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BUS 136 Exam 2Review
Spring Semster 2017
Question | Answer |
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An employee cannot claim discrimination because of a spouse's national origin? | False |
An employer demanding sexual favors from an employee in exchange for promotion in hostile work environment? | False |
Sexual Harassment must be severe and pervasive enough to create an abusive work environment? | True |
What is allowed in the workplace regarding religion? | Religious practices that require a religions' member to wear certain clothing or to groom themselves in certain ways are protected under the Act unless they present an undue hardship to the employer. |
Understand Grooming Policies? | Employers are often the face of an employer's organization projecting a public image to customers, clients, and colleagues. As a result, employers often require certain grooming standards for employees, especially those with significant customer or client |
Know what is protected under National Origin? | The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment such as: hiring, firing, job assignments, pay, promotion, layoffs, training's, and fringe benefits. |
What is color discrimination and what does it apply to? | May exist where favoritism occurs between people of mixed races as well as to people of the same race who have different color skin. It applies to skin color. |
Sexual orientation is protected under Title VII as sex discrimination? | Title VII does not prohibit employers from refusing to hire or fire someone because he/she is gay. |
A person hired under the ADA must be qualified to do the job? | A disabled person must be able to perform essential functions of jobs with reasonable accommodations. |
Mental disabilities and physical disabilities are covered under the ADA? | Include: Impairments that effect major life activities such as an impairment to learning, sight, speech, hearing and walking. Also cancer heart conditions, AIDS, disfigurement & people recovering from substance abuse. |
An Employers may not refuse to hire an individual because he or she is a member of a particular religion? | Title VII protects them from employment discrimination. Religious affiliation is one of the classes protected under Title VII from invidious discrimination. |
What does "severe and pervasive" mean in sexual harassment? | The alleged act must be severe enough to create an abusive work-environment & disrupt the victim's employment. |
Know the difference between the two types of sexual harassment: Vicarious Liability and Hostile Work Environment? | Renders employers responsible for their supervisor's tangible employment actions under taken in return for sex with a subordinate or for a subordinate's refusal to engage in sex. Is intimidating and offensive sexual conduct perpetrated by a superior or c |
Gender Discrimination applies to both men and women? | Both have been victimized and both are protected under Title VII. |