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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED288926 AUTHOR:
TITLE: A Report of the Study Group on Affirmative Action to
the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of
Representatives. 100th Congress, First Session.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 309 p.; Document contains small print. Serial No. 100
L.
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, Congressional
Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC 20402.
ABSTRACT: Equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative
action policies have been the subject of much debate in
recent years. Much of the disagreement is based on
incomplete or distorted views about what affirmative action
is and how it affects minorities and nonminorities. The
Study Group on Affirmative Action was created to investigate
current EEO and affirmative action policies and practices
and to analyze alternative remedies which have been
proposed. The major recommendations of this group are the
following; (1) The House Committee on Education and Labor
should document the trends and changes in the employment of
minorities and women since 1980; (2) Congress should
reaffirm the national commitment to achieve full employment
and should urge the President to support policies designed
to lower the unemployment rate; (3) more federal attention
should be given to the wages and salary level of minority
and female employees in order to sensitize employers to the
importance of upgrading wages and positions; (4) more
attention should be focused on the employment policies of
small and medium-sized firms; (5) employers should broaden
the scope affirmative action to include improving the
quality of education in schools to ensure a steady flow of
productive employees; and (6) vigorous enforcement of
affirmative action policies should continue. (VM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Employment-Patterns; Employment-Practices;
Federal-Regulation; Income-; Job-Analysis
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Equal-Opportunities
Jobs; *Females-; *Labor-Market; *Minority-Groups
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