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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED134551 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Affirmative Action in Employment. Info-Item
Educators
Digest/No. 1040.
NOTE: 23 p.
ABSTRACT: This document outlines the affirmative action
that
has evolved as the result of attempts to eliminate
discrimination in federal employment and in federal
contracts. The following acts are discussed: (1) Federal
Executive orders; (2) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964; (3) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as
amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972;
(4)
Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act; (5)
Equal Pay Act of 1963 as amended by the Education
Amendments
of 1972; (6) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
(Higher Education Act); (7) State Anti-Discrimination Laws,
citing judicial decisions and interpretations of various
federal laws. Agencies and organizational resources dealing
with civil rights are listed with their addresses. (JD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Employment-Opportunities;
Equal-Protection;
Minority-Groups; Salary-Wage-Differentials; Wages-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Civil-Rights
Legislation; *Employer-Employee-Relationship; *Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; *Federal-Legislation;
*State-Legislation
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