SYSTEMS REVIEW PAPER ANSWERS
COMPLETE LEARNING PACK
◉ Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Answer: This federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of
disability. The Act also authorizes state grants for rehabilitation
services to disabled persons.
◉ Reinstatement
Answer: A remedy in which a former employee returns to his or her
job.
◉ Remedies
Answer: A desired action resulting from a successful lawsuit.
◉ Retaliation Claim
Answer: A complaint filed by an employee who feels he or she was
discriminated against in violation of the law.
◉ Retaliatory Discharge
,Answer: Termination of an employee as punishment for engaging in
a protected activity.
◉ Reverse Discrimination
Answer: Discrimination that occurs when an employer, acting under
an affirmative action plan, favors one race or gender in an
employment decision.
◉ Right-to-work Laws
Answer: Laws that give employees the option to not join a union.
◉ Same Actor Defense
Answer: A defense used by the same employer who hires and then
fires an over-39 employee to show that age was not a motivating
factor in termination.
◉ Scope of Employment
Answer: Employee conduct that is reasonably relative to a job
description.
◉ Secondary Boycotts
Answer: A group's refusal to deal with a business that is not directly
involved in the dispute.
,◉ Serious Health Condition
Answer: An incapacitating illness, injury, or impairment that
requires overnight care or continuing treatment from a health care
provider.
◉ Permissive Bargaining Subject
Answer: A bargaining subject that either party may bring to the
table, but over which the other party is not required to bargain.
◉ Placement Goal
Answer: A reasonably attainable objective to achieve equal
employment opportunity.
◉ Plant Closing
Answer: A single site of employment that is permanently or
temporarily shut down for 6 months, or with a 50% reduction in
hours over a 6-month period, and impacts 50 or more full-time
employees for a 30-day period.
◉ Polygraph Testing
Answer: A method of testing for an employer to measure an
employee's heart, respiratory, and skin reactions while he or she is
asked a serious of questions in order to determine if he or she is
lying.
, ◉ Pre-adverse Action
Answer: A statement issued to an applicant from an employer that
discloses negative information found and information about his or
her rights.
◉ Precedent
Answer: A controlling rule, example, or guide established by a judge
that provides a framework for other judges to follow in later cases
◉ Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
Answer: This Act recognizes pregnancy as a temporary disability
and prohibits applicants from being discriminated against in the
recruitment process because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related
medical conditions (Amendment to Title VII).
◉ Pretext
Answer: A false excuse used by an employer to cover up for
discrimination.
◉ Prima Facie
Answer: (Latin for "at first sight") Evidence based on the first
impression.