Uniform Guidelines for Employee Selection Procedures

a formal set of guidelines developed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that provide employers with advice on how they can comply with civil rights legislation in the hiring of employees. See four-fifths rule.

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November 18th 2024

family romance

a common childhood fantasy in which a child imagines that he or she is the offspring not of his or her biological parents but of a noble or royal personage. Sigmund Freud saw this as rooted in the Oedipus complex. See foster-child fantasy.