Equal Employment Opportunity and
Human Resources Management
Chapter
3
This chapter explains the historical background related to the development of equal
employment opportunity laws, thus setting the stage for a lengthy presentation of the federal
Chapter Outline
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF EEO LEGISLATION
Changing National Values
Early Legal Developments
GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Major Federal Laws
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amendments to the ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
(USERRA)
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OTHER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ISSUES
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Orientation
UNIFORM GUIDELINES ON EMPLOYEE SELECTION PROCEDURES
Validity
Adverse Impact and Disparate Treatment
Adverse Rejection Rate, or Four-Fifths Rule
Restricted Policy
Workforce Utilization Analysis
ENFORCING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LEGISLATION
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
Court Decisions
Beyond Affirmative Action: Leveraging Diversity
Generating Interest
Because the news constantly runs stories related to many chapter topics, this is one of the
easier chapters to spark student interest by using the hook of a current news story.
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successful marketing campaign, “My Black is Beautiful,” that is credited with increasing
Dealing with Trouble Spots
With the overwhelming number of federal, state, and local EEO laws; Supreme Court
decisions; executive orders, and the like, it is sometimes difficult for students to motivate
themselves to even begin the process of trying to take in this material. Acknowledging this
fact up front is helpful, followed by an explanation that this one chapter is not designed to
turn them into EEO legal experts. Instead they should focus on
Involving Students
1. Break students into discussion groups to work through the “Highlights in HRM 1”
entitled “Test Your Knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity Law.”