Employment Law & Discrimination

Question 1

In an interview with an applicant for a carpenter position, you have a gut feeling that they may not be eligible for work in the United States. Which of the following questions is the best interview question?

A. Which Country are you from
B. Are you Middle eastern or Asian
C. Do you have a united states drivers license
E. Do you have a united states social security card

Answer 1

Do you have a United States social security card?

Question 2

A male employee is constantly calling co-worker women “girl,” “doll,” or “babe,” and he also is constantly blocking the women’s way, and he stares at their breasts. What is the best action to take?

Answer 2

Suspend the man with pay for the remarks and review the policies

Question 3

Jennifer, a project manager for your company, approaches you and asks you, the field
superintendent, to hire her 17-year-old boy to work at the jobsite. What is the best action?

Answer 3

Hire the boy to work in the site trailer

Question 4

You are on an addition to an existing Elementary school project and as you are walking the site you notice a roofing subcontractor’s employee relieving themselves off the third floor. What is the first step to take?

Answer 4

Find the forklift and lift a Porta-John to the third floor

Question 5

You are in the preliminary stages of placing an addition onto an existing power plant, and you have been informed that the project may be a mixture of union and merit shop contractors. What is the best course of action?

Answer 5

Install one for the job deliveries, a separate gate for each trade, one for owner

Question 6

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 added new provisions to the existing employment discrimination laws that allows employees to recover compensatory and punitive damages for specific new discriminatory activities. Which of the following are the added provisions?

A. Emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, metal anguish and loss of employment

B. Race, color, ethnic identification, sexual orientation and age

C. Age, disability veteran status, religion, and obesity.

D. Toxic Environments, gender, sex change, willful or reckless indifference.

Answer 6

Emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment

Question 7

Management and the Labor Union cannot come to an agreement; therefore, they are considering filing unfair practice charges against each other. Whom are the charges filed with?

Answer 7

National Labor Relations Board

Question 8

Which of the following union versus management actions is considered illegal?

Answer 8

The Owner exerts pressure on the contractor to settle the dispute with the union