PSYC 3310 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wine Tasting, Payroll Giving, Social Desirability Bias
11 Dec 2015
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Chapter 13: the role of psychologists in the civil arena (339-end): Operate in the workplace providing personal counselling on family matters, interpersonal conflict resolution, issues with discrimination, and stress management. The prohibited grounds of discrimination initially included limited factors such as race and religion, but were expanded to include others, such as sex and age. An employer cannot terminate an employment agreement without cause, or without providing reasonable notice or providing pay in lieu of such notice. Bona fide occupational requirements and the duty to accommodate: The bona fide occupational requirement is the only case when discriminatory practices in the workplace are justified or legally valid. Bhinder v. cn railway (1985)-> bhinder was a sikh and could not comply with the policy requiring employees working in the coach yeard to wear hard hats for safety reasons so he was dismissed from his job.
