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| 360-Degree Performance Appraisal |
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| Feedback about an employee's performance is obtained from subordinates, peers, and superiors- every level involved with the employee. 360 appraisal delivers a fuller picture of the employee's strengths and weaknesses, and it often captures qualities other appraisal methods miss. |
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401 K plan is an employee benefit not required by law. The employee and the employer both contribute to an individual retirement account which is invested. Upon retirement, the employee gets the balance that has accumulated in the account.
403 B tax deferred retirement savings plan for non-profit organizations |
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| Accidental Death Dismemberment |
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| (GROUP ORIENTED) when a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a group protected by the Civil Rights Act. The possibly unintentional result of an innocent act, yet the outcome is still discriminatory. |
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special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past.
-actively strive to correct imbalances
-set goals and time-tables
-preferential treatment
-temporary
-may be voluntary |
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| Supreme Court strengthened requirements on employers to demonstrate that tests used in hiring or promotion decisions are job-related and valid predictors of job success |
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| Be Direct, straight forward, get to the point without getting personal, LISTEN to what the employee is saying. |
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| Managers don't enjoy the confrontational nature |
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"Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications"
The law allowed that there would be certain instances where business conditions would necessitate discrimination against protected group members. Must be a REASONABLE reason that would conflict with the NORMAL operation of a company. |
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| Civil Rights Act-1991, Wards vs. Cove overturned |
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Puts the burden of proof back on the employer (Ward vs. Cove overturned)
Clarifies Title VII requirements: disparate treatment impact suits, business necessity, job relatedness; shifts burden of proof to employer; permits punitive damages and jury trials. |
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| Conducting Performance Appraisals |
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| Subordinates, Managers, Peers, Self-Assessment, Team members can all conduct performance appraisals |
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| Criticisms of 360 Appraisal |
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| Too in depth, "gaming" may occur within the office, an employee can feel "ganged up on" by other employees |
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| Insurance provided to those with disabilities: cancer patients (also in recession), AIDS, pregnancy, heart disease, MS, diabetes, alcoholism, mental retardation, physical disabilities, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, and drug abuse. |
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| (INDIVIDUALLY ORIENTED) An employer’s intentional unequal treatment or evaluation by different standards of protected-class members. |
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| laying off large numbers of employees |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity |
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| giving equal opportunity to all people in the labor force either in hiring or promotional opportunities. |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity Committee |
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The commission, created by Title VII, is
empowered to investigate job discrimination complaints and sue on behalf of
complainants. |
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prohibits gender-based pay discrimination between two jobs substantially similar in skill, effort, responsibility, ad working conditions.
Fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to 6 months, or both; enforced by EEOC; private actions for double damages up to 3 years' wages, liquidated damages, reinstatement, or promotion. |
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| Family and Medical Leave Act-1991 |
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Requires 12 weeks' unpaid leave for medical or family needs: paternity, family member illness.
Private actions for lost wages and other expenses, reinstatement. |
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| Title VII of Civil Rights Act- 1964 |
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| Prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin in employment decisions: hiring, pay, working conditions, promotion, discipline, or discharge. |
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| Age Discrimination in Employment Act-1967 |
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| Prohibits employment discrimination based on age for persons 40 years; restricts mandatory retirement. |
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| Vocational Rehabilitation Act-1973 |
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| REquires affirmative action by all federal contractors for persons with disabilities; defines disabilities as physical or mental impairments that substantially limit life activities. |
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| Americans With Disabilities ACt- 1990 |
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| Extends affirmative action provisions of Vocational Rehabilitation Act to private employers; requires workplace modifications to facilitate disabled employees; prohibit discrimination against disabled. |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act- 1938 |
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| Creates exempt (salaried) and nonexempt (hourly) employee categories, governing overtime and other rules; sets minimum wage, child-labor laws. |
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| making oneself look better/more qualified on paper than he or she really is |
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| WARN Act or Plant Closing Bill |
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| Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ACt of 1989- requires covered employers to give affected employees 60 days' written notice of plant closings or mass layoffs (only required by law if company is laying off +100 employees) |
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The Supreme Court ruled that employer discrimination need not be overt or intentional to be present—employment practices having an adverse impact on protected classes can be illegal even when applied equally to all employees.
Employers have the burden of proving that employment requirements are job-related or constitute a business necessity and are absolutely necessary for job success.
Good intent, or absence of intent to discriminate, is not a sufficient defense of adverse impact. |
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| Single contract that covers an entire group of people. |
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| (According to Hank) Hospital and Medical Insurance. An employee benefit not required by law. |
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| 5-10 years commitment to a company |
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| Supreme Court held that a statistical disparity among protected members of a workforce does not show proof of discrimination—the proper comparison is to qualified applicants in the employer’s relevant labor market. |
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| provides financial support to employees suffering a work-related injury or illness. |
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| Individual Retirement Arrangement, a retirement plan account that provides same tax advantages for retirement savings |
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| Firing, letting go an employee |
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| rating system, more B's than D's. (AKA Leniency Error) |
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| "Protected Group" groups of people defined by race, gender, age, disability, ethnicity, etc. protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. |
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NO SUCH THING! All discrimination is discrimination.
The act of giving preference to members of protected classes to the extent that unprotected individuals believe they are suffering discrimination. |
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| Money paid to employee by employer after being laidoff |
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1. Quid pro quo- sexual promises or rejection determine employment
2. Hostile Working Environment- vulgar, inappropriate actions, or suggestive actions unwanted by another party |
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| University of California vs. Bakke |
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The Supreme Court ruled that:
Applicants must be evaluated on an individual basis.
Race can be one factor used in the evaluation process as long as other competitive factors are considered.
The Court stated that affirmative action programs were not illegal (reverse discrimination) per se as long as rigid quota systems were not specified for different protected classes. |
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| refers to the consistency of test scores over time and across alternative measurements. |
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| accuracy of a test, how much it pertains to the job description/specifications |
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