Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E476-477)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
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