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CHAPTER 3: LEGAL ISSUES IN EMPLOYEE SELECTION Flashcards

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It is a undergoing process when employee has a complaint

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Legal Process

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What are the three way process when an employee has a complaint?

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  1. Resolve the complaint internally
  2. Filing a discrimination discharge
  3. Outcome of an EEOC investigation
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What the three ways to process the complaint internally by the organization?

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  1. Grievance process or the internal process
  2. Mediation - the third party
  3. Arbitration - which is the OOEC
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It is a type of arbitration which two sides can appeal

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Binding arbitration

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It is a type of arbitration which they accept or not the decision

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Nonbinding arbitration

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It is a group of people protected by a legislation against discrimination

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Protected class

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It refers to employment practices that appear neutral but have a discriminatory effect on a protected group

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Adverse impacts

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It is a percentage not a raw scores

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Adverse impacts

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It is adetermination by an analyst that the results in the data are not explainable by chance alone.

It is a difference of two groups

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Statistical significance

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It refers to the magnitude of the difference, which is known as the effect size.

It is a difference of two groups at level high enough to suggest potential discrimination

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Practical significance

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It states that if the selection rate for a certain group is less than 80 percent of that of the group with the highest selection rate

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Four Fifths Rule

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It is the measurement of adverse impact

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Four Fifths Rule

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How employer say that a requirement is a job related?

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  1. If the employement practice has no adverse impact
  2. Employment law is different from Criminal law
  3. If the job relatedness is measured through test
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It is an exception of job related and adverse impact which a senior is given a rewardand not discriminated

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Bona Fide Seniority System

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It is an exception of job related and adverse impact which it is legal to discriminate based on the national origin or other protected class

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Nationality Security

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It is an exception of job related and adverse impact which veterans has additional points

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Veteran’s Preference Rights

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It is an unwanted behaviour which you find offensive or which makes you feel intimidated or humiliated in the workplace

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Harassment

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It is a sole representative of gender

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Gender pioneers

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It is a small minority of the employees

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Gender isolation

20
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What are the two types of harassment?

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Quid Pro Quo and Hostile environment

21
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It is a harassment for salary and promotion increase

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Quid Pro Quo Harassment

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It is the unwanted pattern of conduct related to gender that interfere’s employee’s work performance

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Hostile environment Harassment

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What are the liabilities of organization for sexual harrasment/

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  1. Organization should have well - concieved policy and communicated it to all employees
  2. If there’s a report, they should investigate quickly and shall make actions.
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It is an act which employees has 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year

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FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)

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It refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to increase the representation of particular groups.

A Legal concept concerns employment

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Affirmative actions

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What are the four strategies of affirmative actions?

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  1. Monitor hiring and promotion statistics
  2. Intentional recruitment of minority applicants
  3. Removing practices against minority group
  4. Promotion of minority
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What are the two reasons of affirmative action

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Involuntary and voluntary actions

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What is the involuntary affirmative action?

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It has annual OEEC - 1 report

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What is the voluntary affirmative action?

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  1. Court order
  2. Consent decree
  3. Desire to be a good citizen
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What are the five ways to determine the legality of the affirmative action plan?

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  1. History of discrimination
  2. Beneficiaries of plan
  3. Population used to set goals
  4. Impact to minorities
  5. End point of the plan
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What are the four privacy issues?

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  1. Drug testing
  2. Office and Locker Searches
  3. Psychological testing
  4. Eletronic survaillance

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