Chapter 29 Flashcards
A group of persons protected by specific laws because of the group’s defining characteristics, including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability.
Protected Class
A form of employment discrimination that results when an employer intentionally discriminates against employees who are members of protected classes.
Disparate Treatment Discrimination
A case in which the plaintiff has produced sufficient evidence of his or her claim that the case will be decided for the plaintiff unless the defendant produces no evidence to rebut it.
Prima Facie Case
Discrimination that results from certain employer practices or procedures that, although not discriminatory on their face, have a discriminatory effect.
Disparate-Impact Discrimination
A termination of employment brought about by making the employee’s working conditions so intolerable that the employee reasonably feels compelled to leave.
Constructive Discharge
The demanding of sexual favors in return for job promotions or other benefits, or language or conduct that is so sexually offensive that it creates a hostile working environment.
Sexual Harassment
A significant change in employment status or benefits, such as occurs when an employee is fired, refused a promotion, or reassigned to a lesser position.
Tangible Employment Benefits
A defense to an allegation of employment discrimination in which the employer demonstrates that an employment practice that discriminates against members of a protected class is related to job performance.
Business Necessity
An ID characteristic reasonably necessary to the normal operation of a particular business. Such characteristics can include gender, national origin, and religion, but not race.
BFOQ
A system in which those who have worked longest for an employer are first in line for promotions, salary increases, and other benefits, and are last to be laid off in the workforce must be reduced.
Seniority System
Job hiring policies that give special consideration to members of protected classes in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination.
Affirmative Action
