Test Bank For Human Resource Management Leslie Rue 11th Edition

Chapter 02

Equal Employment Opportunity: The Legal Environment

True / False Questions
1. Equal employment opportunity means that an employer must give preference to women and minorities in the workplace.

True False

2. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits sex-based discrimination in rates of pay paid to men and women working on the same or similar jobs.

True False

3. The Equal Pay Act prohibits pay discrimination based on seniority.

True False

4. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is actually part of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

True False

5. Disparate treatment refers to unintentional discrimination involving employment practices that appear to be neutral but adversely affect a protected class of people.

True False

6. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created by the Civil Rights Act to administer Title VII of the act.

True False

7. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) eliminates mandatory retirement at age 70 for employees of companies with 20 or more employees.

True False

8. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not apply where age is a bona fide occupational qualification.

True False

9. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act covers employees between 40 and 69 years of age.

True False

10. The primary responsibility for enforcing the Rehabilitation Act lies with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) of the Department of Labor.

True False