Human Resource Chapter 2

Forms of Illegal Discrimination

-Disparate treatment -Disparate impact -Pattern of practice -Retaliation

Catalysts for modifying or enhancing the legal context:

-Legislative initiative -Social Change -Judicial Rulings

Disparate Impact

Discrimination occur when an apparently neutral employment practice disproportionately excludes a protected group from employment opportunity

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) allows employers to collect any genetic information about their employees, including information about family history of disease.

False

To issue new guidelines and opinions regarding employment practices that result from newly passed laws, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) frequently uses the _____.

Federal Register

Which of the following statements is true of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

It is responsible for enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

A construction company provides its employees who work at construction sites with hard hats. It also provides these employees with coveralls so that they do not come into direct contact with any harmful materials. The measures taken by the company are in compliance with the _____.

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Regulatory Environment of HRM

Process -Creation of new regulations -Enforcement of regulations -Practice and implementation of regulations in organizations

Hostile work environment

Produces sexual harassment because of the climate or culture that is punitive toward people of a different gender

Affirmative Avtion

Represents a set of steps taken by an organization to actively seek qualified applicants from groups underrepresented in the workforce

Quid pro quo harassment

Sexual harassment in which the harasser offers to exchange something of value for sexual favors

Addison Inc., a waste management company with over 500 employees, wants to close one of its plants because of a slump in its business. The managers of the company provide notice to the employees 70 days in advance of the plan to close the facility. In this case, the company conforms to the stipulations of the _____.

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act