Opinion ID: 335108
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: remedy and backpay

Text: 61 We have held that the Government established a pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Supp. II, 1972), by showing that Hazelwood's subjectively-based hiring procedures have resulted in a statistical disparity between the proportion of black teachers employed by Hazelwood, and the proportion of black teachers in the labor market. Furthermore, we have concluded that the United States proved unlawful discrimination against 16 rejected black applicants. 8 We believe that the United States and these 16 black applicants are entitled to relief. 9 62 On remand the district court shall enter an order consistent with the following directions: 63 1) Hazelwood, its officers, agents, employees, and successors are to be enjoined permanently from engaging in any act or practice in the hiring of teachers which has the purpose or effect of discriminating against any individual because of his race or color. 64 2) Hazelwood shall promulgate accurate job descriptions and hiring criteria to ensure that all black and white applicants for teaching positions are evaluated on the same basis. 65 3) Hazelwood shall list clearly on its recruiting and application materials both the requirements for its teaching positions and the procedures by which its selections are made. The materials also shall include both a ) an announcement that race or color operates as no bar to employment with Hazelwood, and b ) a description of the proper subjective factors to be considered during the interview portions of the selection procedure, e. g., skill and clarity of expression, self-confidence and attitudes toward teaching. 66 4) Hazelwood shall ensure that equal notice concerning available openings be given to potential applicants, both black and white. In recruiting procedures, if any, Hazelwood shall include on an equal basis recruiting visits to predominantly black colleges and other institutions. Appropriate steps to ensure student teaching opportunities at Hazelwood for black college students shall also be taken. 67 5) The district shall make periodic reports to the Justice Department for the three school years subsequent to the entry of the district court's decree on its conduct in hiring qualified black teachers. 10 It shall maintain a record, available for Government inspection, explaining its reasons for selecting a white applicant over available black applicant(s) for each vacancy filled during the three-year period. 68 6) Hazelwood shall place the names of the 16 applicants discriminated against on a preferred hiring list, giving them the right to refuse first any vacancies to which their qualifications entitle them. 69 7) On remand, the district court shall award backpay to Timotheus Carson and Beverly Ellis, and it shall determine whether there are any reasons why backpay should not be awarded to the other 14 applicants. 11 The measure of such an award is the difference between the earnings of an applicant had he been employed by Hazelwood and his actual earnings after the time his employment with Hazelwood should have begun, or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence since that time. E.E.O.C. v. Detroit Edison Co., supra, at 315. 70 It is so ordered. 71 Reversed and remanded. 72