Because of past racial discrimination, senior employees at a plant are all white
ID: 1251877 • Letter: B
Question
Because of past racial discrimination, senior employees at a plant are all white. The junior workers are racially mixed. A reduction in business forces the firm to fire half its workers. To protect the racial composition of the workers, the company will layoff white older workers. This policy is likely to be viewed by the courts as:a. an illegal violation of a bona fide occupational qualification; hence the junior workers must go first
b. an illegal violation of a bona fide seniority system, hence the junior workers must go first
c. an illegal violation of the rights of the senior workers that can be corrected by layingjunior white workers to preserve the jobs of the junior black employees
d. a legal way to create the equivalent of an affirmative action program
e. a legal way to preserve the racial mix of the work force
Explanation / Answer
b. an illegal violation of a bona fide seniority system, hence the junior workers must go first