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adverse impact

the deleterious effect that certain hiring procedures or selection criteria may have on the employment chances of those in a protected class. For example, testing for competence in written English might have an adverse impact on recent immigrants; such testing should therefore be avoided unless this skill is a bona fide occupational qualification. Also called disparate impact. See also Griggs v. Duke Power Co.griggs-v-duke-power-co; Uniform Guidelines for Employee Selection Procedures.

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September 8th 2024

number

number

n. in linguistics, a grammatical classification of nouns, pronouns, and any words in agreement with them according to whether they are singular or plural (or in some languages, dual). In English, number is most commonly expressed by the plural noun ending -s (e.g., boy, boys) and in the inflection of the verb to agree with the number of the subject (e.g., The boy runs; The boys run).