Chapter 9

Question 1

____________ typically provide the funds for workers’ compensation.

Answer 1

Employers

Question 2

Employers who provide injured employees with light-duty work, typically:

Answer 2

give them less physically demanding work to reduce workers’ compensation costs.

Question 3

Who among the following is hot covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?

Answer 3

a farmer with eight employees working for him.

Question 4

Alex, a graphic designer, suffers from a terrible headache while at work. He approaches the company nurse, who gives him aspirins. He gets back to work in an hour when his headache subsides. Alex’s illness as a(n):

Answer 4

minor injury.

Question 5

An OSHA compliance inspector arrives at a meat processing unit and presents his credentials to the unit manager. The manager, however, refuses to allow the inspector to carry out the inspection process. In this case, what should the inspector do next?

Answer 5

The OSHA inspector must produce a search warrant to enter the unit.

Question 6

What is typically a part of the organizational approach to safety management?

Answer 6

Implementing safety policies.

Question 7

Who is considered disabled under the ADA?

Answer 7

A person addicted to prescription drugs.

Question 8

A security audit is also referred to as a(n):

Answer 8

vulnerability analysis

Question 9

During disaster planning, organizational assessment includes the:

Answer 9

development of a disaster recovery plan.

Question 10

Jeff is a private investigator. According to an agreement with one of his clients, Jeff is required to perform background checks on all the applicants for managerial level vacancies in the company for a year, for a fixed fee payable every month. He has complete access to all employee-related documents in the company. These provisions made int eh agreement are _______

Answer 10

contractual rights

Question 11

Roger is hired by an international HR consulting firm as its outplacement counselor. Prior to receiving extensive training on ths company’s copyrighted techniques and programs, Roger is asked to agree in his employment contract that he will not work as a trainer for a rival outplacement company in a specified list of states for a period of one year, if he quits or is terminated. This best exemplifies the ____ agreement.

Answer 11

noncompete

Question 12

Claudia, when selected as a senior engineer by her company, is promised that she would start working on live projects within three months from her joining date. She signs a a contract stating that she would give three months’ notice before quitting the job. what is true of the given scenario.

Answer 12

Claudia has an implied contract with the company.

Question 13

What rights does the EAW provide employers with?

Answer 13

the right to demote.

Question 14

An employer is guilty of ______ if an employee is terminated for reasons that are illegal or improper.

Answer 14

wrongful discharge

Question 15

After a personality conflict with his manager, Will is asked by the manager to work for extra hours every day. Will is given the toughest assignments and is often ignored and even insulted during team meetings and discussions. Will considers quitting the job owing to the intolerable work conditions. Will’s manager can be held responsible for _______.

Answer 15

constructive discharge

Question 16

Amber is working as a sales associate in a department. When a few high-priced products are found missing from the store, Amber is accused of theft and fired from teh job. Neither an investigation is conducted nor is Amber allowed to explain herself. What is true of the given scenario?

Answer 16

Due process has not been followed by the employer.

Question 17

Ken works in a pharmaceutical company that sells antibiotics at a low cost to several African countries. He later gets to know that most of these drugs are expired antibiotics that have been re-packaged by the company. Ken immediately informs one of his friends, a federal agent, regarding his company’s illegal activities. What is true of the given scenario?

Answer 17

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act would protect Ken from retaliation by his employer.

Question 18

Employees cannot be disciplined for including work-related comments in their blogs if the

Answer 18

blog content is harmless and positive.

Question 19

What is a major drug testing policy that most employers follow when testing current employees?

Answer 19

Testing only when there is probable cause.

Question 20

The final state of both progressive and the positive approaches to discipline is:

Answer 20

termination.

Question 21

True/False: Julie, a legal assistant in a company, inures her back while lifting a box of trial documents onto her desk when working from home. Julie can depend on her company’s workers’ compensation coverage for treating her injury.

Answer 21

True.

Question 22

True/False: The last phase of accident investigation involves preparing a report on the accident.

Answer 22

False.

Question 23

True/False: One of the advantages of using a peer review panel for dispute resolution is the provision of a due process.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True/False: employers should avoid informing employees if employee activities are being monitored so as to attain undiluted results.

Answer 24

False.

Question 25

How does the ADA affect recordkeeping practices of an organization?

Answer 25

Medical-related information is to be maintained separately from other confidential files.(P.191)

Question 26

What are the four types of injuries or illnesses that are defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act?

Answer 26

The four types of illness defined OSHA are: 1) injury- or illness-related deaths; 2) lost-time or disability injuries; 3) medical-care injuries; and 4) minor injuries (p.192)

Question 27

How can organizations monitor and evaluate their safety efforts?

Answer 27

Organizations can design safer jobs, create policies that encourage safety and increase awareness of important safety issues via safety committees and have guidelines for accident investigations to help managers identify the causes of safety violations (p.194-197)

Question 28

What are the consequences that employers may face if they fail to follow up on implied promises?

Answer 28

An employee may pursue remedies in court.(p. 201)

Question 29

How does the concept of “just cause” affect employment-related action?

Answer 29

Just cause stipulates taht there must be a good reason for disciplinary action and fairness in any employer action(p. 203)

Question 30

6. What is the final step in the disciplinary process?

Answer 30

Discharge(p.201)