Scenario D. Your company's attorney, Cooper Johnson, has come to you with a list of problems occurring in the Human Resources area of your organization. He gives you the following three-statement report of the probable violations:
1. The men in the organization are paid an average of ten percent more than the women in the same jobs with the same performance levels.
2. Several women in clerical positions report that after announcing they were pregnant, they were taken off the company's health care plan and encouraged to quit. (Men with medical conditions were kept on the health care plan with no hints at quitting.)
3. Several employees who qualify are not being paid overtime rates.

-In statement 2 noted above,which of the following laws is the organization most likely violating?

Question

Scenario D. Your company's attorney, Cooper Johnson, has come to you with a list of problems occurring in the Human Resources area of your organization. He gives you the following three-statement report of the probable violations:
1. The men in the organization are paid an average of ten percent more than the women in the same jobs with the same performance levels.
2. Several women in clerical positions report that after announcing they were pregnant, they were taken off the company's health care plan and encouraged to quit. (Men with medical conditions were kept on the health care plan with no hints at quitting.)
3. Several employees who qualify are not being paid overtime rates.

-In statement 2 noted above,which of the following laws is the organization most likely violating?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The organization is most likely violating the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Taking pregnant women off the company's healthcare plan and encouraging them to quit is a form of discrimination against them.