Preventing Harassment And Discrimination Flashcards
The mission of diversity is two fold:
1) To provide continuous ____ to all department members, to increase awareness of our culturally diverse community and police department, to reduce complaints of harassment, discrimination, and biased based policing issues.
2) To provide ____ and ____ investigations of those complaints that do arise.
1) TRAINING
2) OBJECTIVE and COMPLETE
All complaints of biased based policing issues will be investigated by ____.
IA
Disparate Treatment: Different treatment occurs when an employer treats an individual less favorably than other similarly situated individuals because of protected class. Must establish:
1)
2)
1) Complainant is a member of a PROTECTED class.
2) Complainant was treated DIFFERENTLY from people similarly situated.
To prove disparate treatment, employers actions must be based on a ____ motive, but do not need to be deliberate or willful.
discriminatory
Discriminatory motive is proved when:
1) ____ evidence reasonably determines that the employers explanation to the charge is ____
AND
2) That ____ was more than likely the motivating factor.
1) SUFFICIENT……. FALSE
2) DISCRIMINATION
A substantial rate of selection in hiring, promotion, or other employment decision which works to the disadvantage of members of a race, sex, or ethnic group.
What is this?
Adverse Impact
The focus of the inquiry into a charge of adverse impact is on the ____ of employment practices rather than the motive.
consequences
____ is any conduct based on that employees membership in one or more of the protected classes that has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individuals work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
Harassment
Under federal law, one isolated incident is rarely enough to constitute harassment. Generally, harassment requires that the offensive conduct be ____, ____, ____, part of an overall ____ rather than one event or even several isolated incidents.
continuous, frequent, repetitive
pattern
For sexual harassment, the victim DOES/DOES NOT have to be the direct target of the harassment.
DOES NOT
Consensual sexual relationship does not preclude a claim. Once it is understood that advances are no longer welcome, continued conduct may be actionable.
True
Hostile Work Environment:
1) Conduct is ____ or ____ enough to create an objectively hostile, offensive, or intimidating work environment by a reasonable person standard.
2) Conduct affects ____, ____, and/or ____ of employment.
1) SEVERE or PERVASIVE
2) TERMS, CONDITIONS, and/or PRIVILEGES
For retaliation, employee must be able to show a ____ ____ exists between the adverse action, and their involvement in a complaint.
causal link
When an employee notifies supervisor of pregnancy, supervisor has ____ days to provide employee the LVMPD’s Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act flyer which is available on the EDS Intranet site.
3
Supervisor shall: Report all complaints of harassment/discrimination to the ____, whether witnessed or reported, formally or informally.
EDS
