The footnote carves out an exception to the landmark ruling: While nearly all colleges and universities must stop all practices of affirmative action in admissions, the nation's military academies can continue because of “potentially distinct interests,” the majority opinion states.
Title VII Defenses Employers charged with Title VII violations have a limited number of affirmative defenses including business necessity, bona fide occupational qualification, seniority and merit systems, and after-acquired evidence of actions of the employee.
Employers, labor organizations and other persons subject to title VII may take affirmative action based on an analysis which reveals facts constituting actual or potential adverse impact, if such adverse impact is likely to result from existing or contemplated practices. (b) Effects of prior discriminatory practices.
You need an AAP if you have 50 or more employees and: You are a depository of federal funds.
Eight steps for preparing an affirmative action plan Develop and post an EEO policy. Assign responsibility for policy implementation and review. Develop a relational org chart. Examine workforce, job group and availability. Identify problems and design an action plan. Set times for goals (not quotas) ... Take action steps.
Title VII: A Primer §2000e-2. More specifically, it prohibits using race and other protected characteristics as a "motivating factor" for employment decisions, including hiring, firing, compensation, or with respect to the "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.
As an enforcement agency, the EEOC has the authority to use affirmative action goals and timetables as a remedy for an employer to implement when a finding of systemic or adverse impact employment discrimination is found against a protected group.
You need an AAP if you have 50 or more employees and: You have a federal contract or subcontract of $50,000 or more. You provide products or services of $50,000 or more to a federal contractor or subcontractor that is required to have an AAP. You are a depository of federal funds.
For example, if 80 percent of the entrants to the job group are promoted from other job groups, then the weight on the internal factor(s) should be 80 percent. This leaves 20 percent weight for the external factor. This process is called calculating the weighted average.