Employment Law Final Flashcards
Hostile Work Environment - Sexual Harassment
GENDER
1. Member of a protected class
2.behavior must be based on sex
3. unwelcome*
4. behavior must be severe and pervasive
5.that it creates an intimidating hostile or offensive work environment
(show effect on work performance- difficult to show if you ex just cry at home) (missing work would show)
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
1.quid pro quo(this for that)
ex. have sex with me or ill fire you
SUPERVISOR makes sex a condition of continued employment (sexual activity for something)
- Hostile Work Environment - Sexual Harassment
GENDER - Retaliation -
( most of the time you need other people to testify)
if you help them or make a complaint then something bad happens(demotes, poor performance evaluation)
Religion discrimination
- title 7 not only forbidden to discriminate but must “reasonably accommodate” ees religious practices.
-unless the accommodation would create “undue hardship”
(must be more than mere inconvenience)
- must consider ees proposed accommodation but does not have to adopt
-title 7 permits religious disc. by religious organizations.
- religion is “all aspects” of observance and practice, as well as belief.
-no necessity that it be a tenet of particular sect. sincerely held belief
National Origin Discrimination
- ok to discriminate based on citizenship under title 7
- not ok to discriminate based on national origin
National origin
- limited
- reasonable
- not pretext for discrimination
what is national origin?
- country of origin
2.ancestors country of origin
(ee has physical, cultural, or linguistic characteristic of that country) - married to person, causing not orig. discrimination
- association with a particular ethnic group.
ADEA
Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967
lenient to the employer
much more er latitude for permissible discrimination(( any reasonable factor other than age)
- now no upper age limit
- prima faca case McDonald v Douglas
Employer Defenses ADEA ** BFOQ
- BFOQ;
A. must show it reasonably relates to essential operation of the business & either B.or C. (stats)
B. practical basis for believing most people of this age can not do it.
OR barely ex.(old ppl in bakery - heat)
C. it is impossible or impractical to determine job fitness on an individual basis.
- it was too much to test & retest
- they can say “test me” but employers don’t have too.
(impossibe or impractical -must show stenotype)
Employer Defenses ADEA **
- BFOQ **-
- (Desperate impact) (Business Necessity/ job related) reasonable factor other than age (ex typing)
- bona fide retirement plan
- voulintary
- sweeten the pot
- R.I.F.
ADA American with Disabilities Act
- to protect individuals from 3 kinds of barriers to employment
- (Desperate Treat.) INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION (Social Bias)
- (Desperate Impact) NEUTRAL STANDARDS w DI (Drivers license)
- DISCRIMINATION as a RESULT OF BARRIERS to the job Performance that can be fully overcome by ER accommodation.
(we do not have a handicap entrance)- can not wait until problem arises; take steps to make workplace accessible NOW
- value of disabled workers as resources greatly outweighs the costs.
Who is DISABLED covered under the ADA? (Perceived)
“disabled” under ADA = Prego, depression, cancer, blindness…
- ACTUALLY DISABLED= physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the MAJOR life activities.
ex. sterile(before mitigation) - RECORD OF DISABILITY= no discrimination against person because he/she WAS disabled.
- PERCEIVED AS DISABLED= regarding by ER as disabled (overweight… ) (sutton case; eyeglasses)
Disabled (ADA)
Would he still be Qualified? (if he wasn’t blind)
- otherwise qualified
- is there a REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION that would allow this person to do the job?
- REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION= would not cause the ER UNDUE HARDSHIP
* determined on a case by case basis
* EE must ask
Labor Law Established
(Wagner act- 1935 set the president)
Est.
- right of EEs to form Unions
- est. National Labor Relations Board(NLRB)
- Defined & created unfair labor practices (ULPs)
NLRB (national labor rel. board) (not as important)
- created to administer NLRA & prevent ULPs
- not bound by precedent
- certify/ oversee process of est. union
NLRB process (not important)
- party who claims violation of NLRA files a charge alleging ULP
- investigation by NLRB