Exam 33: Equal Opportunity in Employment

Martha is the coach of the female basketball team,and Aaron is the coach of the male basketball team at State University.Both Martha and Aaron have comparable knowledge of basketball,both have comparable skills,both work comparable hours,and both have comparable win-loss records.The male team is a revenue,generating sport,producing about $5 million dollars annually.The female team does not produce revenues.Martha is paid $30,000 per year for her job,but Aaron is paid $100,000 per year for his.Martha sued State University for a violation of the Equal Pay Act.Discuss the arguments on both sides of this case.

The ADA does not apply to mental disabilities.

If a party has presented a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about alleged discrimination in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,and the EEOC decides not to bring a suit on behalf of the employee,the EEOC will issue a(n):

Jane was employed at the headquarters of Technobyte Corporation.Jane's immediate supervisor,Paul,liked Jane very much,so he continually asked Jane out on dates.Jane always declined courteously.Finally,Jane agreed to have dinner with Paul,hoping to appease him and get a chance to put an end to all of this.During dinner,Jane explained to Paul that she already had a boyfriend and that she did not date married men.(Paul was married.)After that night,Paul did not ask Jane out on a date again,but Paul became less friendly toward Jane at work.Several months later a position opened up for a promotion.Although Jane was one of the best qualified of the 12 persons eligible for the promotion,another employee was promoted.Does Jane have a claim against Paul?

Which is true if someone believes that he was fired from a job because of his religion?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against discrimination based on:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 was created to eliminate job discrimination based on race alone.

Under what circumstances,if any,do you believe affirmative action is appropriate? Was affirmative action appropriate when such programs were first used? If there has been a change in the appropriateness of affirmative action,why has there been a change? Does it make a difference if the program is administered by the government or is voluntarily implemented by a private employer?

Jane is a manager of a bank.She has all of the qualifications to be promoted to bank manager.In fact,she is better qualified than any of the males being considered for that position.However,the owner of the bank believes that the bank customers will not accept a woman as bank manager,so the owner promotes one of the males.The owner's actions would best be described by:

Which of the following would be a legal defense to a charge of discrimination under Title VII?

The concept of bona fide occupational qualification is broadly interpreted by the courts.

A successful plaintiff in a Title VII action may not recover attorneys' fees.

Which of the following is true about sexual harassment in the workplace?

A job applicant in the city of Portland is not hired by a corporation because he is gay and because he is from California.He could:

If a qualified black person applied for a particular job and was rejected for that job just because he was black,and the employer kept the position open and hired an equally qualified white person,it would be a case of which of the following types of discrimination?

Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964,an employer cannot discriminate against a member of a protected class in:

Spruce Industries is a manufacturing factory located in El Rosa.El Rosa is 25 percent Hispanic,but Spruce has only 2 percent Hispanic employees.This data supports the charge that Spruce has engaged in:

Suppose that an employer has an informal policy to terminate many,but not all,of its production workers as they approach the age of 40.The goal is to have only the best employees working once they reach age 40 because of the increased difficulty in terminating them after reaching age 40 due to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.Is this action legal? Is it ethical?

Under the Civil Rights Act of 1866,a private plaintiff must also go through the procedural requirements of Title VII in order to bring an action.

Disparate treatment discrimination refers to the discrimination against a specific individual because of his or her race,color,national origin,sex,or religion.