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Employment Discrimination, Donald A. Tine Sep 2010

Employment Discrimination, Donald A. Tine

Golden Gate University Law Review

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Employment Discrimination, Marcia Leitner Sep 2010

Employment Discrimination, Marcia Leitner

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


California Federal Savings & Loan Association V. Guerra: The State Of California Has Determined That Pregnancy May Be Hazardous To Your Job, Susan Spalter Berman Sep 2010

California Federal Savings & Loan Association V. Guerra: The State Of California Has Determined That Pregnancy May Be Hazardous To Your Job, Susan Spalter Berman

Golden Gate University Law Review

In California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the facial validity of California Government Code section 12945(b)(2). The court vehemently rejected a federal preemption argument and held that a law setting a minimum leave for pregnancy disabilities did not, on its face, discriminate against men or conflict with the purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 19644 as amended in 1978 by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). The issue of whether the PDA allows any different treatment for pregnancy has divided the feminist community.


Comparable Worth And The Market Defense: A National Debate, Helena Kaminski Sep 2010

Comparable Worth And The Market Defense: A National Debate, Helena Kaminski

Golden Gate University Law Review

The concept of comparable worth is rooted in a simple premise: salaries should be based on the intrinsic value of the employee's work to the employer. Yet attempts to enact comparable worth measures have caused controversy in state legislatures, city boardrooms, and courts. Increasingly, the debate has centered on the market's role in setting wages. Comparable worth advocates argue that employers pay women a sex-slanted wage which is illegal under Title VII. Employers, in turn, urge that far from being discriminatory, such wages reflect the market's workings, and are necessary to their survival. The defense has hitherto proven remarkably successful …


Labor Law, Lynne Avakian, Jeffrey L. Henze Sep 2010

Labor Law, Lynne Avakian, Jeffrey L. Henze

Golden Gate University Law Review

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From Smokestacks To High Tech: Retraining Workers For A Technological Age, Diane Reynolds Ravnik Sep 2010

From Smokestacks To High Tech: Retraining Workers For A Technological Age, Diane Reynolds Ravnik

Golden Gate University Law Review

This comment will examine a jobs re-training program, The Employment Training Panel (ETP), an innovative piece of job training legislation enacted in California in 1982. Designed with the dual purpose of economic development and job training and employment, the bill seeks to (1) foster job creation and put the unemployed back to work, (2) meet employer needs for skilled workers, and (3) minimize employers' unemployment insurance costs. ETP does so by working closely with the State's Department of Economic and Business Development to entice new business to locate in California and to encourage existing business to expand their operations by …


The Demise Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Osha Standards: American Textile Manufacturers Institute V. Donovan, James D. Fisher Sep 2010

The Demise Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Osha Standards: American Textile Manufacturers Institute V. Donovan, James D. Fisher

Golden Gate University Law Review

The thesis of this Note is that the decision in American Textile, read with the American Petroleum case, leaves no significant barriers impeding the Agency from achieving its primary goal of providing workers with the safest work environment possible. This Note will analyze the decision in American Textile, and the future of cost-benefit analysis in its wake. Part One outlines briefly the statutory framework of the Act and its pertinent sections. Part Two describes the judicial interpretations of the Act. Finally, Part Three discusses the American Textile decision and its implications.


Labor Law, Richard Slizeski, Alice Guckeen, Tom C. Clark Sep 2010

Labor Law, Richard Slizeski, Alice Guckeen, Tom C. Clark

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pregnancy Benefits, Benign Sex Discrimination, And Justice: Why Does It Matter How We Ask The Questions?, Patricia Ann Boling Sep 2010

Pregnancy Benefits, Benign Sex Discrimination, And Justice: Why Does It Matter How We Ask The Questions?, Patricia Ann Boling

Golden Gate University Law Review

One purpose of this essay will be to respond to this argument by showing what sorts of considerations are pertinent and what conclusions are warranted if one considers the underlying issue in pregnancy benefits cases to be distributive justice, and then contrasting this with the considerations and judgments indicated by a more comprehensive view of sex discrimination. There are other reasons as well for maintaining the debate about the proper perspective on pregnancy disability issues. The Court's difficulties in convincingly justifying the refusal to equate pregnancy with sex-based discrimination in Geduldig and Gilbert, and in distinguishing the seniority and pregnancy …


Equal Pay For Comparable Worth, Jolie Lipsig Sep 2010

Equal Pay For Comparable Worth, Jolie Lipsig

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment will briefly trace the history of job segregation from colonial America to the present, and explore the relationship between the Equal Pay Act and Title VII in light of the controversial Bennett Amendment. The interpretation of this Amendment, which limits the effect of the Equal Pay Act on Title VII, has lead to arguments both for and against adoption of a comparable worth standard by the courts. A comparison of opinions of the various courts concerning the amendment will follow, focusing on the emerging theory of equal pay for comparable worth. A discussion of different job evaluation techniques …


Labor Law, Mitchell H. Miller Sep 2010

Labor Law, Mitchell H. Miller

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law, Kevin G. Robinson, Robert Haden, Lyn Woollard, Kevin S. Robinson Aug 2010

Labor Law, Kevin G. Robinson, Robert Haden, Lyn Woollard, Kevin S. Robinson

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Women Farmworkers In California, Julie Barreto Aug 2010

Women Farmworkers In California, Julie Barreto

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Remedies For Sex-Discriminatory Health And Safety Conditions In Male-Dominated Industrial Jobs, Ellen Shapiro Aug 2010

Remedies For Sex-Discriminatory Health And Safety Conditions In Male-Dominated Industrial Jobs, Ellen Shapiro

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Job-Related Sexual Harassment And Union Women: What Are Their Rights?, Barbara M. White Aug 2010

Job-Related Sexual Harassment And Union Women: What Are Their Rights?, Barbara M. White

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The 'Offer Of Judgment' Rule In Employment Discrimination Actions: A Fundamental Incompatibility, Maureen Malvern Aug 2010

The 'Offer Of Judgment' Rule In Employment Discrimination Actions: A Fundamental Incompatibility, Maureen Malvern

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Practitioner's Guide To Tort Actions, Alice Montgomery Aug 2010

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Practitioner's Guide To Tort Actions, Alice Montgomery

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law, Alexander Van Broek Aug 2010

Labor Law, Alexander Van Broek

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Davis V. Los Angeles: Plaintiff's Burden Of Proof Under Section 1981, Patrick J. Coughlin, Martin J. Elmer Aug 2010

Davis V. Los Angeles: Plaintiff's Burden Of Proof Under Section 1981, Patrick J. Coughlin, Martin J. Elmer

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sex Discrimination In Academia: Representing The Female Faculty Plaintiff, Judith A. Mazia, Nancy De Ita Aug 2010

Sex Discrimination In Academia: Representing The Female Faculty Plaintiff, Judith A. Mazia, Nancy De Ita

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law, Ellen M. Singer Aug 2010

Labor Law, Ellen M. Singer

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Agenda For Women Lawyers: Pandora's Box, Ann Fagan Ginger Aug 2010

An Agenda For Women Lawyers: Pandora's Box, Ann Fagan Ginger

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law, J. Michael Hardy Aug 2010

Labor Law, J. Michael Hardy

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law, Lauren D. Weiss Aug 2010

Labor Law, Lauren D. Weiss

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Labor-Management Reporting And Disclosure Act, Section 501: A Tool For Developing Internal Union Democracy, G. Brian Spears Aug 2010

The Labor-Management Reporting And Disclosure Act, Section 501: A Tool For Developing Internal Union Democracy, G. Brian Spears

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.