In Which of the Following Situations Is an Employer Automatically

question 9

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations is an employer automatically liable for sexual harassment?

• A) A supervisor demotes a subordinate who refuses to sleep with them.
• B) A customer makes an obscene gesture at an employee and the employee does not tell their supervisor.
• C) An employee who used strong sexually explicit language against a coworker is suspended without pay for three days as a result of the employee complaint.
• D) An employee threatens to reveal that their supervisor was once a porn star.

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Definitions:

Credit Balance

The amount that a company or individual owes to creditors; in accounting, it indicates a balance on the right side of a ledger for liability, revenue, or equity accounts.

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Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to transfer balances from temporary to permanent accounts.