Employment Law

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Employment Law

• Dessler Chapter 2

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Agenda 2/22/05

• Reminder and Announcements
• Questions and Comments
• Employment Law
• Thursday

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Reminder

• HRM Intervention Drafts Due by Thursday (2/24/05)
  via Email

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Questions and Comments

• What is Validity? What are the 4 Types of
  Validity?
• Why does a Multiple Hurdle System Work Well?

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Employment Law

• Major Legislation
• Sexual Harassment
• Major Court Rulings
• Adverse Impact vs. Discrimination

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Major Legislation

• Civil Rights Act (1964/1972)
• Established EEOC
• EO 11246/11375
• Affirmative Action
• Equal Pay Act (1963/1972)
• Age Discrimination Employment Act

• Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)
• Civil Rights Act (1991)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

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Sexual Harassment

• An Act or an Environment
• Includes Supervisors, Peers, and Third-Party
  Contractor
• Quid Pro Quo
• Compliance

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Major Court Rulings

• Griggs vs. Duke Power
• Issue of Business Necessity and Protected Class
• Albemarle Paper vs. Moody
• Issue of Test Validity (Criterion)

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Adverse Impact and Discrimination

• Discrimination
• Adverse Impact
• Disparate Rejection Rates (the 4/5th Rule)
• Restricted Policy
• Population Comparisons
• McDonnell-Douglas
• Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ)

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Affirmative Action

• Recent Supreme Court Rulings
• University of Michigan
• Undergraduate and Law School Admissions
• Upheld Bakke v. CA
• UC System
• Issue of Race and Class in America
• Affects Education through Property Value

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Thursday

• Guest Speaker
• Jason Cooksy
• Have Questions Ready
• Read Handouts