BUSI 642 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Reverse Discrimination, Executive Order 11246, Jury Trial
2 Mar 2018
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Chapter 3: understanding equal opportunity and the legal environment. Equal pay act (1963: the law that requires the same pay for men and women who do the same job in the same organization. Title vii of the civil rights act of 1964: section of the civil rights act of 1964 that applies to employment decisions; mandates that employment decisions not be based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Jim crow laws: legalized racial segregation in many southern states. Protected class: a group of people who suffered discrimination in the past and who are given special protection by the judicial system. In hr context, the making of distinctions among people. Disparate treatment: discrimination that occurs when individuals are treated differently because of their membership in a protected class. Adverse impact: discrimination that occurs when the equal application of an employment standard has an unequal effect on one or more protected classes, also called disparate impact.
