Affirmative Action in Human Resources Practices Requires Employers with Fifty

question 40

Multiple Choice

Affirmative action in human resources practices requires employers with fifty or more employees holding federal government contracts in excess of $50,000 to actively encourage job applications from members of minority groups and

• A) hire qualified employees from minority groups not fully represented in their organizations.
• B) pay equal wages for equal work.
• C) refrain from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, or religion.
• D) refrain from discrimination based on age.
• E) outlaw retirement of employees before age 70.

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Definitions:

Grievances

Complaints or protests, often against injustices or perceived wrongs, that can lead to demands for change or redress.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the accuracy of a sample mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a dataset, representing the average distance between each data point and the mean.

Sample Mean

The average of all the data points in a sample taken from a population.