The fastest, surest way to end affirmative action and similar laws is to comply to the point at which the laws have little need and no more meaning. (Author/IRT)

Points out that the first step in the accommodation process must be an executive-level policy that affirmative action for the legally defined handicapped population will be a top priority and that many accommodations are more a matter of ingenuity than of dollars. (Author/IRT)

(1) Centralize organizational responsibility for affirmative action. (2) Conduct an organizational audit related to the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. (3) Implement affirmative action as an administrative responsibility. (Author)

Blacks still suffer from the effects of past discrimination combined with continuing discrimination based on negative stereotypes and irrational prejudices. That disadvantage must be overcome through vigorous affirmative action programs. (Author/IRT)

Examines the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. Emphasizes the methods of validating selection procedures. (IRT)

Looks at some of the implications resulting from the presence of women in the marketplace and outlines some steps the innovative executive and adaptive enterprise can employ in taking advantage of the new opportunities. (IRT)

Voices the American Society for Personnel Administration's objections to portions of the proposed 1977 federal guidelines for employee selection in compliance with federal equal opportunity legislation. The portions of the guidelines at issue are included. (IRT)

Explains and illustrates the enforcement of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 through the use of definitions in the act, interpretative statements issued by the Department of Labor, current court decisions, and discussion of the 1978 amendments. (Author/IRT)

Examines two aspects of the uniform federal guidelines affecting selection and interviewing, briefly looks at research on interviewing and considers how this fares in light of the guidelines, and makes specific recommendations to help minimize discriminatory interviewing practices. (Author/IRT)

Senator Orrin Hatch argues that affirmative action is illegal, immoral, and won't work. (IRT)

Summarizes an article by Blumrosen (in the spring, 1979, issue of the University of Michigan "Journal of Law Reform") in which Blumrosen said that job segregation is equivalent to wage discrimination and must be remedied as our understanding of discrimination increases. (Author/IRT)

Examines the job applications of leading companies and reports on questions that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission might find unacceptable. Outlines possible remedies. (IRT)

Discusses the impact of federal regulation (primarily that of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in the area of personnel selection. (IRT)

Highlights some of the main provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and its 1978 amendments and also reviews some case-law interpretations under the Act. (Author/MLF)