TELS 3345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Fide, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
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School
Course
Professor
1964
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Johnson
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Puts pressure on employers to treat people equally in the best way they can
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Discrimination always being discussed publicly
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Civil Rights Act
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Equal Pay Act- equal pay for equal work
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Gov more involved to integrate their employment statistics
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Gov involved more in contracts
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Treatment of employees in a fair and unbiased manner
1964
Attempts to undue all the harm from the past
Fair for all the economy
EEOC
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Additional Legislation
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Publicly spoken about
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Bunch of laws to deal with the issues of equity in the workplace
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Changing National Values
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After Civil Rights
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Amended later
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Later stated 65 was too young
65 was due to social security
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50-65 covered under act at first
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Changed to 50-70
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Couldn't be considered fired for age under 50
Changed to 50 and over
No upper age limit
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Changed again in 1990
Age Discrimination and Employment
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Called for stronger enforcement of the act
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Equal Opportunity Act
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Probable cause as to why not hire them
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Don't have to hire because disabled but can't not hire them simply because they are
disabled
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Have to defend it with facts
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American Disabilities Act
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act
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Discrimination
Choosing one race versus the other
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Adverse impact: rejecting certain protected classes for employment
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Disparate treatment
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Employment practices can't have overt or intentional discrimination
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Griggs v. Duke Power
Providing opportunity for broad range of classes of employees
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EEO refers to actions required of employers to correct past discrimination. False
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Training and knowledge of EEO essential for managers, because managers can be held
legally accountable. True
EPA….True
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Questions
Chapter 3 Lecture Notes
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
5:22 PM
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