Question

Mark works full time at a large accounting firm. Mark has been at the firm for four years but has not been given a promotion, even though newer employees have already been promoted. Mark believes he is a victim of labor-market discrimination and threatens to hire a lawyer to sue the company. ​

Refer to Scenario 19-7. Which of the following would weaken Mark's case against his employer?

a. Mark is more productive than other newly-hired accountants who were promoted before he was.

b. Mark works more than any other accountant in the firm.

c. Newly hired employees who were promoted before Mark had extensive previous accounting experience.

d. Newly hired employees who were promoted before Mark are more well-liked by other accountants in the firm.

Answer 1

Answer C) Newly hired employees who were promoted before Mark had extensive previous accounting experience.

Explanation - As the promotions are generally on the basis productivity and years of experience in the role therefore when the newly hired employees have previous extensive experience in accounting and were promoted before Mark does not represent the labor-market discrimination towards Mark as these employees were already carrying extensive experience in accounting. Therefore this scenario will weaken Mark's case against his employer.