Ch 28 - Employment, Immigration, Labor Law Flashcards
According to guest lecturer Tim Wahlin, the cost of worker’s compensation insurance to a particular company is largely based on the _____?
A.) number of people employed.
B.) risk of the work.
C.) company’s prior loss history.
D.) All of the other responses.
D.) All of the other responses.
Anne is a non-exempt employee who is paid $10 per hour. She works the following number of hours in a particular workweek: Monday = 10 hours, Tuesday = 10 hours, Wednesday = 10 hours, Thursday = 10 hours, Friday = 5 hours. What amount of gross wages will Anne earn this week?
A.) $450.
B.) $475.
C.) $675.
D.) $490.
B.) $475.
Federal employment laws, particularly regarding wrongful termination, apply equally to independent contractors and employees based on the equal protection clause.
A.) True
B.) False
B.) False
If a business employs fifty (or more) employees, it must provide employees with up to twelve weeks of paid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
A.) True
B.) False
B.) False
Tony is 13 years old and wants to find a job to pay for a new Xbox gaming system. Examples of work Tony can do
A.) work at the local Dairy Queen, but not before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
B.) deliver the newspaper or work for his parents.
C.) work as a clerk at a local convenience store, but not before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
D.) all of the other responses.
B.) deliver the newspaper or work for his parents.
According to guest lecturer Tim Wahlin, the cost of insurance for blue-collar work is less than for white-collar work because many white-collar companies make more money.
A.) True
B.) False
B.) False
Employees at Ultra Distribution LLC have a work email address, and Ultra states in its Employee Handbook that the email system is monitored. Sarah, an employee, sues Ultra in federal district court for violating her privacy, claiming she recognizes that Ultra has rightful access to her work-related emails, but cannot infringe her privacy by viewing the clearly personal messages she sends/receives from that account. The court will most likely hold
A.) Sarah did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any of the messages.
B.) Ultra violated Sarah’s rights if they read emails that were clearly personal.
C.) federal law prohibits Ultra’s “intentional interception,” so Ultra should pay Sarah compensatory and punitive damages regardless of their disclosure.
D.) federal law prohibits Sarah from suing for a privacy claim. She would have to sue in state court.
A.) Sarah did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any of the messages.
According to guest lecturer Snyder Gokey, for ______, it is very difficult to immigrate to the United States.
A.) professional athletes
B.) students
C.) unskilled workers
D.) Russians
C.) unskilled workers
Vale Drug, Inc. may require its employees to take a lie-detector test if it is investigating
A.) an employee’s health or medical conditions.
B.) losses attributable to theft/embezzlement.
C.) an employee’s claim about their prior work history.
D.) none of the above. Employers may not require an employee to submit to a lie-detector test.
B.) losses attributable to theft/embezzlement.
In general, under the employment-at-will doctrine, an employer may fire an employee even if doing so would violate a statute.
A.) True
B.) False
B.) False
