Which of the following is a drawback of a comparable-worth policy? a. a free-market economy assumes people will not take differences in pay into account when they choose a career. b. employees may conclude that pay rates are unfair. c. the courts prohibit organizations from defending themselves against claims of discrimination by showing that they pay the going market rate. d. grouping jobs will result in rates of pay for individual jobs that do not precisely match the levels specified by the market and the organization's job structure. e. raising pay for some jobs places the employer at a disadvantage relative to employers that pay the market rate.

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?