Question

Norm worked as a sales person for his firm. When he turned fifty, the office had a party for him. His boss made a lot of jokes about Norm getting too old to keep up with the younger staff. Those comments continued past the party for several months. Norm was fired six months later. When he filed a complaint for age discrimination, the boss defended his actions by saying Norm was fired for not meeting sales quotas. Norm had missed his quota for only one month, and he provided evidence that younger employees who had missed up to three months of the quotas were not terminated. Norm is attempting to show that:

Answer 1

Answer: the employer's defense was a pretext.

Step-by-step explanation:

Norm providing evidences that him being fired was unfair shows that Norm is attempting to show that the employer's defense was a pretext.

A pretext simply refers to a false reason which covers the true intentions or motives of an employer. In this case, the employer didn't fire Norm because he didn't meet his sales quota but fired him because of his age.

Therefore, all the defense given by the employer shows that his defense was a pretext.