Roberto, a African American employee at Eager Beaver Tire Manufacturing Company, contacted the plant manager to inform him that his supervisor, Bill, treated him in a bad manner simply because he was African American. After Bill learned that Roberto had complained, Bill told other supervisors that Roberto was lazy and irresponsible, and he made jokes about Roberto’s accent. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

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

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?

Bob, a maintenance worker at the Celina Swimming Club, is physically attracted to Mary, one of the swimming instructors. Though Mary has shown no interest in him, he has been stalking her, making lewd comments to her, and making sexual threats. Bob has been careful to keep his behavior very low profile. Mary does not bring this matter up with the club’s management but instead decides to quit her job and file a claim of sexual harassment against the club. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

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.

According to the employment-at-will doctrine, only the employee (not the employer) is free to leave at virtually any time for any reason.

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

In the context of discrimination in employee selection procedures, which of the following is true of the four-fifths rule?

As per the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: