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Florida Institute of Technology EMG3331 Chapter 3 1)Because of the Baby Bust following the Baby Boom, older workers are becoming more valuable to employers as the pool of younger workers shrinks

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Chapter 3

1)Because of the Baby Bust following the Baby Boom, older workers are becoming more valuable to employers as the pool of younger workers shrinks. Consequently, discrimination complaints under the ADEA are declining.

2. Clara has complained to the HR manager that her supervisor, Roberta, is making unwanted sexual advances to her and has created a hostile work environment. Clara’s situation may be considered sexual harassment.
3. In a discrimination lawsuit, the burden of proof falls initially on the employee bringing the complaint of discrimination.
4. Obesity is not considered a disability under the ADA, even if the individual’s ability to walk is impaired by it, because this condition is the result of the individual’s own lifestyle and can be changed by the individual.
5. Armand (formerly Amanda) is a transgender man employed as a security guard at a large bank. Armand has applied to be a supervisor but he has been rejected on the basis that the other security guards would not be comfortable taking orders from a transgender person. Armand can sue his employer under the Civil Rights Act of 1991. 

6. The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from having different pay rates based on race, gender, religion, disability, or age. 

7. A staff attorney for a large commercial real estate development firm, whose salary is $175000, has returned from military duty in Iraq with injuries to both hands that prevent her from using a keyboard. Equipping her computer with voice recognition software that will allow the attorney to carry out her job duties will cost over

$3,000. The firm can refuse to accommodate the attorney’s disability because this would be an undue hardship.

8. Executive orders have typically been used by presidents during wartime to allow large government contractors to operate freely of the employment discrimination laws.

9. In general, the EEOC has upheld employer requirements that employees speak only English at certain times or in certain circumstances if the employer can justify a business necessity such as safety.

10. Annabelle’s boss promised to promote her if she would sleep with him. Annabelle refused. She received the promotion anyway. Annabelle has filed a charge of sexual harassment against her boss based on this episode. If the company can product an affirmative defense, it will probably not be liable for sexual harassment.