HRM300T Wk 2 Apply Legal and Ethical Issues in HR Management Matching Test

Question 1

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Part 1: Description and Requirement of Law

Match the law/statute to the description and requirement of the law using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary.

Partial Credit

7 of 9 pairs matched correctly

Prompts

Answers

Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act

· Correct

Correct answer:

This Act requires employers to offer equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of color, religion, race, gender, national origin, marital status, or any other status.

· Equal Employment Opportunity Act

· Incorrect

Submitted answer:

This Act protects persons the same as the 1964 Act against discrimination regardless of color, religion, race, gender, national origin, marital status, or any other status, and allows the person to sue the company for monetary damages if he or she is discriminated against due to any of these factors.

Correct answer:

This Act is an amended version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act protects persons from discrimination of any type within the work place.

· Equal Pay Act of 1963

· Correct

Correct answer:

This Act prohibits companies to discriminate against any persons with wages. More so, the company must pay all employees who perform on the same level the same amount regardless of any status such as gender.

· Age Discrimination Act of 1967

· Correct

Correct answer:

This Act protects persons over the age of 40. Companies cannot terminate or force an employee to perform “light” duty because of his or her age. However, companies can set age restrictions for certain jobs because of job requirements.

· Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 & ADA Amendments Act of 2008

· Correct

Correct answer:

This Act protects persons from discrimination based on disability. This act was added to the Rehabilitation Act to protect persons in the private sector, and to protect persons from employment denial based on their disability.

· Civil Rights Act of 1991

· Incorrect

Submitted answer:

This Act is an amended version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act protects persons from discrimination of any type within the work place.

Correct answer:

· Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993

· Correct

Correct answer:

This act protects persons from termination due to pregnancy, adoption, serious health condition of the employee or family, or military leave. The employee is entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period.

· Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (1994)

· Correct

Correct answer:

Under this Act, employers are generally required, among other things, to reinstate employees returning from military leave to positions comparable to those they had before leaving.

· Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Correct

Correct answer:

This Act prohibits using pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions for discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, or any other term or condition of employment.

· Question 2

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Part 2: Workplace Application

Match the law/statute to the workplace application using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary.

Partial Credit

8 of 9 pairs matched correctly

Prompts

Answers

Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act

· Correct

Correct answer:

Bob, manager of a local hardware store, has two employees up for promotion to assistant manager: John and Joan. He chooses John because he thinks a male would do a better job and not have as many issues, never taking a look at the relevant qualifications of either one.

· Equal Employment Opportunity Act

· Correct

Correct answer:

Griggs v. Duke Power: In this case, a suit was brought against the Duke Power Company on behalf of Willie Griggs, an applicant for a job as a coal handler. The company required its coal handlers to be high school graduates. Griggs claimed that this requirement was illegally discriminatory because it wasn’t related to success on the job and because it resulted in more blacks than whites being rejected for these jobs.

· Equal Pay Act of 1963

· Correct

Correct answer:

Jane was recently promoted to bank manager after five years of service, but was upset that she didn’t get a raise or a bonus, especially since Tom who was bank manager before her made more than she did. When she was bypassed for a raise and a bonus again, she went to her boss and eventually human resources to raise her concerns that they were violating the law.

· Age Discrimination Act of 1967

· Correct

Correct answer:

A local car parts supplier fired 64-year-old Dan for allegedly stealing pencils. Later it was revealed that a senior manager had told Dan’s manager to “take a closer look at the older people” and “write them up and get rid of them.”

· Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 & ADA Amendments Act of 2008

· Correct

Correct answer:

A student is enrolling in the university in his town and during the process declares that he has issues seeing properly. Knowing this information the university must provide him reasonable accommodations throughout his time at the university.

· Civil Rights Act of 1991

· Incorrect

Submitted answer:

Correct answer:

Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company: Sharon Pollard sued her former employer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), alleging that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment based on her sex. The Federal District Court found that Pollard was subjected to co-worker sexual harassment of which her supervisors were aware, and awarded her $300,000 in compensatory damages.

· Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993

· Correct

Correct answer:

Randy works at the local recycling plant, but after his 10th anniversary with the company, he is diagnosed with a serious health condition that prevents him from performing duties essential to his job. He meets with his human resource representative to discuss taking some unpaid time off.

· Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

· Correct

Correct answer:

Ronda takes leave from her job in accounts payable for the city of Rockton to serve on a peace keeping mission with the Army. After three months she reports back to work and meets with her manager in the accounting department.

· Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Correct

Correct answer:

Mary worked at a very popular local seafood restaurant. The restaurant let Mary, who learned she was expecting her first child, go after six months. During her employment Mary’s manager made her announce her bathroom breaks to coworkers, and told her she couldn’t leave early for doctors’ appointments.