Employment & Environmental

Question 1

OSHA does prohibit an employer from discharging an employee for

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revealing OSHA violations

Question 2

Workers’ compensation benefits are available to which of the following parties?

Answer 2

Only those employees injured while working within the scope of employment

Question 3

The Federal Unemployment Tax is imposed on employers who

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employ one or more individuals covered by the act.

Question 4

Under the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA),

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if the employer neglects to withhold the appropriate amount of taxes the employer may be liable for both the employee’s and employer’s share of taxes.

Question 5

RISA does not require

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employers to institute a pension plan

Question 6

the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act provides that a

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minimum hourly wage be paid to each covered employee.
- The act also requires that a wage rate of not less than one and one-half times the regular rate be paid for hours worked beyond forty hours in any given work week except for those employed in agriculture, seasonal employment in recreation, or engaged in the delivery of health care services for the sick.

Question 7

The Fair Labor Standards Act regulates the

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minimum wage, overtime, and the number of hours in the standard workweek
- The Act requires that an overtime premium be paid for hours worked in excess of the standard workweek.

Question 8

CERCLA imposes environmental liability on a broad group of potentially responsible parties. The courts have included the following classes:

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(1) current owners and operators,
(2) owners and operators at the time of waste disposal,
(3) generators of hazardous waste,
(4) transporters of hazardous waste, and
(5) lenders who finance borrowers’ hazardous waste sites.