"adverse impact" meaning in All languages combined

See adverse impact on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: adverse impacts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adverse impact (plural adverse impacts)
  1. The rejection for employment, placement, or promotion of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
    Sense id: en-adverse_impact-en-noun-0~AytXT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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