Answer each of the following questions in one to two paragraphs each. You can use your textbook or other outside sources to answer these questions. Do not write a book; answer the questions succinctly.
What must a person who is claiming he or she was harassed in the workplace allege in order to first state a case with the EEOC for each of the following types of harassment?
Sexual harassment: Quid pro quo
Sexual harassment: Hostile environment
Religious harassment
Racial harassment
Explain the difference between sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and sexual orientation discrimination, as those terms are used legally.
How does GINA protect a person whose mother died of breast cancer from employment discrimination?
Provide one example of a behavior that could be found to be both a hostile environment and quid pro quo forms of sexual harassment at the same time. Explain how a person could argue that this behavior at work was illegal.
Give the main legal reason why every company should have a valid written policy against all forms of harassment (besides the fact it is the “right” thing to do.)
Can an employer require that only females serve female customers and only males serve male customers? Explain your answer using legal terms.
How many employees must an employer or company have working for it to be subject to the following?
The ADA
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Title VII
IRCA
GINA
