HRM4455 – Homework Assignment 1 Please submit this and all outside assignments as email to the instructor, unless otherwise directed, in the following
format:
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Make sure your name is on your paper as well as in the file name in which you save your document. Failure to do so
will result in a loss of points up to a grade of zero (0) on any assignment. Assignment: 1. Explanation: Give a thorough explanation of how both disparate treatment and disparate/adverse impact cases
operate. What are they, how do you recognize them, how are they proven (what are the
necessary elements), and what defenses are available to each, describing how to prove such
defenses. 2. Answer the following fact pattern: Linda was employed with Southern Telephone Company as a telephone operator for ten (10)
years. Bored with this job, she applied for an open position as a telephone repairman which paid
$10.00 per hour more than she was currently earning. This position required the employee to be
able to climb to the top of a telephone pole wearing a tool belt weighing approximately 15 to 20
lbs to make repairs. Southern Telephone Company refused to admit Linda into the training
program for the position claiming that she was incapable of performing the duties of the position
because she was female. Discuss this scenario from both Linda’s and Southern Telephone
Company’s point of view, including the basis for the relevant claims and defenses.
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