Systemic discrimination in employment and the promotion of ethnic equality / by Ronald Craig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craig, Ronald L.

Series:

International studies in human rights ; v. 91.

International studies in human rights ; v. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation.

Discrimination in employment.

Race discrimination--Law and legislation.

Race discrimination.

Race discrimination--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that traditional complaint-based antidiscrimination laws are inherently inadequate to respond to systemic discrimination in employment. It examines the mechanisms and characteristics of systemic discrimination and the shortcomings of complaint-based laws. Yet these characteristics can also inform employers and government authorities of the kinds of preventive action that help alleviate systemic discrimination at the workplace. In its search for a rational government policy response to systemic discrimination, the book evaluates selected legal regimes which impose proactive obligations on employers to promote equality at the workplace. Proactive regimes are regulatory in nature, rather than adjudicatory. They induce employer compliance through technical assistance, dialogue and regulatory pressure, rather than court orders. By examining the key elements of these regimes the author explains why some proactive regimes function better than others, and why proactive regimes function better than complaint-based laws in addressing systemic discrimination.

Contents:

The concept of discrimination

Systemic discrimination in employment

The limits of complaint-based approaches in addressing systemic discrimination in employment

Ethnic equality in employment

Proactive obligations to promote equality in employment : an introduction

Statutory-based proactive obligations to promote equality in employment : five approaches

Contract-based proactive obligations to promote equality in employment : four approaches

A rational government policy response to systemic ethnic discrimination in employment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-45775-2

9786611457754

90-474-1135-8

OCLC:

427510969

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004154629.i-334 DOI