首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The employment discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, which the Supreme Court heard last week, is the largest in American hist
The employment discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, which the Supreme Court heard last week, is the largest in American hist
admin
2012-05-28
31
问题
The employment discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, which the Supreme Court heard last week, is the largest in American history. If the court rejects this suit, it will send a chilling message that some companies are too big to be held accountable (负有责任的).
It began in 1999 after Stephanie Odle was fired when she complained of sex discrimination. As Ms. Odle described in sworn testimony, as an assistant manager she discovered that a male employee with the same title and less experience was making $10,000 a year more than her.
She complained to her boss, who defended the difference by saying the male had a family to support. When she replied that she was having a baby that she needed to support, the supervisor made her provide a personal budget and then gave her a raise closing just one-fifth the gap.
The plaintiffs (原告) who have brought a class action on behalf of 1.5 million current and former female Wal-Mart employees allege that they, too, faced discrimination in pay and promotion. If Wal-Mart loses, it could owe more than $1 billion in back pay.
Wal-Mart has tried to end the litigation (诉讼) by arguing that 1.5 million women do not have enough in common to sue for discrimination as a single class under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A federal trial judge said they do. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that ruling, twice.
But during oral argument last week, conservative justices and liberals to some degree expressed skepticism: Is there enough "cohesion (一致性)" among the women to justify treating them as a single class?
A brief by 31 professors of civil procedure explains why the women are a suitable class. Their claims meet the core test: They have in common the question of whether Wal-Mart discriminated against them. Meanwhile, the high cost of litigation compared to the low likely individual recoveries would make it hard for the women to proceed any other way.
The average wage gap each year for every member of the class is around $1,100, too little to give lawyers an incentive to represent them. The best way to judge their rights efficiently and fairly is by recognizing them as a group. That is the purpose of the class-action rule.
The case record contains 120 sworn statements describing sex discrimination in pay and promotion but also in the work environment: required company fishing trips where women weren’t included on their male peers’ boat; a supposedly revenge-free system for complaints that led to women being fired. The lower courts ruled that this and other evidence provide compelling reasons for the case to move forward.
After Stephanie Odle complained to her boss about the wage gap,______.
选项
A、she still got less payment than the male assistant manager
B、she was moved to a lower position from her previous position
C、the boss came to realize the problem and promised to solve it
D、the supervisor was criticized for treating employees unfairly
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的complained to her boss将本题出处定位到第三段首句。该句提到Odle向老板反映这件事(即第二段末句提到的“和她头衔相同的一位男雇员,经验没她多,一年却比她多挣—万美金”),接着提到老板给她涨了工资,不过只是—万块的五分之一而已。由此可知,向老板反映并得到涨工资之后,Odle的工资仍然低于那位男雇员,故答案为[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/x8E7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Weallhopethatthevaluesthatareimportanttoeachofusarepassedalongtoourchildren.Often,however,thathopeis【B1】_
Scotlandisauniqueplace.IthassomeofthemostbeautifulcitiesinEurope,alivingevidenceofa【B1】______andproudpast.
A、Takepartinasportsmeet.B、Attendabusinessmeeting.C、Goforaninterview.D、Takeanexam.C对话中男士认为女士非常适合那份工作,并且给了女士一些建议。
A、IntheWaterfallGarden.B、IntheChildrenZoo.C、IntheWaterWorld.D、IntheCentenaryGarden.A细节辨认题。抓住其中的关键词ducksandoth
A、Theycanbeusedtodobusinesswithpeople.B、Theycanbeusedtoexpressallkindsoffeelings.C、Theycanbeusedtodelive
A、Husbandandwife.B、Teacherandstudent.C、Policemananddriver.D、Motherandson.C
A、Sheisstubborn.B、Sheislonely.C、Sheisnoteasy-going.D、Sheishopeless.A男士说的takeone’sownway表示“一意孤行”,女士的话进一步补充说明“直到所有
A、Freeprimaryandsecondaryeducation.B、Freehealthcare.C、Freesocialservices.D、Freetourtoforeigncountries.D细节题。原文关于科
Thepooroldconsumer!We’dhavetopayagreatdealmoreifadvertisingdidn’tcreatemassmarketsforproducts.Itisprecisel
A、Hedoesn’twritewellenough.B、Heisnotaprofessionalwriter.C、Hehasn’tgotanyprofessionalexperience.D、Hedidn’tperf
随机试题
杜甫诗歌的集大成体现在哪几个方而?
Morehavebeenlearnedsince1945aboutchemicalchangesinthebodythaninallhumanhistorybefore______time.
作为法律渊源的法律可以分为基本法律和法律两种,其区别在于:基本法律只能由全国人大制定和修改,而基本法律以外的法律则由全国人大常委会制定和修改。( )
在墙体设计中,其自身重量由楼板或梁来承担的墙为()。
WhichofthefollowingstatementsaretrueaboutCMRconvention?______
()是以财务报表中的某一总体指标为100%,计算其各构成项目占总体指标的百分比,然后比较若干连续时期的各项目所占百分比的增减变动趋势。
我国的企业会计准则体系由基本准则和应用指南两部分组成。()
窗外,博斯普鲁斯海峡中,两艘巨大的货轮交错而过,相互鸣笛致意。货轮的速度很慢,却有着既定的航线,它们不会相撞。而对于生活在由这个窄窄的海峡所分隔的两大宗教文明中的人们,要想找到解除宗教文明排他性的途径,是没有航线可循的。对这段文字的主旨概括最准确的是
Peoplearenolongersonaiveastobelievewhatevervestedinterestssay.Itisonlynecessarytolookatsmokingtolearnmuch
设某大型商场有各种商铺销售大量的产品,对该商场数据库应用系统,在其生命周期中,设有下列活动:Ⅰ.开发人员启动执行DDL代码建立数据库结构Ⅱ.编写商品信息录入和导入程序,在开业前建立商品信息清单Ⅲ.根据商场销售业务开展情况,调整数据库中的商品清单和价格
最新回复
(
0
)