In Price Waterhouse V

question 58

Multiple Choice

In Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins , the Supreme Court held that:

• A)a plaintiff needs to demonstrate and prove that the defendant used multiple prohibited factors (race, color, gender, religion, or natural origin)as a motive for an employment action.
• B)the plaintiff's demonstration for a "mixed motive" situation can only be made by circumstantial evidence.
• C)if an employer has considered an illegal factor under Title VII (race, sex, color, religion, or national origin)in making an employment decision, the employer must demonstrate that it would have reached the same decision if it had not considered the illegal factor.
• D)the employer violates Title VII when an illegal factor is considered, even though there may have been other factors also motivating the decision or practice.

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Definitions:

FUTA

Stands for the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, a United States federal law that imposes a payroll tax on businesses to fund state workforce agencies.

Unemployment Taxes

Taxes paid by employers on the wages of their employees, which fund unemployment compensation programs.

Form W-2

A financial document employed in the USA to record the earnings disbursed to workers and the deductions made for taxes.

Form 1099-MISC

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