Business Law - Quiz 14 - Study

Fitness Club employs only female staff to assist its female-only members in the club. Greg, a forty-one-year-old male, applies for a staff job, but is not hired. In his suit against the club under the Civil Rights Act, the club most likely has

A bona fide occupational qualification defense.

Laura is the only female employee in the maintenance department of Motor Service Inc. Her supervisor teases and plays tricks on her so relentlessly that she feels compelled to quit. This is most likely

A constructive discharge.

Qin applies for a job at Rocket Science Inc. He passes a test to determine which applicants are eligible for hiring, but Rocket discards the results, and Qin is rejected. To support a claim for discrimination against the employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Qin must be a member of

A protected class.

Beth participates in an investigation into possible violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act at ChemCo Inc., where she is an employee. As a result, the employer demotes her. Beth can file

A retaliation claim.

Under the Equal Pay Act, an employer can legitimately pay different wages to male and female employees on the basis of

All of the choices.

Bib replaces Chloe in her job at Data Market Corporation. To succeed with an age-discrimination claim against Data Market, Chloe will have to show that

Chloe is qualified for the job.

Beal, a member of a protected class, applies for a job with Coffee Brew Corporation, but fails the company's employment test and is not hired. Beal believes that the test has an unintentionally discriminatory effect. If so, this is

Disparate-impact discrimination.

Gino applies for a job with Hobby Company. The employer does not hire him because of his ethnicity, or national origin. This is

Disparate-treatment discrimination.

An employer can require employees to participate in such religious activity as weekly prayer meetings with other employees.

False

An employer must reasonably accommodate its employees' religious practices, but only if they are based on the doctrines of a traditionally recognized religion.

False

The Equal Pay Act requires equal pay for male and female employees working at the same establishment, regardless of the work they do.

False

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits job discrimination on the basis of income.

False

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers must accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities, even if doing so causes undue hardship.

False

The Americans with Disabilities Act applies to workplaces with at least

Fifteen workers.

Myra, a female, and Neil, a male, are employees of Operation Business Corporation. Myra regularly e-mails sexually explicit images via Operation's network to Neil, who finds the images offensive. This is most likely

Hostile work environment harassment.

Batteries Corporation is a private employer involved in an employment discrimination suit under the Civil Rights Act. Punitive damages may be recovered against Batteries

If it acted with reckless indifference to an individual's rights.

Ivy is blind. Jerold has cancer. Kim has cerebral palsy. Considered to have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act is

Ivy, Jerold, and Kim.

Kyla replaces Lomax in his job at Motor Corporation. Lomax believes that he has been discriminated against on the basis of his age. For the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to apply

Lomax must be forty years of age or older.

Gil and Hera are employees of IT Solutions Inc. Under the Equal Pay Act, IT Solutions can legitimately pay different wages to male and female employees on the basis of

Merit

Sara believes that she was rejected for a position at Tour & Travel Agency on the basis of her race. Sara files a suit against Tour & Travel under the Civil Rights Act. To establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination, Sara must show all of the following except that

Other persons of her race hold similar positions with similar employers.

Olive is a supervisor for Pasta Garden, a restaurant. Qui is a Pasta Garden employee. The owner announces that some employees will be discharged. Olive tells Qui that for sexual favors, she will give him an excellent performance review and recommend a raise. This is

Quid pro quo harassment.

Inez files an employment discrimination suit against Jiffy Delivery Inc. under the Civil Rights Act, based on Jiffy's discharge of Inez. Possible relief includes

Reinstatement.

Jon, a paraplegic, applies for a broadcaster's job with a radio station. The manager says, "You meet all our requirements. But we need someone who can move around the studio without accommodation." Most likely, Jon could recover from the station under

The Americans with Disabilities Act.

Compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is monitored by

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

An employer can avoid liability under Title VII by showing that the employer's standards for hiring and promoting have a substantial, demonstrable relationship to realistic qualifications for the job at issue.

True