EEOC v. Dial Corp. (Ch 6, p 207)
CASE QUESTIONS

1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the court decide?

2. What is the evidence that use of the strength test disadvantaged women?

3. What is content validity? What is criterion validity?How did the employer attempt to show the content validity of the strength test? To show the test's crite-rion validity? Why was the court not convinced?

4.What should Dial do at this point?

5. Do you agree with the court's decision? Why or why not?

Lewis v. Heartland Inns of America (Ch 7, p 236)

CASE QUESTIONS

1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the court decide?

2. What was the evidence of sex stereotyping in this case?

3. Is this also a sex-plus case? Why or why not?

4. In a dissenting opinion, one of the judges who heard this case wrote that lalpparently, the majority would hold that an employer violates Title VII if it declines to hire a female cheerleader because she is not pretty enough, or a male fashion model because he is not handsome enough... Do you agree? Was this case correctly decided? Why or why not?

5. What, if any, appearance policy would you recom-mend for a hotel?

Select TWO court cases (from different chapters) from the list below, and respond in writing to the case questions.

Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority (Ch 6, p 193)

EEOC v. Dial Corp. (Ch 6, p 207)

Lanning v. SEPTA I & II (Ch 6, p 213)

Breiner v. Nevada Department of Corrections (Ch 7, p 227)

Lewis v. Heartland Inns of America (Ch 7, p 236)

Hamilton v. Geithner (Ch 7, p 220)

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