Equal Employment Opportunity: Decenzo and Robbins HRM 7Th E Dition 1
Equal Employment Opportunity: Decenzo and Robbins HRM 7Th E Dition 1
Equal Employment Opportunity: Decenzo and Robbins HRM 7Th E Dition 1
Equal Employment
Opportunity
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1: CIVIL RIGHTS
LEGISLATION
Civil Rights Act of
1866
Civil Rights Act of
1964
Title VII
Title IX
BASED ON
Race, religion, color, sex, national origin
25 OR MORE EMPLOYEES
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2: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY ACT
Title VII Amendments
Enforcement
Interpretation
EEOC created
Prohibit discrimination
File civil suit
Coverage expanded
State and local
Educational institutions
Over 15 employees
3: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Stipulated by Title
VII
Preferential
treatment to
minority group
members
Recruiting
Hiring
3: REASONS FOR
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Majority workers
were white male
U.S. companies
were growing
Correct past
prejudice
Change had to
have legal and
social coercion
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3: CURRENT
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Fair employment
Groups given preferential treatment
Individual performance should
determine employment actions
Goal: Equal employment opportunity
for all individuals
4: HOW TO DETERMINE
EEO?
Adverse impact
Consequence of
practice
Disparate impact
Adverse treatment
Treatment of
protected class
Disparate
treatment
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4: AGE DISCRIMINATION
IN EMPLOYMENT ACT
1967
40 or 60 or ???
Save $$
Punitive damages
20+ employees
Government,
employment
agencies, labor
organizations
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4: PREGNANCY
DISCRIMINATION ACT
1978
Hire
Insure
Fire
Depends on other
benefits coverage
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5: AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT
1990
Reasonable
accommodation
Reassignment
15 or more
employees
Private and public
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12 weeks unpaid
Health insurance
Come back to a job
Who is covered?
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6: EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Protect federal
workers against
discrimination
11246
1965
Race, religion, color,
national origin
Office of Federal
Contract Compliance
Programs
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6: MORE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS
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Sex
11478
Political affiliation
Marital status
Physical disability
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7: DETERMINING
DISCRIMINATION
Adverse impact on
more than one
individual
Tests indicate
risky/questionable
practices
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7: WAYS TO DETERMINE
DISCRIMINATION
4/5ths rule
Restricted policy
Geographical
comparison
McDonnell-Douglas
test
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7: 4/5TH RULE
EEOC guideline
Each step of the
selection process
Minority numbers
must be 80% of
majority numbers
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7: RESTRICTED POLICY
Through hiring
practices
Intentional or not
A protected class
Excluded from
consideration
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7: GEOGRAPHICAL
COMPARISON
Qualified pool of
applicants
MATCHED AGAINST
Characteristics of
employees
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7: MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS
TEST
Member of a
protected group
Qualified for job
Rejected
Enterprise then
continues to seek
other applicants
with similar
qualifications
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7: WHAT TO DO WHEN.
EEO ALLEGES
DISCRIMINATION
Business necessity
Bonafide
occupational
qualification
Seniority
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7: BUSINESS NECESSITY
Operate in a safe
and efficient
manner
Employees possess
appropriate
Skills
Knowledge
Abilities
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7: BFOQ
Title VII exceptions
Sex
Age
Religion
Job requirements
Reasonably
necessary to meet
the normal operation
of that business or
enterprise
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8: DISCRIMINATION
CASES
Griggs v. Duke Power
Albemarle Paper
Company v. Moody
Wards Cove Packing
Company v. Antonio
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8: GRIGGS V. DUKE
POWER
Interpretative
guidelines for Title
VII
Employment testing
Employers have
burden of proof that
tests provide a
reasonable measure
of job performance
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8: ALBEMARLE PAPER
COMPANY V. MOODY
Use and validate
selection tests
Tests not validated
before use
Tests used for hiring
and promotion
Subjective
supervisor ratings
Validating process
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8: REVERSE
DESCRIMINATION
Allen Bakke
UC Davis Medical
School entrance
Seats could not be
set aside
Brian Webber
Kaiser Aluminum
training program
Endorsed voluntary
affirmative action
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9: ROLE OF EEOC
Notify organization
of charge
Notify organization
of findings
If cause
Informal process
Mediation meeting
EEOC may file
charges in court
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9: SEXUAL HARASSMENT
15,000 complaints
a year
Defined
Hostile environment
Interferes with work
Adversely affects
employment
opportunity
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9: ROLE OF HRM IN
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Issue a policy
Establish procedure
Inform employees
Train managers
Investigate
Corrective action
Follow up
Review turnover
Privacy- recognition
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QUICK: REVIEW
CHAPTER 3
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON A
SHEET OF PAPER.
1. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DID IN
CLASS TODAY _______.
2. I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT___.
3. THE BEST THING ABOUT CLASS TODAY
WAS _______________.
4. DONT D0 ____________ ANYMORE.
TURN THEM IN, PLEASE. NO NAMES. WELL TALK
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PREVIEW: CHAPTER 4
Ask 3 people you know:
Did you ever have to take a
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