... the work day has been shortened. Many agreements between employers and wage earners now call for less than 40 hours of work a week. Most agreements have generous "fringe" benefits. These include insurance, pensions and health care plans. As the number of union members has decreased as a percentage of the total work force, unions have responded by broadening their organizing efforts to ... include employees of federal, state and local governments as well as other professionals. Organizers have also waged long campaigns to unionize and win better conditions for such diverse groups as publ...

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... -14). Let it be understood that this division of labor was most typical among the white, middle class culture. Women from both the lower class and the racial or ethnic minorities have almost always worked. Those of Mexican decent have typically depended on the wages mothers were able to bring in due to minimal human capital and a lack of marketable skills ... and ending hours but usually must be at work at a core period when all employees are present. Flexible Week A variation on the standard workweek that allows some choice. Some examples include working fewer days for longer hours, or ...

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... be protected from discriminatory employment practices, a person must prove that he/she is a member of a protected class, and that the discrimination is because of their protected class status. Protected classes include; race, color, creed or religion, national origin, sex, age, and disability. Many people fall into more than one protected category. An adverse employment action is anything the employer does which ... and employer treats some people less favorably than others as a "standard operating procedure - the regular rather than the unusual practice." When there is statistical evid...

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... is still being measured to this day. Since its passing, the workplace has made dramatic changes. Because Title VII applies equally to everyone, it gave new rights to women and minorities who, prior to its passing, had little or no recourse for workplace discrimination. What Title VII did was to open the door in preventing job discrimination and created the expectations ... to Title VII. These amendments further strengthened this act. In 1972 there was the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. This act expanded the coverage of Title VII, to include government employees, and ga...

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... color. Harassment occurs any time people are forced to endure a work environment that is hostile or intimidating or offensive to them because of their race or color. Harassing acts can include: racial slurs racial "jokes" offensive remarks based on race offensive comments based on race drawings or pictures that depict people of a certain race in an unfavorable light threats intimidation hostile ... qualify. Not only is that derogatory in its implications, but it is strikingly inappropriate from anyone who purports to believe in pure meritocracy."" The University contends that it looks f...

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