Neville,a member of a protected class,applies for a job with Origami Paper Products Corporation,but fails the company's employment test and is not hired. Neville believes that the test has an unintentionally discriminatory effect. If so,this is

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The situation described suggests that Neville may have been subject to disparate-impact discrimination, which occurs when a seemingly neutral policy or practice has a disproportionate adverse impact on members of a protected class. The fact that Neville belongs to a protected class and did not pass the employment test suggests that the test may have been screening out qualified candidates in that group, even if that was not the intention of the company. The other options are not applicable: A) constructive discharge involves an employee being forced to resign due to intolerable working conditions; C) disparate-treatment discrimination occurs when an employer intentionally treats members of a protected class differently from others; D) the situation described appears to involve some form of discrimination, so this choice is not correct.

Neville,a Member of a Protected Class,applies for a Job with Origami