Chapter 21: Employment Protection and Equal Opportunity

Short Answer: what is needed to be done to report a problem to OSHA?

-contact OSHA to make an inspection -let OSHA determine steps to maintain a safe workplace -employees can't be fired for reporting a VALID claim to OSHA

disparate impact (legal)

a job requires a candidate who can lift heavy objects, doesn't consider weak candidates

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

created by the federal government to ensure safe and healthy working conditions

business necessity

defense used against disparate impact; employer can prove that performing the job requires a particular skill or qualification

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)

defense used against disparate treatment; employer can prove that the other candidate was more qualified

disability

defined by the ADA as "physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities

unemployment compensation

established by the states to help lessen the effects of UNEMPLOYMENT and to provide for the families out of work employees

disparate treatment (illegal)

hiring only a woman for a flight attendant position or a man for a mechanical job

disparate impact

indirect discrimination

worker's compensation

insurance program of payments to workers who are INJURED on the job

disparate treatment

intentional discrimination

disparate treatment (legal)

only considering female candidates for modeling women's swimwear

pension plan

program set up by the EMPLOYER to provide income to employees after they RETIRE

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, or religion

equal pay rule

rule that states that employers must pay women the same rate of pay as men holding the same type of job

disparate impact (illegal)

sporting goods store requires that a candidate for selling athletic footwear must have been a varsity athlete

social security

the GOVERNMENT'S basic method of providing income when family earnings stop or are reduced (retirement)