Exam 33: Equal Opportunity in Employment

Which of the following items is a legal justification for paying unequal wages based on gender?

Which of the following would not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

In a hostile work environment sexual harassment claim,the employer will have a successful defense if the employer can show which of the following?

A legitimate merit test is a valid defense to a Title VII discrimination claim.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to employers with five or more employees.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act makes it illegal for:

Center City adopted a rule that all employees of Center City had to live within the city limits.Center City is right next to Elmville.Center City has no African Americans,but one-third of the residents of Elmville are African American.Due to the rule,no employee of Center City is African American.The rule is most likely:

Which of the following is true about the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Title I of the ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

The right of an employee to practice his or her religion is absolute.

One major reason for suing under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 rather than the Civil Rights Act of 1964,is that the Civil Rights Act of 1866:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has the power to do the following except:

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that:

The employer bears the burden of proving that there is a legal justification for paying unequal wages to male and female workers.

National origin refers to the color of a person's skin.

Which of the following factors can never be used as a legal bona fide occupational qualification?

Oriole Corporation has a large factory in Center City.Of Oriole's factory workers,80 percent are white and 20 percent are black.However,the general population of Bigtown is about 50 percent black,and has been for over 50 years.This data would indicate that Oriole's hiring practices have been:

Newton's fire department had a minimum height and weight requirement for its firefighters.These requirements disqualified approximately 80 percent of all women,but only 5 percent of all men.Jane,a female who has wanted to be a firefighter all of her life,applied for a position on the Newton fire department but was not hired because she did not meet the minimum height and weight requirements.Jane sues the department for discrimination.Explain whether or not Jane has a valid claim under the antidiscrimination laws.

Sarah's religion requires her to cover her hair and face in public.When she applies for a job as a teller at First Bank,she is told that she will be required to wear the company uniform and cannot cover her hair and face.Which of the following is correct?

One of the "factors other than sex" that justifies lower wages for women under the Equal Pay Act is that women are willing to work for less money than men are.