Adverse Impact: Occurs when a decision, practice, or policy has a disproportionately
negative effect on a protected group. Adverse Impact may be unintentional. (A policy that requires all applicants to have a high school diploma may have an adverse (or negative) impact on a particular group’s ability to secure employment.

If the high school diploma is not a necessary thing to have in order to successfully perform the job then the policy must be revisited.) Griggs v. Duke Power, 1971 Requirement failed to show a relationship between the successful performance (subjective & objective) and the requirement being imposed.


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