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Employment Law Chapter 4
What is one of the most valuable assets to a business? correct answers Human Resources.
What is the first step in the evolution of the employment relationship? correct answers Recruitment.
What are the five federal statutory regulations of recruitment? correct answers - Title VII of the Civil...
Employment Law Chapter 4 || with 100% Accurate
Solutions.
What is one of the most valuable assets to a business? correct answers Human Resources.
What is the first step in the evolution of the employment relationship? correct answers
Recruitment.
What are the five federal statutory regulations of recruitment? correct answers - Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
What was the intended outcome of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986? correct
answers Intended to eliminate work opportunities for illegal aliens.
Name two examples of State Employment Law Regulation. correct answers Discrimination
based on marital status, or affinity orientation.
What is a common law recruitment violation? correct answers Fraud (misrepresentation).
What are six examples of application of regulation to recruitment practices? correct answers -
Advertisements
- Word of mouth recruiting
- Promoting from within
- Venue recruiting
- Walk-in applicants
- Neutral solicitation
Define neutral solicitation correct answers Avoiding gender specific naming conventions such as
"bus-boy".
Elaborate on how promoting from within is an application of regulation to recruitment practices.
correct answers Promoting from within means the information on the job is available to all.
Describe the Miniature case correct answers There was a factory that made miniature statues,
they happened to employ only white men. The case was brought to court for discrimination in
employment, but it was found lawful because the only reason white people got the jobs was
because the Miniature factory never advertised for a job, people who already worked their just
kept encouraging their friends (who happened to be of equal pallor) to apply for a walk-in job.
Questions of religion, arrest record, disabilities, age, gender, etc. should not be asked unless ____
/ ________ _________. correct answers BFOQ / Business Necessity.
, What three possible application questions are against federal law? correct answers Questions
regarding disability, specific health inquiry, or worker's compensation history.
What six possible application questions are not prohibition but should be avoided to remove the
possibility of a presumption of discrimination? correct answers Questions regarding age, sex,
religion, marital status, nationality, and ethnicity.
When is an employer liable for negligent hiring? correct answers An employer is liable for
negligent hiring where an employee causes damage which could have been prevented if the
employer had conducted a reasonable and responsible background check on the employee.
What five things must the plaintiff show in order to state a claim for negligent hiring? correct
answers - The existence of am employer/employee relationship
- The employee's incompetence or inappropriateness for the position assumed
- The employer's actual or constructive knowledge of such incompetence or inappropriateness, or
the employer's ability
- That the employee's act or omission caused the plaintiff's injuries.
- That the employer's negligence in hiring or retaining the employee was the proximate cause of
the plaintiff's injuries.
What are some examples of content on candidate's websites that leads employers to not hire
them? correct answers - Provocative or inappropriate content or info
- Info on drinking or drugs use
- Bad-mouthing of previous employer
- Evidence of poor communication skills
- Discriminatory comments
- Evidence of lies about qualifications
- Confidential info about previous employer
How might an employer who gives a reference be liable for misrepresentation? correct answers
If misleading statements are made, if they don't comment on something they should have (e.g.
they brought a firearm to work).
What is compelled self-publication? correct answers When an ex-employee is forced to repeat
the reason for his or her termination (e.g. they were fired because the employer said they stole
something from the safe when they didn't)
What is after acquired evidence? correct answers Evidence of a bad employee found after the
interview.
What is documentation of failure to hire? correct answers A document of the employer why they
decided not to hire someone so they can use it if someone thinks they weren't hired for a
discriminatory reason.
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