Topic 3: Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Flashcards
Anti-female Animus
An environment of animosity toward women.
Comparable Worth Theory
The notion that men and women should receive equal pay when they perform work that requires comparable skills and responsibilities.
Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Passed in 1963, it requires nearly all employers to pay men and women equally for the same work.
First Written Warning
Second step in a disciplinary process, which advises an employee that work behavior must change, lays out steps that have already been taken to advise the employee of the deficit, and describes steps that need to be taken to improve performance and remain employed.
Gender Discrimination
The stereotyping of how a male or how a female should act.
Gender Plus Discrimination
Discrimination that results when an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus another characteristic.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
This Act recognizes pregnancy as a temporary disability and prohibits applicants from being discriminated against in the recruitment process because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions (Amendment to Title VII).
Quid Pro Quo
(Latin for “this for that”) The notion that an employer seeks sexual favors in exchange for some positive employment outcome for an employee.
Sexual Harassment
Harassment directed at an employee because of his or her gender.
Supervisor
A managing employee who has power to take tangible employment actions against an employee.
Tangible Job Action
An employment outcome arising out of sexual harassment.
Unwelcome Conduct
Conduct that is not solicited by an employee and that a reasonable person would regard as offensive.