Trial by ordeal : a study of people who lost equal pay and sex discrimination cases in the industrial tribunals during 1985 and 1986
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Trial by ordeal : a study of people who lost equal pay and sex discrimination cases in the industrial tribunals during 1985 and 1986
(Equal Opportunities Commission research series)
H.M.S.O., 1989
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 35
Description and Table of Contents
Description
It has been claimed that those who win equal pay and sex discrimination cases in the industrial tribunals enjoy nothing more than "pyrrhic victories", suffering a high level of stress and victimization both during and after their success. This book asks, what then happens to those who lose such cases. This survey aims to supply information on the experience of such applicants and to discover, for example, how they view the role of ACAS and the EOC and whether they regret taking the case to the tribunal. The survey found that 81% of the sample said that they were pleased that they had taken the case and that despite the imperfections perceived in the system there was a general feeling that it is important to try and use the law to take a stand on matters of principle.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: methodology
- the legal context
- forms of discrimination. Part 2 Sources of advice and support: trade unions and fellow workers
- the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
- the Equal Opportunities Commission. Part 3 Applicants' costs - the price of failure: why applicants did not appeal
- levels of stress
- conditions of employment and future prospects
- periods of unemployment. Part 4 Applicants look back: giving advice to others
- improving the procedures. Part 5 Conclusions and recommendations: providing advice, support and representation
- improving the tribunal system
- dealing with victimisation
- changing employment practices.
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