Which of the following are examples of illegal discrimination on the basis of se

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Which of the following are examples of illegal discrimination on the basis of sex:

a.A female and a male with equivalent qualifications are hired at the same time to do the same job. The female is paid less than the male.

b.A female and a male with equivalent qualifications apply for the same job, which requires extensive overtime work. The employer doesn’t question either about their willingness to do extensive overtime work but hires the male based on the assumption that males are generally less likely to have problems with extensive overtime than females.

c.A male and a female with equivalent qualifications apply for the job of a fitting room attendant at Helga’s Secret, a women’s clothing store that sells only women’s lingerie and intimate apparel. The store refuses to hire the male because of the privacy concerns of its customers.

d.all of the above e.a and b only

Explanation / Answer

a) only

The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment.

in option b there is no clear indication of dicrimination as the growth of female counterpart is not hampered, by assuming males don't have problem with overtime he is not discrimnating against the female employee.

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