Mary applies for a job with Northern Oil Company. Northern does not hire her because of her ethnicity, or national origin. This is A)a constructive discharge. B)disparate-impact discrimination. C)disparate-treatment discrimination. D)not discrimination.
C) as mary is not hired because of her ethnicity or national origin , it is a case of intentional discrimination. And disparate treatment is a sort of discrimination at workplace which is intentional
Mary applies for a job with Northern Oil Company. Northern does not hire her because of...
If Teresa applies for a job as office manager for a group of psychiatrists, and the psychiatrists do not hire her, saying they prefer a male office manager because he could deal with potentially violent psychotic patients, Teresa has all of the elements of a prima facie case against the psychiatrists under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. A. True B. False Worker’s compensation is a “no fault” system of insuring workers who suffer injuries arising out of or...
This and the following two questions build on the same fact situation, with new facts added in each question. Please answer each question with the facts as they have evolved prior to and during the question. Greta is a 52-year-old woman who was terminated from her eighteen-year employment as an assistant manager at TopBank. Greta is the only woman to have been promoted to assistant manager; there are no women in management above Greta. Greta has no knowledge as to...
QUESTION 1 Joe is a white male personal trainer at Buff Gym, a health club chain with over 100 employees. Joe was recently suspended from his job for arguing with a client while on the gym floor. Bob is a black male personal trainer at Buff Gym who recently shoved a client while on the gym floor. Bob was not disciplined. In this case: A. Joe has a Title VII racial discrimination claim for disparate treatment. B. Joe does not...
Mary Mary is a 47-year-old woman who lives at home with her parents. She is single and does not have children. She is dissatisfied at work and “hates life” in general. Mary wants to live on her own, but fears that she will not be able to survive away from the safety of her parents. Mary reports having no social life because she gets “nervous” around people and “does not know what to say”. Mary also hates her appearance, says...
The common law doctrine giving the employer the clear upper hand in employment relationships was gradually undercut by all of the following laws except: 26. a. Child labor laws b. FLSA C. NLRA d. OECD e. Implied contract law Employees today can sue for wrongful discharge under guidelines established by state courts. Employees may be entitled in most jurisdictions to: 27. a. Get their job back b. Gain a seist and desist order c. Back pay and punitive and compensatory...
Which of the following least resembles a case of taste-based discrimination? A. Alyssa will not hire anyone under the age of 30 because she believes young people are basically lazy and irresponsible. B. Lorena does not like a single thing about men, she does not want to be around men and refuses to even acknowledge their existence. It comes as no surprise that she will not hire any men to work at her restaurant. C. Martin hates Scandinavians so he...
Mary Laslo named her son, Geoff, as the beneficiary on her life insurance policy, valued at $100,000. Mary and Geoff had an argument, and Mary changed the terms of her policy, making her sister the beneficiary instead. After Mary died, Geoff learned that the policy had been changed and demanded the money from the insurance company based on the fact that he was the original beneficiary of the policy. Geoff would not be successful because: O a. Geoff was never...
5. Jasmine Brown, a sales and marketing director in her forties, had been working at a reputable firm for ten years. She and her colleague, who is a 40-year old male marketing director, recently vied for a promotion (i.e., senior executive role in the firm). He got the job. Ms. Brown is considering filing a claim. Which law would apply to her case? A. Americans with Disabilities Act B. Occupational Safety and Health Act C. 1964 Age Discrimination Act D....
7. Missy has a substantial stutter that she has had since she was a small girl. It is the result of a disease she had as a child and it will be with her the rest of her life. Her coworkers tease her mercilessly at work because of her stutter. Bravely, she ignores them and does an excellent job of filling orders. It doesn’t interfere with her doing her job because she “tunes it out” but it does upset her...
BUS-071 - Legal Environment of Business 28. Suppose a company enacts a policy requiring its workers to be at least six feet tall. It does this because it operates a warehouse with high shelves. Suppose that a group of women sue the company because its hiring policy is discriminatory. Though the policy is not discriminatory on its face, these plaintiffs might win if they could show that the policy had a ______________ upon women, since fewer of them will get...