Which is the primary law prohibiting religious discrimination in the private sector workplace?

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Which is the primary law prohibiting religious discrimination in the private sector workplace?
Title VII
administrative law
U.S. Constitution
state law

Title VII prohibits private employers from discriminating on several bases, including race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Only one-quarter of 1 percent of all U.S. households have moved up from the middle- to the upper-income bracket since 2000, while twelve times that many have slid to the lower-income bracket. This is indicative of what?
dwindling lower class
growing middle class
stagnant lower class
shrinking middle class

shrinking middle class

Which of the following pay discrimination laws is the strongest such law in the United States, allowing victims of discrimination to seek redress for up to six years of underpayment and tripling monetary damages for a prevailing plaintiff?
Pew Research Center Equal Pay Act
New Jersey Equal Pay Act
Diane Allen Equal Pay Act
WEF Equals Pay Act

Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act

The gap in earnings between the affluent upper class in the United States and the rest of the nation continues to grow every year. (T/F)

T

Which of the following best describes income inequality?
The disparity in income among people with children
The imbalance in the distribution of income among people within an economy
On average, women are paid approximately 80 percent of what men are paid.
There is a gender wage gap in the United States between men and women.

The imbalance in the distribution of income among people within an economy

If a person has a disability (i.e., a physical or mental impairment) that reduces participation in â a major life activity,â such as work, an employer is obliged to provide ________.
compassion
reasonable accommodations
sympathy
selective training

reasonable accommodations

Which of the following best describes a diversity dividend?
the financial benefit of improved performance resulting from a diverse workforce
a difficulty or expense to the firm significant enough that reasonable accommodation may not be required
the unequal distribution of income among the participants of an economy
a change or adjustment to a job or other aspect of the work environment

the financial benefit of improved performance resulting from a diverse workforce

Which of the following is not an ethical consideration relating to agribusiness?
responsible use of natural resources
consumer need and preference -WRONG
responsible animal husbandry
safe food production -WRONG

responsible use of natural resources

Experts predict that to meet the food needs of the world' s population, we will need to ________ food production over the next fifty years.
double
triple
quadruple
decrease

double

All states in the United States have some form of laws to protect animals. (T/F)

T

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