Ed, Department Head at ELS Corporation, Contacted His Human Resources

question 28

Multiple Choice

Ed, department head at ELS Corporation, contacted his human resources manager, Amanda, to inform her of his need to lay off six workers due to a slowdown in business. After Amanda reviewed Ed's information, she met with him and said, "Ed, this is a problem. You manage a department of 120 staff, and all six of the workers that you plan to lay off are white male hourly employees over the age of 60 years. This may be viewed as discriminatory because of the

• A) workers' protection under affirmative action requirements."
• B) workers' exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act."
• C) adverse impact."
• D) employment-at-will concept."
• E) violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act."

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