Download Civil Rights Acts and Employment Discrimination: Definitions and Key Terms and more Quizzes Human Resource Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended DEFINITION 1 Bars discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; instituted EEOC. TERM 2 Excutive Order DEFINITION 2 Prohibit employment discrimination by employers with federal contracts of more than $10,000 (and their subcontractors); establish office of federal compliance; require affirmative() action programs. TERM 3 Federal agency guidelines DEFINITION 3 Indicate guidelines covering discrimination based on sex, national origin, and religion, as well as employee selection procedures; for example, require validation of tests. TERM 4 Supreme Court decisions: Griggs v. Duke Power Co., Albemarle v. Moody DEFINITION 4 Rule that job requirements must be related to job success; that discrimination need not be overt() to be proved; that the burden of proof() is on the employer to prove the qualification is valid. TERM 5 Equal Pay Act of 1963 DEFINITION 5 Requires equal pay for men and women for performing similar work. TERM 6 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 DEFINITION 6 Prohibits discriminating against a person age 40 or over in any area of employment because of age. TERM 7 State and local laws DEFINITION 7 Often cover organizations too small to be covered by federal laws. TERM 8 Vocational Rehabilitation () Act of 1973 DEFINITION 8 Requires affirmative action to employ and promote qualified handicapped persons and prohibits discrimination against handicapped persons. TERM 9 Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 DEFINITION 9 Prohibits discrimination in employment against pregnant women, or related conditions. TERM 10 Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 DEFINITION 10 Requires affirmative action in employment for veterans of the Vietnam war era. TERM 21 Discrimination Allegation Defenses : Adverse Impact DEFINITION 21 Is the result of a neutral employment practice that creates an adverse impacta significant disparity(,)between the proportion of a protected class and the proportion of the majority class hired from the available labor pool. TERM 22 Showing Adverse Impact DEFINITION 22 Disparate rejection ratesRestricted policyPopulation comparisonsMcDonald-Douglas test TERM 23 Bona Fide() Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) DEFINITION 23 AgeReligionGenderNational origin TERM 24 Business Necessity DEFINITION 24 A defense requiring employers to show that there is an overriding business purpose (i.e., irresistible( demand) for a discriminatory practice. ) Spurlock v. United Airlines TERM 25 Validity (,) DEFINITION 25 The degree to which the test or other employment practice is related to or predicts performance on the job can serve as a business necessity defense. TERM 26 Diversity DEFINITION 26 the variety or multiplicity of demographic features that characterize a companys workforce, particularly in terms of race, sex, culture, national origin, handicap, age, and religion. TERM 27 Equal Employment Opportunity DEFINITION 27 Aims, through legal compliance(), to ensure that anyone, regardless of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age, has an equal opportunity based on his or her qualifications. TERM 28 Affirmative Action () DEFINITION 28 Employers take actions, to comply legally or voluntarily, in the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and compensation of protected classes to eliminate the current effects of past discrimination.
