Chapter 4: Employee Chapter 4: Employee Relations and Equal Relations and Equal Employment Employment OpportunityOpportunity

Creating Effective Creating Effective OrganizationsOrganizations

Information that Generally Information that Generally Should Not Be Used in Should Not Be Used in Employment DecisionsEmployment Decisions1.1. Height and weightHeight and weight2.2. Marital Status/Number of Children/Child careMarital Status/Number of Children/Child care3.3. Educational levelEducational level4.4. English language skillEnglish language skill5.5. Names of friends or relatives working for the Names of friends or relatives working for the

employeremployer6.6. Arrest recordsArrest records7.7. Conviction recordsConviction records8.8. Discharge from military serviceDischarge from military service9.9. CitizenshipCitizenship10.10. Economic StatusEconomic Status11.11. Availability to work weekends/holidaysAvailability to work weekends/holidays

Employers must show that there is a “business necessity” Employers must show that there is a “business necessity” to use these criteria. For example, an employer would to use these criteria. For example, an employer would probably be able to discriminate in hiring a teller who probably be able to discriminate in hiring a teller who had been convicted of embezzling.had been convicted of embezzling.

Sexual HarrassmentSexual Harrassment

Quid pro quo—Sexual favors Quid pro quo—Sexual favors granted for a job benefitgranted for a job benefit

Hostile Work Environment—Hostile Work Environment—Sexually oriented activities Sexually oriented activities create an intimidating, hostile or create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment (e.g. offensive work environment (e.g. offensive jokes, pornography, offensive jokes, pornography, posters, nicknames, etc.)posters, nicknames, etc.)

Equal Employment Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Opportunity Commission (EEOC)(EEOC) Responsible for investigating Responsible for investigating

complaints and enforcing EEO complaints and enforcing EEO lawslaws

www.eeoc.govwww.eeoc.gov