Mary worked as the only female security guard among other male guards. She was verbally harassed by her male colleagues because she did a “man’s job.” They would sometimes hide her badge and keys, grease her uniform, and break open and wreck her locker. Mary complained to her supervisor, who immediately inquired if any of the men had ever touched her. When she said no, the supervisor said that there was nothing he could do to stop it and that it was just horseplay. Which of the following holds most true in this case?

Just Systems Inc. often hires Abdul to train its employees. He is paid $300 for every session. His job also requires him to travel once a month to different branches of Just Systems and train employees there. When he is required to travel, the company pays him $450 per session. All training materials have to be provided by Abdul himself. When he is not hired by Just Systems, Abdul works for other smaller companies as a trainer. Thus, Abdul is most likely a(n):

Courts have upheld grooming codes that required, among other things, male supermarket clerks to wear ties and female employees to not wear pants.

Which of the following statements is true of the case of Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson?

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, employers are strictly prohibited from asking job applicants with disabilities about:

In addition to national origin encompassing an employee’s place of birth, it also includes ethnic characteristics or origins, but it does not include physical, linguistic, or cultural traits closely associated with a national origin group.

Mary was employed as a flight attendant by Penguin Airlines. She was the only black female flight attendant on the airplane she was assigned to. At her job, Mary was frequently subjected to racial slurs, misbehavior, and threats from her co-workers. One co-worker even told their supervisor that the airline’s customers would not want to take orders from a black girl in the case of an in-flight emergency. Unable to tolerate the hostile environment, Mary quit her job. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

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

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.

In employment law, “glass ceilings” are the invisible, artificial and attitudinal barriers in the workplace.