Final Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Rules on Retiree Health Plans and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

CRS_April_2005_Final_EEOC_Rules_on_Retiree_Health_Plans.pdf: 417 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Aircraft control position indicator

An aircraft control position indicator was provided that displayed the degree of deflection of the primary flight control surfaces and the manner in which the aircraft responded. The display included a vertical elevator dot/bar graph meter display for indication whether the aircraft will pitch up or down, a horizontal aileron dot/bar graph meter display for indicating whether the aircraft will roll to the left or to the right, and a horizontal dot/bar graph meter display for indicating whether the aircraft will turn left or right. The vertical and horizontal display or displays intersect to form an up/down, left/right type display. Internal electronic display driver means received signals from transducers measuring the control surface deflections and determined the position of the meter indicators on each dot/bar graph meter display. The device allows readability at a glance, easy visual perception in sunlight or shade, near-zero lag in displaying flight control position, and is not affected by gravitational or centrifugal forces

Disparate Impact Analysis and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act: the Supreme Court Decision in Smith v. City of Jackson

CRS_April_2005_Disparate_Impact_and_ADEA.pdf: 16074 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, and Employers’ Affirmative Defenses: The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders

CRS_June_2004_Sexual_Harassment_Constructive_Discharge_and_Employers_Affirmative_Defenses.pdf: 2660 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Pay Equity Legislation in the 109th Congress

The term pay equity originates from the fact that women as a group are paid less than men. In 2003, for example, women with a strong commitment to the work force earned about 76-79 cents for every dollar earned by men. As women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings have narrowed by just 15 percentage points over the past 40-plus years (from about 60% in the 1960s and 1970s to more than 70% since 1990), some members of the public policy community have argued that current anti-discrimination laws should be strengthened and that additional measures should be enacted. Others, in contrast, believe that further government intervention is unnecessary because the gender wage gap will narrow on its own as women’s labor market qualifications continue to more closely resemble those of men

Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education — Legal Developments

The first part of this report briefly reviews the judicial evolution of race-based affirmative action, particularly in relation to public education. Recent rulings challenging the use of racial admissions and hiring practices by public educational institutions are then considered for their implications on the future development of affirmative action law