Landy Employment Discrimination Litigation

Behavioral, Quantitative, and Legal Perspectives
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7819-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series

This practical resource includes perspectives from the point ofview of both plaintiff and defendant for cases involving questionsof race, gender, disability, and age. In addition, it offers anoverview of the process by which complaints are filed, the statutesunder which they are filed, and the authority represented byvarious case law. Employment Discrimination Litigation willilluminate myriad issues such as Daubert motions, classcertification issues, the setting of cut scores that will withstandchallenge, common statistical analyses of adverse impact, andmerit-based issues. Employment Discrimination Litigationalso
* Presents a temporal description of a typical employmentdiscrimination case from start to finish
* Outlines the major guidelines that are often invoked inemployment litigation--the A.P.A. Standards, UniformGuidelines, and SIOP Principles
* Reviews litigation related to the Fair Labor Standards Act
* References written judicial opinions that relate the activitiesand devices most often employed by industrial and organizationalpsychologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Landy, Frank J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Salas, Eduardo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii
Preface xv
The Authors xxi
Part One: Foundations of Litigation 1
1 Phases of Employment Litigation 3
Frank J. Landy
2 Adverse Impact: Judicial, Regulatory, and Statutory Authority 20
Arthur Gutman
3 Professional and Technical Authorities and Guidelines 47
Richard Jeanneret
4 Statistical Trends in Private Sector Employment Discrimination Suits 101
Donald L. Zink, Arthur Gutman
5 Statistical Issues in Litigation 132
Bernard R. Siskin, Joseph Trippi
6 Industrial and Organizational Psychologists as Expert Witnesses: Affecting Employment Discrimination Litigation Post Daubert 167
George C. Thornton III, Peter H. Wingate
Part Two: Case Law, Case Strategy, and Protected Groups 199
7 Race Discrimination Cases: Common Themes 201
James L. Outtz
8 Sex Discrimination in Employment 229
Barbara A. Gutek, Margaret S. Stockdale
9 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act 256
Harvey L. Sterns, Dennis Doverspike, Greta A. Lax
10 Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act: The Short but Active History of ADA Enforcement and Litigation 294
Jone McFadden Papinchock
11 Wage and Hour Litigation: I-O Psychology's New Frontier 336
Cristina Banks, Lisa Cohen
Part Three: Special Topics 371
12 The Importance of Valid Selection and Performance Appraisal: Do Management Practices Figure in Case Law? 373
Stan Malos
13 Cut Scores and Employment Discrimination Litigation 410
Jerard F. Kehoe, Angela Olson
14 A Lawyer's View 450
David Copus, Richard S. Ugelow, Joshua Sohn
15 A Judge's View: Interviews with Federal Judges About Expert Witness Testimony 503
Frank J. Landy
Part Four: Conclusions 573
16 Concluding Thoughts 575
James L. Outtz, Frank J. Landy
Name Index 591
Subject Index 599

Über Autor(innen)

Frank J. Landy is a consultant and researcher for the UnitedStates Department of Labor, Department of Justice, Department ofState, Department of Defense, the Equal Employment OpportunityCommission, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and otheragencies. Currently, as SHL Litigation Support Services CEO, Landyis working in the area of employment discrimination and humanfactors litigation.
The Professional Practice Series is sponsored by The Societyfor Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. (SIOP). Theseries was launched in 1988 to provide industrial andorganizational psychologists, organizational scientists andpractitioners, human resources professionals, managers, executives,and those interested in organizational behavior and performancewith volumes that are insightful, current, informative, andrelevant to organizational practice.