Exam 3: Equity and Diversity in Human Resources Management

Green Grass Hospital pays its hallway painters/technicians nearly twice the hourly rate that it pays the nurses. This fact is likely to cause further investigation in a pay equity program implementation under which of the following circumstances?

The development of an external workforce profile is an important tool in employment equity planning.

Which of the following groups is most likely to view the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a disappointment?

What is the first step in the employment equity implementation process?

Pay equity law makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against individuals on the basis of job content.

Sexually oriented remarks and behaviour that creates a negative psychological and emotional environment may be referred to as a "harmful work environment."

Transforming an organizational culture into a culture that embraces diversity is relatively simple and can be done in a relatively short period of time.

Which of the following is the most serious possible occurrence if an HR professional was dishonest in a human rights investigation?

Which of the following is NOT True of the Employment Equity Act (1995)?

Under the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is authorized to prohibit discrimination against members of the designated groups in the establishment of federally regulated businesses.

Women are underrepresented as technicians and semi-skilled professionals.

Implementation of pay equity is based on comparing the work of female and male employees doing the same job.

Implementing a flexible work schedule is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following is a possible outcome of a human rights complaint filed by an individual?

Reasonable accommodation benefits all employees.

Employment equity involves the identification and removal of systemic barriers to employment opportunities that adversely affect the four designated groups.

Which of the following organizational situations best represents the principle of the duty to accommodate?

Prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment vary between provinces.

Organization Z is about to undertake an organization-wide process of ensuring equitable representation in terms of designated groups, including an analysis and redressing of past discriminations. Organization B is undertaking which of the following?

Employers that pay men and women performing the same job a different salary are violating the Pay Equity Act only if the differences are based on which of the following?