Exceptional Enterprises Launched a Program to Evaluate the Relative Levels

question 128

Multiple Choice

Exceptional Enterprises launched a program to evaluate the relative levels of skills, education, and training needed to perform various jobs. Based on the results of this evaluation, the firm intends to adjust pay scales so that jobs requiring similar levels of skills, abilities, and education will receive similar pay. Exceptional Enterprises' program is an attempt to deal with the issue of:

• A) comparable worth.
• B) affirmative action.
• C) reverse discrimination.
• D) equal employment opportunities.

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