BLW 342 Ch 7&8 Question and answers verified to pass
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BLW 342 Ch 7&8 Question and answers verified to pass
Equal Pay Act of 1963 - correct answer Legislation that requires employers to pay men and women equal pay for equal work
Exceptions to Equal pay act - correct answer Seniority system; Merit system; Quantity of production; Quality of pro...
BLW 342 Ch 7&8 Question and answers
verified to pass
Equal Pay Act of 1963 - correct answer ✔Legislation that requires employers
to pay men and women equal pay for equal work
Exceptions to Equal pay act - correct answer ✔Seniority system; Merit
system; Quantity of production; Quality of production; Any other differential not
based on the sex of workers
Differences between equal pay act and Title 7 - correct answer ✔No claim
needs to be filed with the EEOC before filing a suit in federal court, Injunctive
relief by EE is not allowed under the EPA, Punitive damages and
compensatory damages, such as pain and suffering, are not available under
the EPA, Size of ER not a factor for EPA
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - correct answer ✔held that Ledbetter's
equal pay act case was time-barred because the discrimination in pay had
occurred over a period of time many years before plaintiff filed her claim with
the EEOC
This act overrules the Ledbetter court case, allowing a plaintiff to file a claim if
any compensation affected by previous discrimination is received within the
180 day period.
An EE may recover two years of back pay from date of filing EEOC claim
Preston v. Wisconsin Health Fund - correct answer ✔Romantically involved
motivation
Mcdonnell Douglas Test for sex discrimination - correct answer ✔Four
factors for a prima facie case:
, - Membership in a protected class
- Performing duties within the legitimate expectations of the ER
- Suffered an adverse employment action
- Similarly situated EE not in protected class was treated more favorably
gender plus discrimination - correct answer ✔Employment discrimination
based on gender and some other factor such as marital status or children
Two types of sexual harassment - correct answer ✔quid pro quo and hostile
work environment
Hostile work environment - correct answer ✔Elements:
-harassment unwelcome by victim
-harassment based on gender
-harassment is severe or pervasive
-harassment affected a term of employment
-there is a basis for employer liability
Hostile environment can include: - correct answer ✔can be done by
supervisors, co-workers and even clients of the ER, can include lewd jokes,
nude calendars, obsessive staring, comments on anatomy, "welcome" and
"voluntary" are not the same, requirement that behavior be on account of sex
standard to determine hostile work environment - correct answer ✔U.S.
Supreme Court adopted standard of "reasonable person" in plaintiff's position
considering all of the circumstances in Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 1993
Many lower federal courts have adopted the "reasonable victim's perspective,
first adopted in Ellison v. Brady, 1991
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