You manage HR for Forever 65,  a retail fashion chain that sells sexy, modern clothing targeted towards senior citizen women.  The store has a very small men’s section, but approximately 95% of company’s sales are to women.  The store sells everyday clothing and evening wear as well as lingerie and swimwear.  You receive the following question from one of your store managers: I recently had a male applicant for a position in our swimwear department.  This position not only handles sales, but also helps handle measurements and fittings for women purchasing swimwear.  This job entails going into the dressing room with women, giving opinions about swimwear, and sometimes even helping customers figure out how to get a swimsuit on.  He seems like a nice enough guy, and he meets the technical qualifications for the job, but I don’t think our customers will be comfortable with a male serving in this position.  Can I legally take this applicant’s gender into account in deciding whether or not to hire him for this position? Fully analyze and answer this question in essay form (remember, focus on a well structured IRAC answer).

Explain what a “religion” is under Title VII, and what an employer’s responsibility is with respect to not discriminating based upon religion and the accommodating employees’ religious practices. In answering this question, provide an example of a belief system that would not be considered a “religion” under Title VII, and a belief system that would.

You manage HR at a bank. A female employee has recently resigned from the company and filed a sexual harassment complaint with the EEOC against your company. Her allegations are:  For the past three years, one of her male co-workers has propositioned her for sex on a regular basis. She says she has always said no, and has requested that he stop, but he has not stopped.  She claims other employees, including her supervisor, knew about this, but never did anything about it, and even at times joked about it.  In addition to propositioning her, she claims he has also groped her at work, and has attempted to kiss her.  Her complaint admits that she was not fired, but she says she had to resign because working at the company had become impossible, and she was experiencing mental health problems due to this harassment.  Your internal company records reflect:  This employee has not made any formal claims of sexual harassment. Your company does have a sexual harassment policy that encourages employees to report allegations of sexual harassment, and provides the channels for doing so.  You do not have a signed acknowledgement form of this sexual harassment policy from the employee, but you do have an attendance list showing that she attended training on the sexual harassment policy, which you administered.  The employee has had average to below average performance reviews. At the time she resigned, she was not in danger of being fired, but she wasn’t a top performer either.  The co-worker she accuses of harassing her does not have any records of sexual harassment complaints against him.  In an essay form, provide your analysis of this complaint and what steps you would take as an HR manager now that you are aware of it. Issues you address include (but are not limited to):  What type of legal claim under Title VII is she be asserting here? What additional information do you need to evaluate her claim, and how would you start obtaining it?  What legal defenses does your company have against this complaint? Make sure you fully explain the legal bases for your defense, as well as your analysis of how likely you are to be successful.

What is the form of engagement where citizens are directly involved in the implementation of policy (e.g. recycling, water waste reporting)

True/False: Federal money that flows to local governments only comes via pass throughs from state governments.

True/False: The usage of state preemption is increasing the most recent era.

Name and describe two advantages of Citizen Participation/Engagement. Does this apply to citizens, government or both? Is the advantage related to processes or outcomes? Justify your answers.

All of the following symptoms have been observed during the abuse of inhalants except

Controlled studies of the effects of anabolic steroids on muscle strength, muscle size, and sexual function showed all of the following except

While barbiturates are probably the oldest of the sedative–hypnotics, they are not currently used for anxiety/insomnia because _____________ .