Chapter 43

Question 1

At-will employment

Answer 1

1) Any employee may quit at any time for any reason or no reason with no required notice to the employer
2) Employer may fire employee at any time, with no notice, for almost any reason

Question 2

Federal Laws Governing Employers

Answer 2

1) Federal employment laws provide a minimum level of protection for employees
2) States may give employees more rights, but not less rights than they have under federal law

Question 3

Title VII of Civil Rights Act

Answer 3

1) Protects employees against discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, and sex
2) prohibits discrimination on basis of ^
3) defenses include, not limited to, merit, seniority, and bona fide occupational qualification (BFOC)
4) Disparate treatment - hired, fired, denied promotion etc on basis of 1
5) Disparate Impact – policy dispropotionately effects one protected class
6) Sexual harrassment - hostile-environment quid pro quo
7) pregancy too

Question 4

ADEA (age disc.)

Answer 4

basis of applicant being 40 years or older

Question 5

ADA

Answer 5

protects employees and applicants with disablities

Question 6

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Answer 6

no gender pay difference