Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
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
Agency of the department of Justice charges with enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other anti discrimination laws.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):
An organization’s active effort to find opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group
Affirmative Action
The EEOC’s Employer Information Report which details the number of women and minorities employed in nine different job categories
EEO=1 Report
Guidelines issued by the EEOC and other agencies to identify how an organization should develop and administer its system for selecting employees so as not to violate anti discrimination laws.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
the agency responsible for enforcing the executive orders that cover companies doing business with the federal government
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
A condition in which employment practices are seemingly neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from employment opportunities
Disparate Impac
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act,
a physical or mental impairment that substan- tially limits one or more major life activities, a record of having such
an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment.
Disability
Differing treatment of individuals, where the differences are based on the individuals’ race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status.
Disparate Treatment
A necessary (not merely preferred) qualification for performing a job.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
A condition in which employment practices are seemingly neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from employment opportunities.
Disparate Impact
Rule of thumb that pro- vides (or shows) 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.
Four-Fifths Rule
An employer’s obliga- tion to do something to enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job.
Reasonable Accommodation
Unwelcome sexual advances as defined by the EEOC.
Sexual Harassment
U.S. law authorizing the federal government to establish and enforce occupational safety and health standards for all places of employment engaging in interstate commerce.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
