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C232--2.4
WGU HR Section 2.4
Question | Answer |
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What is gender discrimination? | unequal treatment of someone based on sex or gender identity. treating someone, such as a job applicant or employee, unfavorably because of that person's sex. |
What is Gender identity discrimination? | discrimination on the basis of someone's being transgender, lesbian, gay, or bisexual. |
Who put "sex" into Title VII? | Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia |
What precedent is important to gender stereotyping | Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. She refused to wear makeup, walk and talk "femininely" |
When was the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) Amended to Title VII? | 1978.M<ay not establish a predetermined length of time which an employee may not return to work after childbirth. Must hold jobs for employees who take pregnancy-related absences for the same length of time as for employees on sick or disability leave. |
When was the Equal Pay Act enacted? | 1963 |
How is Sexual Harassment defined? | harassment directed at an employee because of his or her gender. |