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

Polar Bear Airlines is a regional carrier that flies a variety of small aircraft. Polar Bear Airlines advertisements for flight attendants state that an applicant “must be between 5’0” and 5’8” without shoes due to the internal dimensions of our aircraft.” As per the criteria, Bob cannot apply for the job because he is 6’1”. He complains that the height restriction has a disparate impact on men. Which of the following is most likely to happen in this scenario?

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

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?

Cara works as a customer service representative at MK Electronics Arcade. A few mobile phones and other electronic items are missing from the store’s inventory room. The management decides to check the purses and bags of all its employees. During the unprecedented and unannounced check, a small bottle of alcohol is found in Cara’s purse. After a few days the company terminates Cara although she had never come to the office drunk. Which of the following will hold 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.

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

In an employment–agency relationship, if an agent acts beyond his or her authority, the principal is not liable for any resulting loss to a third party.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:

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.