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“Document abuse” occurs when an employer requests an applicant or employee to produce a specific document or different documents that are required to establish employment eligibility or rejects valid documents that appear genuine; it is unlawful. 

Mary is an employee at the Koala Bear Cola warehouse. Bob, a truck driver working with the logistics company that supplies Koala Bear Cola to all supermarkets, makes lewd remarks and asks for sexual favors whenever he sees Mary. Though she warns him against such behavior, he continues to harass her. An upset Mary complains to her supervisor, who in turn tells her that it is not the company’s problem as Bob is an outsider. Thus, no corrective action is taken on Koala Bear’s end. Which of the following holds true in this case?

E-Verify is a federal program that verifies the results of drug tests of employees and applicants.

The most frequently filed claims with the EEOC are issues related to race. 

Hiring that conforms to the preferences of customers or others is lawful.

An employer will be liable for national origin discrimination when it segregates employees based on their national origins.

Mary and Bob, recent graduates, are hired as computer analysts for Serpent Enterprises Inc. In a conversation over lunch, Mary discovers that Bob’s salary is 15 percent higher than hers. Assuming that she is being paid less because she is a female, Mary contacts the human resources department, demanding that her salary be increased by 15 percent. After a few days, however, she is informed that Bob had violated company policy by discussing his salary, and his salary would also be reduced by 15 percent to maintain equality. In this scenario, Mary:

To state a claim against an employer for negligent hiring of an employee, a plaintiff must show that:

Juan is a chemical engineer at Blue Whale Chemicals. He is the only Hispanic employee in his department. He is terminated after 10 months on the job based on poor performance. According to his supervisor, Juan continued to be the least productive employee in the department in spite of frequent feedback and training given to him. Juan believes he has a good claim for discrimination because he was the only Hispanic in the department. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination on the basis of national origin extends to prohibit discrimination on the basis of citizenship.