Nurses Who Work in Hospitals Often Are Required to Work

question 361

Multiple Choice

Nurses who work in hospitals often are required to work on weekends,whereas nurses who work in doctors' offices generally only work Monday through Friday.Hospital nurses who must work on weekends are usually paid more than nurses working in doctors' offices for the same work.This difference in pay is referred to as a

• A) discriminatory wage practice.
• B) compensating differential.
• C) wage inequity.
• D) a market inefficiency.

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