TELS 3345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Fide, Civil Rights Act Of 1964

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Organizational Leadership and Supervision
• Course: TELS 3345
• Professor: Lawrence Wagoner

Document Summary

Puts pressure on employers to treat people equally in the best way they can. Equal pay act- equal pay for equal work. Gov more involved to integrate their employment statistics. Treatment of employees in a fair and unbiased manner. Attempts to undue all the harm from the past. Bunch of laws to deal with the issues of equity in the workplace. Couldn"t be considered fired for age under 50. No upper age limit: equal opportunity act, american disabilities act. Called for stronger enforcement of the act. Probable cause as to why not hire them. Don"t have to hire because disabled but can"t not hire them simply because they are. Have to defend it with facts disabled. Choosing one race versus the other: pregnancy discrimination act, griggs v. duke power. Adverse impact: rejecting certain protected classes for employment. Employment practices can"t have overt or intentional discrimination. Eeo refers to actions required of employers to correct past discrimination.