Chapter 3 Flashcards
Equal Employment Opportunity
The condition in which all individuals have an equal chance for employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin.
Equal employment opportunity commission
Agency of the department of justice charged with enforcing title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 and other anti-discrimination laws
Affirmative action
An organizations active effort to find opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group
Disability
A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of having such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment
EE0-1 Report
The EEOC’s employer information report, which counts employees sorted by job, category, sex, ethnicity, and race
Uniform Guidelines on Employee selection procedures
Guidelines issued by EEOC and other agencies to identify how an organization should develop and administer its system for selecting employees so as to not violate anti-discriminatory laws
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
The agency responsible for enforcing the executive orders that cover companies doing business with the federal government
Disparate Treatment
Differing treatment of individuals, where the differences are based on the individuals’ race, color, religion, sec, national origin, age, or disability status
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications
A necessary (not just preferred) qualification for performing a job.
Disparate impact
A condition in which employment practices are seemingly neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from employment opportunities
Four Fifths Rule
Rule of thumbs that finds evidence of potential discrimination if an organization’s hiring rate for a minority group is less than four fifths the hiring rate for the majority group
Reasonable Accommodation
An employers obligation to do something to enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job
Sexual Harassment
Unwelcome sexual advances as defined by EEOC
Thirteenth amendment
Abolished slavery
Civil rights act 1866-1871
Grant all citizens right to make perform, modify, and terminate contracts and enjoy all benefits, terms, conditions, of the contractual relationship
