Understanding Discrimination and Civil Rights Laws: A Glossary, Quizzes of Hospitality and Tourism

Download Understanding Discrimination and Civil Rights Laws: A Glossary and more Quizzes Hospitality and Tourism in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Discrimination DEFINITION 1 The act of treating someone different from and less favorably than others this manifested primarily into circumstances one access to places of public accommodation and second appointment TERM 2 Civil rights laws DEFINITION 2 Statutes that prohibits discrimination a restaurant owner could be refuse to serve any person including flexor other minorities that violating the law many restaurants proprietors did discriminate TERM 3 Civil rights act of 1964 DEFINITION 3 Freedom of speech freedom of contract privacy and due process is to name a few act as originally passed out while discrimination on the basis of four protected classes racist color religion national origin and four types of establishments hotels restaurants places of entertainment and gas stations. Did not originally cover discrimination based on gender and it still does not protect marital status disability or sexual orientation bars or not especially covered nor stores are schools TERM 4 Transients DEFINITION 4 Are people passing through a place for a brief stay for so drawn court decisions have determined that the following establishments are covered by the act places that rent rooms are only by the night but also weekly but not the more permanent relationship of the landlord or tenant wife's YMCAs which traditionally have offered overnight accommodations trailer parks that rep to short- term guess I'm cottages at Beach resort TERM 5 Relief DEFINITION 5 The act provides limited relief for people who have been denied because all the services money is not recoverable as a remedy under the act however I missed treated plaintiff may qualify for monetary remedies other under other antidiscrimination laws a possible remedies under the act include the following injunctive relief reason attorney fees TERM 6 National origin DEFINITION 6 Refers to the country from which one ancestors came engaged and then I'll legal discrimination TERM 7 Unitary rule DEFINITION 7 Means that if it covered facility is located within a noncovered business or vice versa both the covered and uncovered business are subject to the act TERM 8 Private clubs DEFINITION 8 Expando discrimination does not apply to private clubs or the steps rents not in the fact open to public is the club selective in choosing us members a private club usually has a limited number of members the more selective the club it is the more like it I'll call fives of the club remember sought discreetly at the club purposely appetizers for members is not likely a private club TERM 9 State civil right laws DEFINITION 9 Virtually every state has a civil rights law that is in part duplicates the act and in part expand its coverage the state laws include within the coverts businesses that are purely interstate nature that is the business untended diminished a commerce member the sole rights act of 1964 applies only to businesses engaged in interstate commerceCovered facilitiesAdditional places of public accommodation pars stores clinics hospitals barber and beauty shops library school call just couple calls public elevators public institutions for the care of the neglected and delinquent children garages and public transportation TERM 10 The ADA DEFINITION 10 Americans with the disabilities act the federal law passed by Congress in 1991