Chapter 18 - Employment and Labor Law

Question 1

Employment at Will

Answer 1

Employee can be fired for a good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all

Question 2

Wrongful Discharge

Answer 2

Employer fires worker for reason that violates basic social rights, duties, or responsiblities

Question 3

Qualified Priviledge

Answer 3

Employers who give references are are liable only for false statements they know to be false

Question 4

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

Answer 4

Liability faced for condoning cruel workplace treatment

Question 5

Whistleblowing

Answer 5

Disclosing wrongdoing

Question 6

Off-Duty Activities

Answer 6

Employers do have the right to fire workers for off-duty conduct

Question 7

Smoking

Answer 7

Roughly 60% of states say employers cannot prohibit workers from smoking

Question 8

National Labor Relations Act

Answer 8

Protects employees’ right to unionize

Question 9

Alcohol and Drug Use

Answer 9

Pricate employers can test; testing cannot be done unless worker seems impaired

Question 10

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Answer 10

Employers may not require that employee submit to a lie detector test unless job requires it or they are in an ongoing investigation

Question 11

Gun Laws

Answer 11

Guns prohibited in workplaces, but not in parking lots in half the states

Question 12

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 12

Regulates wages and limits child labor nationally

Question 13

Workers’ Compensation Law

Answer 13

Employees must receive payment for injuries incurred at work

Question 14

Health Insurance Law

Answer 14

Employers with 50 or more employees must provide basic health insurance

Question 15

Federal Unemployment Tax Act

Answer 15

Provides support for unemployed (Exception is worker who quits voluntarily or is justly fired)

Question 16

Steps to Organizing a Union

Answer 16

Campaign, Authorization Cards, Petition, Election

Question 17

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Answer 17

Contract between a union and management

Question 18

Concerted Action

Answer 18

Tactics taken by union members to gain bargaining advantage

Question 19

Sit-down Strike

Answer 19

Members stop working but remain at their posts to block replacement workers

Question 20

Economic Strike

Answer 20

Strike intended to gain benefits or wages; employers may hire permanent replacement workers

Question 21

Lockout

Answer 21

Management prohibits workers from entering the premises