Exam 33: Equal Opportunity in Employment

Three persons have been turned down for jobs because of their age.Alice,age 72,was turned down because she was too old.Betty,age 45,had applied for a job where most of her customers would be senior citizens and was turned down because she was too young.Cathy,age 35,was turned down for a teaching job because the school wanted very young teachers and thought she was too old.Assuming each was otherwise qualified for the job sought,who has a valid claim for illegal age discrimination?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for enforcing most federal antidiscrimination laws.

Aaron,after a long and distinguished career at a nuclear weapons plant in the plutonium storage department,is hired by a local company to work in its warehouse.Aaron's skin has turned bright green from his years around the plutonium,but he is otherwise healthy and is not,himself,radioactive in any way.All scientific and health experts have determined that this condition is permanent,but harmless.After working in the warehouse,Aaron is not promoted,and Aaron believes it is because of his green skin.Which of the following,if it is true and is the reason that Aaron was not promoted,would give Aaron the best chance of prevailing if Aaron sues his employer because he was not promoted?

Shift wage differentials are allowed under the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

Statistical imbalance between an employer's workforce and the relevant population is not enough,by itself,to prove disparate impact discrimination.

Undocumented aliens may not bring actions for employment discrimination under Title VII.

Diana is up for promotion to Sales Manager at West Coast Products.The company presently has 12 female sales managers and ten male sales managers.Diana is turned down for the promotion and,in explaining this,the company president tells her that although she is generally well qualified,she is too aggressive and acts too much like a man.The president also says to Diana,"It's not because you are a woman.Obviously this company has nothing against women given that we have 12 women sales managers and that I,as company president,am a woman." When Diana sues West Coast Products under section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,the court will: