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Class 1. No quiz today due to reading mix up How we measure inequality Sources of inequality at work Why perfect equality is not desirable but too much.

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1 Class 1

2 No quiz today due to reading mix up

3 How we measure inequality Sources of inequality at work Why perfect equality is not desirable but too much inequality is a problem How much inequality arises from discrimination

4 I. What is discrimination? II. Discrimination and the Law III. Equal Pay Act IV. Civil Rights Act of 1964

5 Choosing carefully Invidious discrimination

6 Is all invidious discrimination illegal? When is discrimination illegal? Only against protected classes or categories Before 1964 essentially the only group protected from discrimination were union members Employment at will

7 1963 Applies only to gender discrimination Illegal to discriminate in pay between men and women doing "substantially equal" work How do we know when work is substantially equal?

8 Title 7 deals with employment discrimination Aimed primarily at the issue of race Sex included essentially by accident Categories include Race Color Nationality Religion Sex

9 Discrimination based on race or color never legal Discrimination based on sex is legal in certain circumstances Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

10 Continue to discuss issues of race and gender at work

11 Class 2

12 Collect critiques

13 What is discrimination? When is discrimination illegal? Equal Pay Act and Civil Rights Act of 1964

14 I. Discussion of Sexual Harassment II. Film

15 What is sexual harassment? Is it possible for women to harass men? Is it possible for there to be same-sex sexual harassment? What forms of sexual harassment are there? Quid pro quo Hostile environment

16 SEXUAL HARASSMENT - CROSSING THE LINE

17 Begin Immigration and Globalization unit


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