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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The program that Exceptional Enterprises launched is focused on evaluating and adjusting pay scales based on the relative levels of skills, education, and training needed to perform various jobs. This is an example of a comparable worth program, which seeks to ensure that jobs requiring similar levels of skill and education are compensated equally.

Exceptional Enterprises Launched a Program to Evaluate the Relative Levels