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Anna City Hospital, a private hospital, employs five workers of Middle Eastern descent in its maintenance department. Though they were told that they would be performing different tasks on a rotation basis, the maintenance supervisor assigns only the five of them, out of the total 20 maintenance employees, to clean the morgue and the basement every time. Although they requested the hospital’s management to change their duties, no changes were made. Which of the following holds true in this case?

Under the common-law agency test, the most critical factor in determining employee status is whether a(n):

Bob, a prolific shoe buyer, refuses to be assisted by male store clerks. The owner of Slipper Town, therefore, informs his staff that only female employees should attend to Bob because he does not want to anger a patron of his store. One of the male clerks, Larry, believes that this is illegal gender discrimination. Also, since part of his incentive pay is based on meeting the monthly sales target, he feels that this policy illegally denies him the opportunity to earn incentives because of his gender. Is Larry correct?

Rasheed Olson, a black man with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, applies for a job at a gym along with a white friend who has the same qualifications. Although his friend gets an interview call from the gym, Rasheed does not receive any interview calls. Suspecting that his application was rejected due to his first name, Rasheed submits an identical résumé to the same gym but changes his first name to “Bob” on the résumé. Consequently, he is invited for an interview. In this scenario, Rasheed has been a victim of:

Regressive discipline involves a set of steps taken before an employee will be terminated for poor performance.

In the context of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), individual coverage refers to the protections offered to:

To constitute actionable sexual harassment, the conduct complained of:

Which of the following forms a basis for an employer to use a bona fide occupational qualification defense (BFOQ) to defend employment discrimination claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

In the context of workplace discrimination, which of the following statements is true of 706 agencies?

¨Texas state law limits the use of credit reports in an employer’s hiring process.