Word: eeoc
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Meanwhile, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been moving toward an investigation of allegations by the National Organization for Women that Harvard's employment practices discriminate against "women as a class." NOW filed a "charge of discrimination" last November as a formal step in government procedures under the 1964 Civil Rights...
...next step, under EEOC procedures, is a government investigation to determine whether or not there is any basis for the allegations. If the commission finds that there is such a basis, it would then act as a conciliator in negotiations between Harvard and NOW to reach an agreement on ending discrimination, including the possible assessment of back pay. Should negotiations fail, the EEOC may go to court to force compliance with...
...moment, however, the investigation rests in the over-burdened hands of the EEOC's district office. No investigator has yet been assigned to the case, although it has been given a "charging number" under which new complaints may be filed...
...guess is that an investigator will be assigned sometime before the end of the year," Delda White said last week. "The EEOC district office has hiring problems and a considerable turnover. I think they're doing a good job, under the circumstances...
...EEOC investigations have produced results in at least two other cases. Last year, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was forced to award $15 million in back pay to its female employees after the commission found illegal sex discrimination. And just two weeks ago, the EEOC sought a preliminary injunction in Federal Court, ordering Tufts University to reinstate two women faculty members the commission charged were dismissed because of their...