HRM 3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intelligence Quotient, Face Validity, Internal Consistency

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3470
• Professor: Souha Ezzedeen

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Discrimination: refusal to employ or to continue to employ any person (race, color, religion, creed believe of some kind, martial statues, physical + mental disability. Law protect discrimination: constitution, human right, employment equity, labour, employment standard, related law, constitution (broad term) Major impact on employment: human right law. Human rights tribunals/ commissions: each province/territory + federally (reactive remedies a specific complaint react to the past acts: employment equity law (proactive react to make the future) Promote the entry and retention of people from designated groups. (cid:862) the p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple that e(cid:373)ploy(cid:373)e(cid:374)t e(cid:395)uity (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:373)o(cid:396)e tha(cid:374) t(cid:396)eati(cid:374)g pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the same way but also requires special measures and the accommodation of differences(cid:863: labour law. In response to union activity to improve job security, wages, conditions etc. Employer defenses: failure to accommodate, undue hardship: is an accommodating action that places significant difficulty or expense on the employer, there is no safe and reasonable alternative, variable (something change)