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if a firm gives all international assignments to people without disabilities, assuming they will therefore not require special accommodations, which time of workplace discrimination has occurred?

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Disparate Treatment

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Disparate treatment is an intentional discriminatory treatment given to employees of a firm/company that is based on certain characteristics that the employee posses like his : race , gender, color and disability. while a disparate act is an unintentional discriminatory treatment given to certain employees of a firm.

A firm giving all his international assignments to people without disabilities is an intentional act to discriminate employees with disabilities because of their special needs regardless if they can perform better than the employees without disabilities.

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Answer:

Disparate treatment

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario being described it can be said that the type of workplace discrimination being mentioned is known as Disparate treatment. This discrimination is when a company engages in unequal behavior towards an individual based on a protected characteristic, such as race, gender, age, or even disabilities.

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