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| Name the equal employment opportunity laws |
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| Civil rights act of 1964 and 1991, the pregnancy discrimination act of 1978, the immigration reform and control act of 1967 and the americans w/disabilities act of 1990 |
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| what is the difference btwn the EEO laws and what are the protected classes they cover |
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| the laws differe from one another primarily in terms of the specific protected classification covered. in all, the following classifications afre protected from, discrimination: race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and above) and disability |
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| 2 forms of the legal definition of discrimination |
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| disparate treatment (intentional discrimination) and disparate impact (unintentional discrimination) |
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| what must the plantiff establish if using EEO law in court |
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| plaintiff must establish prima facie case, the defendant must then rebut it |
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| What is the purpose of AA programs |
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| seek to eliminate discrimination by setting "color-conscious" initiatives. AA programs are sometimes legally required, but usually implemented on a voluntary basis |
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| what are the 2 steps of AA programs |
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| utilization analysis and action planning |
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| what do AA programs sometimes grant |
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| individuals preferential treatment. this practice is legal if engaged in as part of a bona fide affirmative action program |
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| describe the impact of cultural diversity on organizations and how it may be successfully managed |
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- the workforce is becoming older and more culturally diverse
- management initiatives include diversity training, steps taken to break the glass ceiling and meet the needs of older workers and implementation of work and family programs |
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| what is the changing nature of work and how does it impact HRM practices |
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technological advances and a shift in the type of work being performed have created a need for a new set of worker skills
- these trends signal a need for training programs (literacy training) |
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| what impact has the occurrence of mergers and takeovers had on HRM practices |
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| can lower employee loyalty and morale and increase voluntary turnover rates and the number of organizational conflicts |
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| organizational decline, technological advances, and organizational restructuring |
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| often fail to achieve economic goals and may weaken employee morale |
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| what should firms do to manage downsizing efforts |
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-consider alternative to layoffs
- when emplementing layoffs, they should attempt to reestablish employee morale and try to help employees who have lost their jobs |
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| an approach to emiminating employment discrimination by taking proactive initiatives to ensure proper minority group representation w/in an organization |
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| affermative action plan (AAP) |
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| written statement that specifies how the organization plans to increase the utilization of targeted groups |
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| age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) |
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| a lwa that protects "older workers" from age discrimination in the workplace. |
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| americans w/disabilities act (ADA) |
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| a 1990 law that prohibits employment discrimination based on a person's disability |
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| wehn using a BFOQ defense, the employer argues that it pruposely discriminated against all members of a protected group b/c they lack the bona fide occupational qualifications for the position in question |
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| a law that prohibits employment based on race, color, sex, religion and national orgin |
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| an amendment to the CRA of 1964. Its passage made discrimination claims less difficult for employees to substantiate |
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| a form of employment discrimination in which an employment practice tha tis not job related has unequal consequences for ppl of different protected groups (unintentional discrimination) |
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| a form of employment discrimination in which employers treat ppl unfairly b/c of their membership in a protected group (intentional discrimination) |
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| a management action taked to drastically reduce size of a company's workforce |
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| equal employment opportunity (EEO) |
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| providing equal treatmetn to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, sex, relition, national orgin, age or disability |
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| a nontraditional work arrangement in which work hours are flexible in that workers must put in their eight hours, but can choose their starting and ending times |
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| a test used by the courts to assess the merits of a prima facia case of disparate impact. it is calculated by comparing the passing rate of the "disadvantaged" protected group w/the rate of the "advantaged" group |
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| an invisable, yet very rea, barrier found in the structure of many organizations that has stymied the advancement of women and other protected groups |
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| immigration reform and control act (IRCA) |
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| a law that prohibits discrimination based on national origin and citizenship |
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| form of alternate work scheduling in which a full-time job is shared by 2 ppl |
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| a test used by the courts to assess the merits of prima facia case of disparate treatemtn when "smoking gun" evidence is lacking |
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| form of employment discrimination which an employer bases an employment decision partly on a legitimate motive and partly on a discriminatory one |
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| organizational restructuring |
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| when a firm modifies its structure to become less hierarchial by cutting out the "layer" of middle management |
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| giving members of underutilized groups some advantage over others in the employment process |
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| pregnancy discrimination act (PDA) |
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| a law stating that firms may not discriminate against employees on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions |
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| established at trial when a complainant has been able to demonstrate the merits of his or her case sufficiently enough for the courts to agree to look into the matter further |
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| categories of ppl who are legally protected from discrimination in the workplace |
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| subcategories of ppl w/in each protected classification (male/female) |
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| nontraditional work arrangement in which employees work at home |
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| statistical procedure used for setting affirmative action goals. it compares the percentage of each protected group for each job category w/in the organization to that in the available labor market |
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