What Is a Drawback of a Comparable-Worth Policy

question 101

Multiple Choice

What is a drawback of a comparable-worth policy?

• A) A free-market economy assumes people will not take differences in pay into account when they choose a career.
• B) Employees may conclude that pay rates are unfair.
• C) The courts prohibit organizations from defending themselves against claims of discrimination by showing that they pay the going market rate.
• D) Grouping jobs will result in rates of pay for individual jobs that do not precisely match the levels specified by the market and the organization's job structure.
• E) Raising pay for some jobs places the employer at a disadvantage relative to employers that pay the market rate.

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Definitions:

Capillary Beds

Networks of capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels, providing the site for the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and tissues.

Pulmonary Semilunar Valve

A heart valve that prevents backflow of blood from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle.

Capillaries

Tiny blood vessels that facilitate the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrient and waste chemical substances between blood and surrounding tissues.

Oxygen

A chemical element (O) that is critical for respiration in most aerobic organisms and has various industrial uses.