Reference no: EM132095019

1. The main provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act states that each employer should furnish each employee a place of employment free from recognized hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm. This is referred to as the

first aid clause.

national consensus clause.

general duty clause.

employee clause.

employer clause.

2. Which of the following statements is true of disparate treatment and disparate impact?

A selection practice that results in disparate impact is necessarily illegal in nature.

In a disparate impact case, the defendant is required to pay compensatory and punitive damages to the plaintiff.

For there to be discrimination under disparate treatment, there has to be intentional discrimination.

The discriminating individual's intent is irrelevant in disparate treatment.

The four-fifths rule for discrimination is not applicable to disparate impact.