WGU C233 Study Guide - Strategies for the Workplace to Prevent Discrimination and Limit Employer Risk, Graded A+.

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WGU C233 Study Guide - Strategies for the Workplace to Prevent Discrimination and Limit Employer Risk, Graded A+. Describe Affirmative Action - ✔✔Any action taken by an employer to overcome t... he discriminatory effects of past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity. Which include women, African Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders, disabled persons, and veterans Affirmative Action has its genesis in presidential action. Describe the two types of sexual harassment - ✔✔1) Quid pro-quo-favor for a favor. 2) Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment - work environment has become sexually charged with "intimidating, hostile, or offensive" behaviors to a point that it "unreasonably interferes with an employee's work performance." Describe what is meant by a "reasonable factor other than age" - ✔✔An employer's defense to a disparate impact claim that age was not a factor in an employment action. Explain how to measure unlawful disparate impact using the four-fifths (4/5) rule (aka the 80% rule). - ✔✔Under the statistical test, any hiring criteria may be deemed discriminatory if the selection rate of a protected class is less than 80% of the majority. Explain the difference between disparate treatment (aka disparate impact) and disparate treatment (aka adverse treatment) - ✔✔Disparate treatment discrimination is directed at in individual while disparate impact discrimination is directed at a class of persons. How would an employee establish a claim of age discrimination under the ADEA? - ✔✔They must show they are over 40 years or older, qualified for the employment position, adequately performing the essential job functions, treated less favorably than another younger [Show More]

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