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Volume 43, Issue 1-2
1 February 2001
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Managerial Law
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Technical Paper| February 01 2001

The use of the four‐fifths rule in discrimination cases

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-8014
Print ISSN: 0309-0558
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Managerial Law (2001) 43 (1-2): 57–61.
https://doi.org/10.1108/03090550110770327

Outlines the four fifths rule in discrimination cases citing areas of its use in personnel actions. Provides case laws examples. Considers in particular a case against Pepsi‐Cola. Concludes with some criticisms of the concept.

Keywords: Employment law, Discrimination, Case‐law, Pepsi‐Cola
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