Chapter 3

Question 1

What amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and expanded its coverage to include almost all public and private employers with 15 or more employees. In general it covers covers volunteer fire dept. and other nonprofit emergency service organizations.

Answer 1

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

Question 2

Gravely recommends that a fire officer focus on what?

Answer 2

Actionable items and the definition of hostile workplace

~ believes that hostile workplace complaints will shape workplace diversity

Question 3

Actionable items are?

Answer 3

An employed behavior that require an immediate corrective action by a supervisor

Question 4

Complaints settled by court decisions represent what percentage of all of the harassment, hostile workplace, and discrimination complaints filed against fire departments?

Answer 4

3%

Question 5

Firefighters who want to initiate a harassment complaint have a choice of three methods for doing so. What are they?

Answer 5

They start with the federal government, local government, or within the fire department.

Question 6

What is the most common reason a local government is found liable for harassment or hostile work environment?

Answer 6

Failure to investigate a complaint

Question 7

Case law and current practice dictate that_____ determines whether the situation is hostile or harassment.

Answer 7

The complainant

Question 8

What is the second most common way that local government lose harassment and hostile work complaints?

Answer 8

Blaming the person bringing the complaint

Question 9

Termination maybe proposed for more egregious kinds of discrimination and harassment, such as:

Answer 9

Threats, stalking, or repeated and unwanted physical contact.

Question 10

What is a good starting place to educate employees on the workplace rules and regulations that define expected behavior?

Answer 10

Local government “code of conduct” or other document that outlines the chief administrative officers expectations for all municipal employees

Question 11

When I fire department agrees to accomplish specific diversity goals within a specific time, to court orders outlining specific hiring practices:

Answer 11

Consent decrees

~ when a department agrees to an EEOC consent decree, it has promised the courts that it will work to hire qualified individuals who reflect the community

Question 12

The standard for evaluating sexual harassment is what_________ in the same or similar circumstances would find intimidating, hostile, or abusive.

Answer 12

“Reasonable person”