MGT/434T: Employment Law Week 3 Practice Assignment Points: 20 Started on Feb 26 at 20:56 Your Submission: Bookmark question for later Which of the following is not a step in determining what accommodations are required for a job? The employer and employee engage in a joint determination regarding barriers to performance. The employee determines which accommodation is reasonable and effective. A listing of possible accommodations is examined. The employee asks for an accommodation. Bookmark question for later Which of the following is a basic requirement of an affirmative action plan? Reasonable-self analysis Reasonable rationale for taking corrective action Reasonable action All of the above Bookmark question for later Which of the following is not a reasonable accommodation? Providing ramps Providing large-print documents Granting exceptions to seniority rules Creating privacy barriers Bookmark question for later Suppose two people ages 42 and 52 apply for the same position. What action can the employer take? The employer can lawfully disqualify either applicant based on age. The employer can just not consider both candidates to avoid an age discrimination claim. The employer can make a decision based only on age and experience. No other factors can be considered. The employer may not lawfully turn down either on the basis of age and must make the decision on the basis of some other factor. Bookmark question for later A job function may be considered essential for any of several reasons, including that _________. a. The position exists to perform the function b. There are a limited number of workers among whom the function may be distributed c. The task is highly generalized d. Both A and B Bookmark question for later The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that contractors, including subcontractors, with _______ or more employees and contracts valued at ________ or more must take affirmative action to employ qualified individuals with disabilities. 50; $10,000 10; $10,000 15; $15,000 50; $50,000 Bookmark question for later What is the purpose of the Older Worker Benefit Protection Act? To protect older workers from potential abuse and to prevent circumvention of ADEA antidiscrimination protections To protect older workers from being discriminated against in the employment decision process To protect the spouses of older employees from losing benefits once the employee has passed on None of the above Bookmark question for later What did Congress intend employers to do before claiming undue hardship? Seek external government funding. Hold internal fundraisers to provide for disabled employees' needs. Shoulder all the weight of providing accommodations. Have all other employees sign a petition as proof of undue hardship. Bookmark question for later Regulation of Affirmative Action is overseen by __________. OFCCP EEOC VEVRAA AACP Bookmark question for later In the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case, a white medical school applicant challenged a policy at the University of California-Davis of setting aside 16 percent of admission spots for "disadvantaged" minority applicants who could also compete in the standard applicant pool. Mr. Bakke was qualified to be admitted and argued that the strict 16 percent standard was an impermissible quota and unfair. Which of the following is correct? The Supreme Court held that the AA methods were legal and that Mr. Bakke did not have a viable case. The Supreme Court agreed that the AA method used by the university was unlawful, as it gave an unwarranted advantage to minority applicants. The Supreme Court held that Bakke did not have a case because the University of California was a private institution, and thus it did not have to abide by the stringent rules public universities did. The Supreme Court held that because the set aside pool of minority applicants was under 20 percent, it was not enough to be a discriminatory portion