Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9789401040044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 285 str.

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Opis

This book provides theoretical perspectives on systemic discrimination in employment and an overview of policy and institutional responses in eight countries, focusing on affirmative action and employment equity policies. As a unique international comparative survey and assessment of affirmative action and employment equity policies, this is a sourcebook for researchers, practitioners and students in the fields of public policy, employment law, sociology, industrial relations and human rights.

Recenzje

"The book...is a very valuable tool for those who want to find out about the nature and extent of discrimination in the workplace internationally. ...reading through this book will hopefully encourage academics, members of advocacy groups and policy makers...to think further about the very important issue of workplace equality."
(Eanni Koszeg, law firm Allen & Overy, London, UK)

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Systemic Discrimination in Employment: Mapping the Issue and the Policy Responses; C. Agocs. 2. Employment Equity in Selected Countries: The Case of Racial and Ethnic Minorities; H.C. Jain. 3. Unfinished Business: Employment Equality in Australia; G. Strachan, J. Burgess. 4. Canada's Employment Equity Legislation and Policy, 1986-2000: Unfulfilled Promises; C. Agocs. 5. Employment Equity Legislation in Ontario: A Case Study in the Politics of Backlash; A.B. Bakan, A. Kobayashi. 6. Repeal of the Ontario Employment Equity Laws: Denial of Equal Protection of the Law; C. Eboe-Osuji, E. McIsaac. 7. Gender Equality in India; H.C. Jain, C.S. Venkata Ratnam. 8. Between Public Controversy and Market Initiative: The Politics of Employment Equity and Diversity in the Netherlands; F.J. Glastra, et al. 9. Multiculturalism with a Price Tag: On the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Management in the Netherlands; F.J. Glastra, et al. 10. Northern Ireland - Gender, Race and the New Equality Agenda; S. Rogers. 11. Employment Equity in South Africa: Overcoming the Apartheid Legacy; F.M. Horwitz, H.C. Jain. 12. Affirmative Action in American Employment Law: Past, Present and Future; M.F. Radford. 13. Pay and Employment Equity: The Role of Markets, Collective Bargaining and Legislation; M. Gunderson. Subject Index.