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Chapter 3 I O Psych

The document discusses legal issues related to employee selection including resolving complaints internally through alternative dispute resolution, types of harassment, protected classes, and determining if an employment decision is legal. It defines key terms like bona fide occupational qualification, adverse impact, and case law.

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Chapter 3 I O Psych

The document discusses legal issues related to employee selection including resolving complaints internally through alternative dispute resolution, types of harassment, protected classes, and determining if an employment decision is legal. It defines key terms like bona fide occupational qualification, adverse impact, and case law.

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Chapter 3 Job related: The extent to which a test or measure taps a

LEGAL ISSUES IN EMPLOYEE SELECTION knowledge, skill, ability, behavior, or other characteristic
needed to successfully perform a job.
The Legal Process
 To know whether a given employment practice Types of Harassment:
is legal, it is important to understand the legal Quid pro quo: A type of sexual harassment in which the
process as it relates to employment law. granting of sexual favors is tied to an employment
decision.
Resolving the Complaint Internally Hostile environment: A type of harassment
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) characterized by a pattern of unwanted conduct related
to gender that interferes with an individual’s work
Grievance system: A process in which an employee performance.
files a complaint with the organization and a person or
committee within the organization makes a decision
regarding the complaint. Qualified workforce: The percentage of people in a
Mediation: A method of resolving conflict in which a given geographic area who have the qualifications
neutral third party is asked to help the two parties reach (skills, education, etc.) to perform a certain job.
an agreement.
Arbitration: A method of resolving conflicts in which a
neutral third party is asked to choose which side is
correct.
 Binding arbitration: A method of resolving
conflicts in which a neutral third party is asked
to choose which side is correct and in which
neither party is allowed to appeal the decision.
 Nonbinding arbitration: A method of resolving
conflicts in which a neutral third party is asked
to choose which side is correct but in which
either party may appeal the decision.

Case law: The interpretation of a law by a court through


a verdict in a trial, setting precedent for subsequent court
decisions.

Determining Whether an Employment Decision Is


Legal

Protected class: Any group of people for whom


protective legislation has been passed.

Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)


 A selection requirement that is necessary for the
performance of job-related duties and for which
there is no substitute.
Adverse impact: means that a particular employment
decision results in negative consequences more often for
members of one race, sex, or national origin than for
members of another race, sex, or national origin.

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