Adverse impact

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Adverse impact refers to the rejection for employment, placement, or promotion of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.[1]

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ADVERSE IMPACT is the overall impact of employer practices that result in significantly higher percentages of members of minorities and other protected groups being rejected for employment, placement, or promotion.1

1. Dessler, Gary. (2005). Human Resource Management. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc

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