Chapter 3

Question 1

employment practices that unfairly discriminate against people with characteristics protected by law.

Answer 1

Unlawful or Discriminatory Employment Practices

Question 2

someone who is hired by another person or business for a wage or fixed payment in exchange for personal services, and who does not provide the services as part of an independent business.

Answer 2

Employee

Question 3

specific written or verbal employment contract.

Answer 3

Explicit Employee Contract

Question 4

: an understanding that is not part of a written or verbal contract.

Answer 4

Implicit Employee Contract

Question 5

an employment relationship in which either party can terminate the employment relationship at any time for just cause, no cause, or any cause that is not illegal with no liability as long as there is no contract for a definite term of employment.

Answer 5

At-Will Employment

Question 6

any job in which an individual does not have a contract for long term employment.

Answer 6

Contingent Work

Question 7

nonpermanent workers who can be supplied by staffing agencies or directly hired by the company.

Answer 7

Temporary Workers

Question 8

employees of a company who take on the operation of certain functions, or staff an entire location on a contractual basis for a client company.

Answer 8

Leased Workers

Question 9

legally represent workers, organize employees, and negotiate the terms and conditions of union members’ employment.

Answer 9

Labor Unions

Question 10

performs services wherein the employer controls or directs only the result of the work.

Answer 10

Independent Contractor

Question 11

reasonable steps to accommodate a disability that do not cause the employer undue hardship.

Answer 11

Reasonable Accommodation

Question 12

a characteristic that is essential to the successful performance of a relevant employment function.

Answer 12

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

Question 13

an important business objective of the employer.

Answer 13

Business Necessity

Question 14

a group of people who share a particular characteristic that is protected by federal and or state employment discrimination laws.

Answer 14

Protected Class

Question 15

employment practices designed and used in a facially neutral manner.

Answer 15

Equal Employment Opportunity

Question 16

the proactive effort to eliminate discrimination and its effects, and to ensure nondiscriminatory results in employment practices in the future.

Answer 16

Affirmative Action

Question 17

establish specific requirements that certain numbers of people from disadvantaged groups.

Answer 17

Staffing Quotas

Question 18

when a process or practice discriminates against significant numbers of applicants or employees.

Answer 18

Systematic Discrimination

Question 19

intentional discrimination based on a protected characteristic.

Answer 19

Disperate Treatment

Question 20

when an employer is accused of having both a legitimate and an illegitimate reason for making an employment decision.

Answer 20

Mixed Motive

Question 21

when an action has a disproportionate effect on a protected group, regardless of the employer’s intent.

Answer 21

Disperate (adverse) Impact

Question 22

compare the % of men, women, or minorities employed in a job category with their availability in the relevant population of qualified people interested in the position.

Answer 22

Stock Statistics

Question 23

stats that compare the % of applicants hired from different subgroups to determine if they are significantly different from each other.

Answer 23

Flow Statistics

Question 24

stats that compare the % of men, women, or minorities in various job categories to see if men, women, or minorities are concentrated in certain workforce categories

Answer 24

Concentration Statistics

Question 25

truth in hiring, misrepresenting the job or organization to a recruit.

Answer 25

Fraudulent Recruitment

Question 26

when an employer hires an applicant it knows or should have known could pose a risk to other employees.

Answer 26

Negligent Hiring

Question 27

misrepresenting or failing to disclose complete and accurate information about a former employee.

Answer 27

Negligent Referral