Which of the Following Statements Is True of Remedies Available

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of remedies available under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967?

• A) Punitive damages are always awarded by the courts.
• B) Compensatory damages for items such as mental distress from discrimination are not awarded by courts.
• C) In a private action, a plaintiff is not allowed to recover liquidated damages.
• D) If liquidated damages are not granted, the plaintiff is generally entitled to interest on the back pay.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indication of how spread out the numbers in a data set are, demonstrating variability from the mean.

Heights of Men

The measurement of how tall male individuals are, often collected for studies in ergonomics, health, or demographic research.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how much variation exists from the average.

Sample Mean

The average of all the observations in a sample.