Chapter3 MGT 367

Question 1

Equal employment opportunity law consists of Laws designed to prevent __________________.

Answer 1

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

Question 2

One way employment discrimination takes place is when Employment decision making and working conditions are _________(or ________) to members of one group compared to members of another group

Answer 2

ADVANTAGEOUS OR DISADVENTAGIOUS

Question 3

One way employment discrimination takes place is when Employers use such criteria as ________________________to exclude certain persons from employment or from certain employment benefits

Answer 3

RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, OR AGE

Question 4

What is EEOC?

Answer 4

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISION

Question 5

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission monitors _________ law compliance

Answer 5

EEO (EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY)

Question 6

The EEOC requires organizations with more than 100 employees to submit an ________ form to monitor compliance.

Answer 6

EEO-1

Question 7

All claims of discrimination under CRA, ADEA, and ADA must first be filled with the_________..

Answer 7

EEOC

Question 8

________ can sue on behalf of others or by itself

Answer 8

EEOC

Question 9

_____________ Offers mediation program that is available at no cost to the involved parties.

Answer 9

EEOC

Question 10

What are the most frequently used federal laws?

Answer 10

Title VII, age discrimination, and American disability act

Question 11

WhatTitle V11doesnot cover, discrimination based on the following even when the use of such practices may be correlated with race, gender, color, religion, or national origin:

Answer 11

• Seniority systems
• Veterans’ preference rights
• National security reasons

Question 12

________________________: Work requirements reasonably necessary to the normal performance of a job or the normal operation of an organization.
Bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs): Work requirements reasonably necessary to the normal performance of a job or the normal operation of an organization.

Answer 12

Bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs):

Question 13

A BFOQ that exclude one group (e.g., males or females) may be permitted if the employer can argue that _______________ requires the exclusion

Answer 13

ESSENCE OF THE BUSINESS

Question 14

What are the time limits for filing a charge of discrimination?

Answer 14

180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ALLEGED VIOLATION OR EXTENDABLE 300 DAYS UNDER STATE LAWS

Question 15

How is a charge filed for discrimination outside the United States?

Answer 15

U.S.-based companies that employ U.S. citizens outside the United States or its territories are covered under EEO laws

Question 16

______________Plaintiffs must show that an employer intended to treat a member(s) of a protected group differently.

Answer 16

DISPARATE TREATMENT

Question 17

____________Plaintiffs must show that an employer’s practices had a disparate impact on members of the protected group by showing that the employment procedures had a disproportionately negative effect on members of a protected group (Griggs v. Duke Power, 1971).

Answer 17

DISPARATE IMPACT

Question 18

Explain the four fifths rule.

Answer 18

Multiply the majority times 80% and if it is less than the sum there is an adverse impact if it is more than the sum than there is no adverse impact.

Question 19

____________—the extent to which employers make an effort through their personnel practices to attract, retain, and upgrade members of the protected classes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act or persons with disabilities.

Answer 19

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Question 20

Another form of employment discrimination under Title VII
Is unwelcomed conduct that is based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability and/or age

___________

Answer 20

HARRASMENT

Question 21

Prima Facie Case-

Answer 21

PLAINTIFFS INITIAL BURDEN

Question 22

_______________-He or she belongs to the discriminated-against
group.
He or she applied and was qualified
Her or she was rejected.
The position remained open to applicants with
equal or fewer qualifications.

Answer 22

THE DISPARATE TREATMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS INITIAL BURDEN

Question 23

_____________________-Unequal impact of the practice(s) in question on different groups.

Answer 23

DISPARATE IMPACT FOR PLANTIFFS INTIAL BURDEN