The laws on equal employment opportunity are designed to provide all workers fair consideration based on their job performance and not on any personal factors such as race, religion, gender, disability or genetic information. These laws have been enacted as extensions of the 14th Amendment and guarantees due process and equal protection against discrimination in the workforce. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces these laws ensuring that contractual commitments and Federal
disfranchisement laws and, in some states, the use of gerrymandering techniques that treat prisoners as residents of the prison’s jurisdiction, rather than as residents of their home communities, continue to undermine African Americans’ political power and
Graphology Introduction The belief that handwriting is a sign of the inner personality is very old. The first serious attempt to analyze handwriting seems to have been that of Camillo Baldi, an Italian scholar, who published a book on the subject in 1622. As literacy spread, handwriting analysis became popular, being practiced as an art form by such literary figures as Goethe, Poe, the Brownings and Dickens. Jean Hippolyte Michon coined the term "graphology" in 1875. Michon systematized handwriting