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Employers should not take anonymous complaints of sexual harassment seriously as they violate the due process rights of the alleged harasser.

Mary was employed by Cheetah Consultancy. While off duty, she participated in a rally protesting U.S. participation in the Iraq war. When Mary’s supervisor (Bob) learned that Mary had participated in the rally, he decided not to promote her in the upcoming financial year. Which of the following statements is true of this scenario?

“Glass walls” refer to:

When a female employee is repeatedly verbally harassed about doing men’s work, taking away the job a man should have, or simply inappropriately working at a traditionally male job, that behavior can constitute sexual harassment.

Mary and Bob are part of the cheese production team at the Heath Dairy. All of the team members share a harmonious work relationship. However, a calendar featuring a semi-nude woman in a sexually suggestive pose on Bob’s desk makes Mary uncomfortable. She asks Bob to remove it, but Bob does not oblige, insisting that he has been getting that same brand of calendar for five years and sees no reason to replace it now. To file and prevail on a sexual harassment claim, Mary must prove that:

Which of the following refers to a clause in a contract that identifies the state law that will apply to any disputes that arise under the contract?

Anna City Hospital, a private hospital, employs five workers of Middle Eastern descent in its maintenance department. Though they were told that they would be performing different tasks on a rotation basis, the maintenance supervisor assigns only the five of them, out of the total 20 maintenance employees, to clean the morgue and the basement every time. Although they requested the hospital’s management to change their duties, no changes were made. Which of the following holds true in this case?

Under the common-law agency test, the most critical factor in determining employee status is whether a(n):

Bob, a prolific shoe buyer, refuses to be assisted by male store clerks. The owner of Slipper Town, therefore, informs his staff that only female employees should attend to Bob because he does not want to anger a patron of his store. One of the male clerks, Larry, believes that this is illegal gender discrimination. Also, since part of his incentive pay is based on meeting the monthly sales target, he feels that this policy illegally denies him the opportunity to earn incentives because of his gender. Is Larry correct?

Rasheed Olson, a black man with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, applies for a job at a gym along with a white friend who has the same qualifications. Although his friend gets an interview call from the gym, Rasheed does not receive any interview calls. Suspecting that his application was rejected due to his first name, Rasheed submits an identical résumé to the same gym but changes his first name to “Bob” on the résumé. Consequently, he is invited for an interview. In this scenario, Rasheed has been a victim of: