Exam 16: Employment Discrimination

Under Title VII, a protected class may be composed of people who share the same:

A defense in suits for discrimination based on religion is that accommodation of religious beliefs would impose undue hardship on the employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity law does not apply to:

Which of the following is NOT a reasonable accommodation required of employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act:

An employee suing an employer for ____ under Title VII must show that the employer intentionally discriminated against them

A person who took a job to work on utility poles and then discovered he was afraid to climb poles would be protected as a disabled person who could not be fired.

John and Lisa are candidates for promotions. John is 34, Lisa is 56. John is given the promotion. Management decided that since Lisa has said she plans to retire in four years, promoting her would make little sense. In this case, the company:

If workers are punished for participating in an official proceeding, such as filing an employment discrimination complaint or giving testimony in a discrimination investigation, they would have grounds for suit based on:

If workers are punished for participating in an official proceeding, such as filing an employment discrimination complaint or giving testimony in a discrimination investigation, they would have grounds for suit based on:

The preferential treatment of members of protected classes is:

Under the Equal Pay Act, if women have been discriminated against by getting lower pay than men, for the same work, salaries must be equalized, either by lowering the men's salaries or raising the women's salaries.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act holds it illegal to discriminate in employment against:

Forcing retirement because of age is an example of:

Recently, voluntary affirmative action programs:

Lucy is the only woman in the police department. Some co-workers make insulting comments about her looks; they display pornographic materials in the offices; and harass her while she is working. After putting up with this for a year, Lucy quit in disgust. She may sue under Title VII based on:

Before the passage of federal discrimination laws, the labor unions were the only groups that consistently did not engage in discriminatory membership policies.

In relation to the term "sex discrimination:"

Firing an employee because she has the AIDS virus is not likely to violate the Disabilities Act because employers have a business necessity for not wanting to employ such people: i.e. high medical insurance costs.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in:

The laws against discrimination in employment DO NOT cover which of the following areas: