Chapter 3

Question 1

Title VII

Answer 1

private employers with at least more than 15 employees and labor unions, gov institutions

This law prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, origin

Question 2

Age discrimination in employment act of 1967

Answer 2

Private employers with at least 20 employees. Protects people 40 years of age or older

Question 3

Pregnancy discrimination act of 1978

Answer 3

Privat employers with at lead 15 employees and federal institutions

Protects Pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions

Question 4

ADA 1990

Answer 4

Private employers with at least 15 employees

Qualified individuals with or perceived as having a disability

Question 5

Disparate treatment

Answer 5

Differing of individuals based on a persons race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status

Intentional discrimination
Unequal treatment

Question 6

Disparate Impact

Answer 6

Employment practices appear neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from work opportunities

Unintentional discrimination

Unequal consequence

Question 7

BFOQ

Answer 7

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification: a necessary genuine qualification for performing a job, not merely preferred, should directly relate to a workers ability to perform the job

Question 8

Flow statistics

Answer 8

The only one of the three statistics that can establish adverse impact by itself

Question 9

EEO

Answer 9

Equal Employment Opportunity: Employment practices are designed and used in a “facially neutral” manner

Question 10

AA

Answer 10

Affirmative Action: Proactive effort to eliminate discrimination and its effects, and to ensure nondiscriminatory results in employment practices in the future