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The Decree Requires The Defendants To Pay $252,500 In Compensatory Damages

In March 2005, the court approved the consent decree in United States v. City of Blakely Housing Authority (M.D. Ga.). The decree requires the defendants to pay $252,500 in compensatory damages, train employees on fair housing law, and establish new admissions policies and procedures to ensure that applicants are treated in a non-discriminatory manner. Additionally, the executive director of the Blakely Housing Authority must resign under the terms of the decree. In this case, the United States alleged that defendants violated the Fair Housing Act by, among other things, reserving one of their apartment complexes for whites and steering African-Americans to other complexes.

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The law requires equal pay for equal work
The Equal Pay Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the payment of wages or benefits, where men and women perform work of similar skill, effort, and responsibility for the same employer under similar working conditions.

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	News about Discrimination cases in Wisconsin and nationwide: Discrimination on the Farm When Mary Alice Leach stopped by Bland Farms in May 2000 to inquire about a laborer job at the country’s largest producer of Vidalia sweet onions, ... Read more > Best Practices Of Private Sector Employers Commissioner Reginald E. Jones was appointed by Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas to head the Task Force to study "best" equal employment opportunity po... Read more > The Commissioners and the General Counsel EEOC has five commissioners and a General Counsel appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Commissioners are appointed for five-year... Read more > More Discrimination News >

Discrimination Terms

Today's Terms

Protected Class

Definition:
The groups protected from employment discrimination by law. These groups include men and women on the basis of sex; any group, which shares a common race, religion, color, or national origin; people over 40; and people with physical or mental disability.

Overt Discrimination

Definition:
Overt discrimination is a specific, observable action taken against a person or class of persons because of protected status, e.g., national origin.

Affirmative Action

Definition:
Positive steps taken by an employer to ensure equal employment opportunities for minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.

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Racial Discrimination
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