Oriole Corp has a large manufacturing facility in Springfield. Oriole hires both male and female
employees. However, there are four times as many adult women in Springfield as adult men
looking for work.
Therefore, Oriole must pay men more than women to get them to work for
Oriole. The practice of paying men more than women is:
A) Illegal, because of pay discrimination.
B) Legal, because of the different prevailing market wages for men and women.
C) Legal, because of a seniority system.
D) Legal, because the pay is based on a difference in quantity or quality of work.
E) Legal, because the pay is based on "some other factor than sex."
A
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