Exam 16: Employment Discrimination

An example of a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act is a serious heart attack.

Fact Pattern 17-1 Loretta worked for Minute Dry Cleaners as a cashier, and also did ironing when extra help was needed. Soon after she was hired, her boss, John, began to make suggestive comments to her. He complemented Loretta on her clothes and her looks. Several times, when they were in the store alone, John cornered Loretta and told her that she was driving him crazy, and that she just had to date him. Loretta told John that she already seeing someone and backed away. John cornered her again. He told her that he had waited long enough, and that if she wanted to keep her job she was going to have to "put out." He grabbed her arm, but she got away to the counter. She told John to keep away from her. He laughed, and asked her what she was going to do. He said he knew she needed the job, because she was fired from her previous jobs for drug problems. If she didn't get along with him, he would fire her and tell people it was because she came to work stoned. Loretta quit the next day. She filed a complaint against John with the local EEO office. John told EEO he fired Loretta was because of her drinking on the job. He referred them to Loretta's past work record which showed a drug problem. Loretta insisted that John harassed her and that she had not been drinking while at Minute. -Refer to Fact Pattern 17-1. After Loretta notifies the EEO office of her complaint against John, the EEO will:

Which of the following would not be likely to be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, because it goes beyond the scope of the legislation?

The four-part test that the plaintiff in a disparate treatment case must meet to provide a prima facie discrimination case was established by:

Ordering Spanish-speaking workers to speak English while working on an assembly line would be a clear violation of Title VII employment discrimination.

In U.S. v. Paradise, involving the hiring of black troopers by the Alabama highway patrol, the Supreme Court:

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not protect against employment discrimination based on disabilities.

If a person quits their employment because of sexual or racial harassment, it is called:

A person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities is defined as ____ by the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Under Title VII, recognized races include Hispanic and Arab.

Under Title VII, color refers to:

The most likely example of quid pro quo sexual harassment would be:

If an employer offers a defense to a prima facie case of discrimination, the plaintiff must then prove that the defense is only a pretext.

For Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to apply, an employer must have:

Under Title VII, employment discrimination based on sexual preference is prohibited.

To require employees to retire at age 70 would usually violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Ordering Spanish-speaking workers to always speak English to each other while they are at the workplace does not violate Title VII.

In a trial where a person has claimed employment discrimination has occurred and the plaintiff has shown a prima facie case, the employer's reason for his action must be:

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a person is "regarded as" having a disability if which of the following conditions is true:

The laws against discrimination in employment cover which of the following areas: