Employment Discrimination Litigation – Behavioral, Quantitative, and Legal Perspectives

Behavioral, Quantitative, and Legal Perspectives

Paperback Engels 2009 9780470622018
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This practical resource includes perspectives from the point of view of both plaintiff and defendant for cases involving questions of race, gender, disability, and age. In addition, it offers an overview of the process by which complaints are filed, the statutes under which they are filed, and the authority represented by various case law.
Employment Discrimination Litigation will illuminate myriad issues such as Daubert motions, class certification issues, the setting of cut scores that will withstand challenge, common statistical analyses of adverse impact, and merit–based issues.
Employment Discrimination Litigation also

Presents a temporal description of a typical employment discrimination case from start to finish
Outlines the major guidelines that are often invoked in employment litigation the A.P.A. Standards, Uniform Guidelines, and SIOP Principles
Reviews litigation related to the Fair Labor Standards Act
References written judicial opinions that relate the activities and devices most often employed by industrial and organizational psychologists

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780470622018
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:672

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<p>Foreword xiii</p>
<p>Preface xv</p>
<p>The Authors xxi</p>
<p>Part One: Foundations of Litigation 1</p>
<p>1 Phases of Employment Litigation 3<br />Frank J. Landy</p>
<p>2 Adverse Impact: Judicial, Regulatory, and Statutory Authority 20<br />Arthur Gutman</p>
<p>3 Professional and Technical Authorities and Guidelines 47<br />Richard Jeanneret</p>
<p>4 Statistical Trends in Private Sector Employment Discrimination Suits 101<br />Donald L. Zink, Arthur Gutman</p>
<p>5 Statistical Issues in Litigation 132<br />Bernard R. Siskin, Joseph Trippi</p>
<p>6 Industrial and Organizational Psychologists as Expert Witnesses: Affecting Employment Discrimination Litigation Post Daubert 167<br />George C. Thornton III, Peter H. Wingate</p>
<p>Part Two: Case Law, Case Strategy, and Protected Groups 199</p>
<p>7 Race Discrimination Cases: Common Themes 201<br />James L. Outtz</p>
<p>8 Sex Discrimination in Employment 229<br />Barbara A. Gutek, Margaret S. Stockdale</p>
<p>9 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act 256<br />Harvey L. Sterns, Dennis Doverspike, Greta A. Lax</p>
<p>10 Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act: The Short but Active History of ADA Enforcement and Litigation 294<br />Jone McFadden Papinchock</p>
<p>11 Wage and Hour Litigation: I–O Psychology′s New Frontier 336<br />Cristina Banks, Lisa Cohen</p>
<p>Part Three: Special Topics 371</p>
<p>12 The Importance of Valid Selection and Performance Appraisal: Do Management Practices Figure in Case Law? 373<br />Stan Malos</p>
<p>13 Cut Scores and Employment Discrimination Litigation 410<br />Jerard F. Kehoe, Angela Olson</p>
<p>14 A Lawyer′s View 450<br />David Copus, Richard S. Ugelow, Joshua Sohn</p>
<p>15 A Judge′s View: Interviews with Federal Judges About Expert Witness Testimony 503<br />Frank J. Landy</p>
<p>Part Four: Conclusions 573</p>
<p>16 Concluding Thoughts 575<br />James L. Outtz, Frank J. Landy</p>
<p>Name Index 591</p>
<p>Subject Index 599</p>

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