Chapter 5 Flashcards
Study guide for Federal Laws
What year was the ADA passed?
1990
What does the Civil Acts Law represent?
Prohibits employment discrimination due to race, sex, religion or national origin.
What does National Origin refer to?
The ancestry, birthplace, culture or language of an individual.
What is the difference between race and color discrimination?
Race involves skin color as well as other race related characteristics while skin color may vary among members of the same race.
What is involved with sex discrimination?
Sex discrimination is based on male/female and can involve sexual harassment.
Which Civil Rights Act does retaliation fall under?
1964
What does ADEA stand for?
Age discrimination act. It was passed in 1967 and prohibits the discrimination of people based on their age.
When was the Family and Medical Leave Act introduced?
1993
What is involved with the Fair Labor Standards Act?
Also known as the wage and hour law and is the basis for many state wage and hour laws.
Define HIPPA.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was introduced in 1996 and was enacted to provide community health coverage, control fraud and abuse, reduce healthcare costs and and guarantee the security and privacy of health information.
What is PHI and where should it be stored?
Protected Health Information, should never be left out and only accessible by employees with proven need for access.
Describe the difference between a policy and a procedure.
A policy describes how a department handles a specific situation while the procedure is the steps taken to accomplish said policy.
Name one inappropriate question that goes against BFOQ.
How much do you weigh?
Mediation and Arbitration are different how?
Mediation both parties come to an agreeable solution and with arbitration, both parties state their case but a third party makes the final call/decision.
The law prohibiting the sexual harassment in the workplace is the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
