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Test Your Knowledge of Employment Opportunity Law

The following questions have been used as $$icebreakers$$ by employers and consultants when training supervisors and managers in EEO legislation. What is your knowledge of EEO laws? Answers are found at the end of this chapter.

Two male employees tell a sexually explicit joke. The joke is overheard by a female employee who complains to her supervisor that this is sexual harassment. Is her complaint legitimate?

$\_\_\_\_\_$Yes $\_\_\_\_$No

To be covered by Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act, an employer must be engaged in interstate commerce and employ $25$ or more employees.

$\_\_\_\_$True $\_\_\_\_$False

People addicted to illegal drugs are classified as disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act of $1990.$

$\_\_\_\_$Yes $\_\_\_\_$No

The Equal Pay Act of $1963$ allows employers to pay different wages to men and women who are performing substantially similar work. What are the three defenses for paying a different wage?

$1.$Merit

$2.$Seniority

$3.$Incentive Pay Plans

A person applies for a job as a janitor at your company. During his interview with you, the person mentions that since birth he has sometimes experienced short periods of memory loss. Must you consider this individual a disabled person under the Americans with Disabilities Act of $1990?$

$\_\_\_\_$Yes $\_\_\_\_$No

On Friday afternoon, you tell Nancy Penley, a computer analyst, that she must work overtime the next day. She refuses, saying that Saturday is her regular religious holiday and she can$$t work. Do you have the legal right to order her to work on Saturday?

$\_\_\_$Yes$($if no reasonable accommodation can be made$)\_\_\_$No

You have just told an applicant that she will not receive the job for which she applied. She claims that you denied her employment because of her age $($she$$s $52).$ You can claim she is not protected under the age discrimination law. Is your reasoning correct?

$\_\_\_\_$Yes $\_\_\_$No

As an employer, you can select those applications who are most qualified in terms of education and experience.

$\_\_\_\_$True $\_\_\_$False

As a manager, you have, you have the legal right to mandate dates for pregnancy leaves.

State and local fair employment practice laws cover smaller employers and are converted by federal legislation.

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