front cover of Age Discrimination in the American Workplace
Age Discrimination in the American Workplace
Old at a Young Age
Gregory, Raymond F
Rutgers University Press, 2001

Nearly every middle-aged and older worker, at some time during his or her career, will suffer age discrimination in the workplace. Employers too often use early-retirement plans, restructurings, and downsizings to dismiss older workers. Many of these individuals are unwillingly ushered into earlier-than-planned retirements, are denied promotions, or are terminated. The baby-boomer generation now accounts for just under 50 percent of the entire workforce. A vast army of workers now stands ready to contest employer acts of age discrimination.

Attorney Raymond Gregory addresses himself to the millions of workers who think they might be facing age discrimination and traces the history of the federal measures enacted to assist workers in contesting unlawful employer conduct. He explains how the law works and presents actual court cases to demonstrate the ways that workers have challenged their employers. The cases help to illustrate legal principles in real-life experiences and many of the cases relate compelling stories of workers caught up in a web of employer discriminatory conduct. Gregory has eliminated all legal jargon, ensuring that all concepts are clear to his readers. Individuals will turn to this book again and again to obtain authoritative background on this important topic.

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front cover of Women and Workplace Discrimination
Women and Workplace Discrimination
Overcoming Barriers to Gender Equality
Gregory, Raymond F
Rutgers University Press, 2002

Attorney Raymond F. Gregory addresses the millions of women who think they might be facing sexual discrimination and explains federal measures enacted to assist workers in contesting unlawful employer conduct. He presents actual court cases to demonstrate the ways that women have challenged their employers. The cases illustrate legal principles in real-life experiences. Many of the cases relate compelling stories of workers caught up in a web of employer discriminatory conduct. Gregory has eliminated legal jargon, ensuring that all concepts are clear to his readers. Individuals will turn to this book again and again to obtain authoritative background on this important topic.

Topics covered include:

  • The increasing incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace
  • Common forms of sex discrimination
  • Discrimination against older women
  • Discrimination against women of color
  • Discrimination against women in the professions
  • Discrimination against pregnant women
  • Discrimination against women with children
  • Sex discrimination in hiring, promotion, termination
  • Employer liability for workplace sexual harassment
  • Employer retaliation against workers
  • Proving sex discrimination in the courtroom
  • Compensatory and punitive damages
  • Back pay, front pay, and other remedies
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