Business Law

True/False

____ 1. Children under fourteen years of age are not allowed to work.

____ 2. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is not concerned with overtime pay.

____ 3. Federal labor law protects employees' rights to strike, to picket, and to boycott.

____ 4. Right-to-work laws make it illegal for employers to discriminate in their hiring practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age.

____ 5. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has the power to enforce health and safety standards.

____ 6. Under workers' compensation laws, a worker who is injured on the job files a claim with a government agency instead of suing the employer.

____ 7. Recovery under state workers' compensation law for an on-the-job injury is only possible if the injury was caused by the employer's negligence.

____ 8. There is no federal legislation that regulates retirement plans set up by private employers.

____ 9. Under federal law, only key employees who take temporary family or medical leave are entitled to job reinstatement.

____ 10. Laws relating to employees' right to privacy on the job vary from state to state.

____ 11. Drug testing by private employers is not permissible.

____ 12. The employment-at-will doctrine no longer applies to employment relationships.

____ 13. An employee may file an action for wrongful discharge against an employer who discharges the employee in violation of an employment contract.

____ 14. Firing a worker who refuses to perform an illegal act does not violate public policy.

____ 15. Whistleblower statutes protect employers from workers' disclosure of the employer's wrongdoing.

Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 16. Lyle and Mary are employees of Northwest Enterprises, Inc (NEI). When Owen, the president of NEI, learns that Lyle and Mary are active in union activities, he discharges them. The employees may bring an action against NEI under

a.	the Fair Labor Standards Act.
b.	the Labor-Management Relations Act.
c.	the National Labor Relations Act.
d.	none of the above.

____ 17. U.S. Assembly Corporation (USAC) employs five hundred workers in two states. Under the National Labor Relations Act, USAC cannot discriminate in the hiring of employees for reason of

a.	lack of necessary skills.
b.	race, religion, or national origin.
c.	union affiliation.
d.	all of the above.

____ 18. Jerry works as a forklift operator for Wholesalers Warehouse Company. The maximum number of hours that Jerry can work per week without overtime pay is

a.	thirty-five.
b.	forty.
c.	fifty.
d.	sixty.

____ 19. Quinn is an employee of Regional Industries, Inc. Quinn is threatened with a discharge when he refuses a transfer to a Regional department in several employees suffered serious injuries from exposure to hazardous chemicals. If Quinn acted in good faith, he may be entitled to protection from discharge under

a.	the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
b.	the Family and Medical Leave Act.
c.	the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
d.	the state workers' compensation act.

____ 20. Joe, who works as an employee for Interstate Trucking Corporation, suffers an injury in an accident. Joe will be compensated under state workers' compensation laws

a.	only if the injury occurred off the job.
b.	only if the injury occurred on the job.
c.	whether the injury occurred on or off the job.
d.	none of the above.

____ 21. Northwest Fisheries, Inc., employs fifty-five workers in at seven locations in two states. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Northwest must provide its employees, during any twelve-month period, family or medical leave of up to

a.	twelve days.
b.	twelve weeks.
c.	twelve months.
d.	eighteen months.

____ 22. Investors Fund, a large financial institution, announces that it will start monitoring its employees' electronic communications. If Mary, an Investors Fund employee, resists this policy, her best argument is that the monitoring violates her

a.	employee privacy rights.
b.	religious beliefs.
c.	right to free speech.
d.	whistleblower rights.

____ 23. Alpha Oil Company wants to test its workers for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Alpha may

a.	discharge employees who have AIDS.
b.	discriminate against job applicants who have AIDS.
c.	test its employees for AIDS.
d.	none of the above.

____ 24. Mike works as an employee for International Services, Inc. To protect Mike and other employees from arbitrary discharge, courts have created exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine based on

a.	an implied contract theory only.
b.	a public policy theory only.
c.	implied contract and public policy theories.
d.	none of the above.

____ 25. General Industrial Corporation (GIC) employs workers at ten locations in three states. If an employment relationship is considered subject to an implied contract, GIC's discharge of an employee outside the terms of the contract may result in

a.	discontinuance of the worker's health-plan coverage.
b.	the employee's complaint to a government agency.
c.	the employee's suit for breach of contract.
d.	GIC's liability for damages.