Employment equity legislation applied to a male-dominated workplace (eg. construction) may result in: Note: In Canada employment equity legislation requires that federal employers, when considering qualified applicants for a job, account for whethe the demographic representation of their workplace reflects the population in hiring decisions and take action when they are not successful in acheiving a representative workforce. A. higher average wages for women B. lower average wages for men C. higher average wages for men D. lower average wages for women

Employment equity legislation applied to a male-dominated workplace (eg. construction) may result in: Note: In Canada employment equity legislation requires that federal employers, when considering qualified applicants for a job, account for whethe the demographic representation of their workplace reflects the population in hiring decisions and take action when they are not successful in acheiving a representative workforce. A. higher average wages for women B. lower average wages for men C. higher average wages for men D. lower average wages for women

Principles of Microeconomics

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305156050

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter19: Earnings And Discrimination

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 9PA

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