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Board Of Trustees May 21, 1984, University Of Maine System May 1984

Board Of Trustees May 21, 1984, University Of Maine System

Corporate Records

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Compensation For Pension Benefit Losses In Unlawful Dismissal, G. England, E. Gardner May 1984

Compensation For Pension Benefit Losses In Unlawful Dismissal, G. England, E. Gardner

Dalhousie Law Journal

This paper describes, firstly, how the "real-world" pension benefit losses of an unlawfully dismissed employee are dictated by three main variables: the benefit structure of the plan; the legal structure of the plan; and the employee's position in the labour market. Secondly, it shows that the common law measure of damages in a wrongful dismissal action fails to compensate adequately those losses. In contrast, the measures of damages in collective agreement arbitration, and in adjudication pursuant to section 61.5 of the Canada Labour Code' create the potential for a more realistic approach to compensating the employee for his "real-world" losses. …


Privacy And The Sex Bfoq: An Immodest Proposal, Carolyn S. Bratt Jan 1984

Privacy And The Sex Bfoq: An Immodest Proposal, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Since the adoption of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, courts have been called upon to determine whether an employer can avoid liability for refusing to hire employees of one sex by invoking the privacy rights of its customers. Two recent court decisions are illustrative of the question and its resolution. In Backus v. Baptist Medical Center, the defendant employer's policy of excluding male nurses from the labor and delivery section of its obstetrics and gynecology department was challenged. The defendant established that most of the duties of a labor and delivery nurse involve exposure to …


Bratt V. International Buisness Machines, 392 Mass. 508, 467 N.E.2d 126 (1984), Howard A. Nunes Jan 1984

Bratt V. International Buisness Machines, 392 Mass. 508, 467 N.E.2d 126 (1984), Howard A. Nunes

Western New England Law Review

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