Noe Chapter 3 Flashcards
(48 cards)
10th amendment
Abolished slavery
Civil rights act of 1866 and 1871
All citizens has the rights to make, perform, modify, and terminate contracts and enjoy all benefits, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship
Equal pay act of 1963
Men and women performing equal jobs receive equal pay
Title VII of CRA
Forbids discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national region
Age discrimination is employment act of 1967
Prohibits discrimination in employment against individuals 40 years and older,
Rehabilitation act of 1973
Requires affirmative action in the employment of individuals with disabilities
Pregnancy discrimination
Treats discrimination based on pregnancy- related conditions as illegal sex discrimination
Americans with disabilities act of 1990
Prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities
Executive order 11246
Requires affirmative action in hiring women and minorities
Uniformed services employment and reemployment rights act of 1994
Requires rehiring of employees who are absent for army, with retraining needed.
Genetic information nondiscrimination act of 2008
Prohibits discrimination because of genetic information
Lily Ledbetter fair pay act of 2009
Allows employees to claim discriminatory compensation within a set of time after recovering a discriminatory paycheck.
EEO-1 repot
Equal employment opportunity commission’s employer information report; counts employees sorted by job category’s sex, ethnicity and race,
Uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures
Used by EEOC; how an organization should develop and administer its system for selecting employees so as not to violate discrimination laws.
OFCCP- office of federal contract compliance programs
Responsible for enforcing the executive orders that comanies doing business with the federal government.
Disparate treatment
Differing treatment of individuals, where the differences are based on the individuals’ race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disabilities
BFOA- Boba Fide Occupational Qualification
A necessary(not merely preferred( qualification for performing a job. Ex, a guy cannot work at the gentlemen's club
Disparate impact
Employment practices are seeming neutral yet disproportionately exclude a projected group from employment opportunity
Four fifth rule
Rule of thumb that shows evidence of potential all discrimination if an organization’s hiring rate for a minority’s group is less that 4/5th the hiring date for the majority group,
Reasonable accommodation
An employer’s obligation to do something to enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job
Right-to-know laws
State laws that require employers to provide information about the health risks associated with exposure to substances consider hazardous.
EEO- equal employment opportunity
The condition in which all individuals have an equal chance for employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin,
10th amendment
Abolished slavery
Civil rights act of 1866 and 1871
All citizens has the rights to make, perform, modify, and terminate contracts and enjoy all benefits, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship
