CCB Employment Law & HR Compliance Flashcards
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Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which age group is protected from employment discrimination?
Answer: Employees 40 years of age and older
The ADEA protects employees and job applicants who are 40 years of age or older from discrimination based on age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, and other terms of employment.
What is the 'interactive process' in the context of ADA compliance?
Answer: An ongoing dialogue between employer and employee to identify and implement reasonable accommodations
The interactive process is a collaborative, good-faith dialogue between an employer and an employee with a disability to identify appropriate reasonable accommodations that allow the employee to perform essential job functions.
Which type of sexual harassment involves an employment benefit being conditioned on submission to unwelcome sexual conduct?
Answer: Quid pro quo harassment
Quid pro quo harassment occurs when a supervisor links employment decisions (hiring, promotion, raises) to an employee's submission to sexual advances or other sexual conduct.
Under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), which factor does NOT justify a pay difference between male and female employees doing the same job?
Answer: Employee's gender
The Equal Pay Act prohibits wage differentials based on sex; employers may only justify pay differences through seniority, merit, production quantity/quality, or any factor other than sex.
What is 'at-will employment' in U.S. labor law?
Answer: Employment where either party may end the relationship at any time for any lawful reason
At-will employment allows either the employer or employee to terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any lawful reason, without advance notice or cause.
Which law requires covered federal contractors to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunity for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans?
Answer: Executive Order 11246 and related regulations enforced by OFCCP
Executive Order 11246 (and related statutes) requires federal contractors to take affirmative action to provide equal employment opportunity, enforced by the OFCCP within the Department of Labor.