Law chp. 16

It is illegal to pay men and women employees different wages when their jobs require which of the following:

-equal skill -equal effort -equal responsibility -the same working conditions

Besides regular private employers, Title VII applies to which of the following?

-labor unions -employment agencies -government agencies

Under Title VII, a protected class may be composed of people who share the same:

-race -gender -religion -national orgin

In EEOC v. Dial, where Dial used a weight lifting test to see if people were qualified to do the work needed at a factory, and the EEOC said it discriminated against women, the appeals court held that:

-the test used here was not a good predictor of ability to do the job, so was discriminatory -since the company could not convincingly show that the test was sufficiently related to sale and efficient job performance, it was discriminatory and illegal

The agency given the power to file suits against employers and unions believed to be violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is the:

Equal Employment Opportunity commission

The first federal law that specifically addressed equal employment issues was the:

Equal Pay Act of 1963

The most important anti discrimination employment law is:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

A county adopted a flexible affirmative action program with no specific quotas, but with the purpose of getting more women in certain positions in which there were no women. To accomplish its goal, the county hired a qualified woman instead of a man who has scored higher on a valid aptitude test. The man sued arguing the program was discriminatory. You would expect the Supreme Court held that this action was;

a legitimate affirmative action program

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not apply to which of the following:

business relationships

The pregnancy discrimination act, a part of title VII, provides protection for which pregnancy related condition?

childbirth, related medical conditions, fringe benefits

The drive for civil rights in employment and other aspects of life became a national movement in the

early 1960s

Title VII applied to employers with:

fifteen or more workers

historically, the common law permitted employers to:

hire and fire which ever workers they wished

If a person suffers discrimination because of race and because of religion, he may file a complaint of:

intersectional discrimination

According to the Title VII, it is _____ to use professionally developed ability tests to determine whether job applicants possess the necessary skills and attributes

legal as long as there is statistical validation of the tests

Individual states

may have civil rights acts that apply to employers exempt from Title VII

Reverse discrimination is:

preferential treatment of a protected class

Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment based on sex. This does not include:

sexual preferences or marital status

Jim crow laws were federal and state laws that:

supported, and even required, racial segregation and labor market discrimination

Which of the following are examples of illegal discrimination under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?

suspending a pregnant waitress because she might not be appealing to the diners at a cafe and denying a pregnant reporter an assignment to a dangerous country because of her condition

As a rule, when testing of job applicants employers should do which of the following to be within the bounds of the law:

test for ability to perform a certain job

Under title VII, national origin refers to:

the country where a person is born or the country from which his or her ancestors came

Under Title VII, officially recognized racial classes include

whites, native americans, and hispanics