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| Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) |
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| the condition in which all individuals have an equal chance for employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national orgin |
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| Provides equal protection for all citizens and requires due process in state action |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 1871 |
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| Grant all citizens the right to make, perform, modify, and terminate contracts and enjoy all benefits, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship |
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| Requires that men and women performing equal jobs receive equal pay |
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| Forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin |
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| Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 |
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| Prohibits discrimination in employment against individuals 40 years of age or older |
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| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
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| Requires affirmative action in the employment of individuals with disabilities |
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| Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 |
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| Treats discrimination based on pregnancy-related conditions as illegal sex discrimination |
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| Americans with Disability Act of 1990 |
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| Prohibits discrimination agains disabled people |
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| Requires affirmative action in hiring women and minorities |
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| Prohibits discrimination (same as title VII) |
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| Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 |
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| Requires rehiring of employees who are absent for military service, with training and accommodations as needed |
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| Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 |
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| Prohibits discrimination because of genetic information (Only for employers with 15+ employees) |
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| Equal employment opportunity commission |
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| agency of the department of justice charged with enforcing title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 and other antidiscrimination laws |
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| An orgs active effort to find opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group |
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| Under the americans with disabilities act, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of having such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment |
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| the EEOC's employer information report, which counts employees sorted by job category, sex, ethnicity, and race |
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| Uniform Guidelines on Employee selection procedures |
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| guidelines issued by the eeoc and other agencies to identify how an org should develop and administer its systems for selecting employees so as not to violate antidiscrimination |
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| Office of Federal Contract Compliance Procedure (OFCCP) |
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| the agency responsible for enforcing the executive orders that cover companies doing business with the federal government |
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| Differing treatment of individuals, where the differences are based on the individuals' race, color, religion, national origin, sex or disability status |
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| Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) |
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| a necessary (not merely preferred) qualification for performing a job |
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| a condition in which employment practices are seemingly neutral yet disproportionately excluded a protected group from employment opportunites |
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| rule of thumb that finds evidence of discrimination if an orgs hiring rate for a minority group is less than four-fifths the hiring rate for the majority group |
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| An employers obligation to do something to enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job |
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| Unwelcome sexual advantages as defined by the EEOC |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act |
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| U.S. law authorizing the federal government to establish and enforce occupational safety and health standards for all places of employment engaging in interstate commerce |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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| Labor department agency responsible for inspecting employers, applying safety and health standards, and levying fines for violation |
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| state laws that require employers to provide employees with info about the health risks associated with exposure to substances considered hazardous |
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| Material Safety Data Sheets |
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| Forms on which chemical manufacturers and importers identify the hazards of their chemicals |
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| Job Hazard Analysis Technique |
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| Safety promotion technique that involves breaking down a job into basic elements, then ration each element for its potential for harm or injury |
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| Technic of Operations Review |
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| Method of promoting safety by determining which specific element of a job led to a past accident |
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