Claims of Disparate Impact Under the ADEA Are Harder to Win

question 25

Multiple Choice

Claims of disparate impact under the ADEA are harder to win than under Title VII because

• A)Congress has specified that discrimination based on age is less frequant than discrimination based on race,color,national origin or sex.
• B)the BFOQ defense is allowed under the ADEA but not under Title VII.
• C)the ADEA permits an employer to discriminate when the differentiation is based on a reasonable factor other than age (RFOA).
• D)age discrimination is often based on indifferenfe and stereotyping than hatred or overt hostility.

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Labor-Force Participation Rate

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