Employment Law & Workplace Safety

Question 1

What is addressed in title VII?

Answer 1

1. Race discremination
2. Color
3. National origin
4. Religious
5. Pregnancy
6. Sex
7. Age

Question 2

Differentiate the types of sexual harassment?

Answer 2

Quid pro quo: something for something
Hostile work environment: Unwanted sexual behavior or communications the disruprs employee’s at work

Question 3

What is the best practice to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace?

Answer 3

Prevention

Question 4

What is the family and medical leave act?

Answer 4

1993: asllows a max of 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a new child
* Employee must work for 12 months prior
* Employers must have 50+ employees

Question 5

What does the age discrimination in Employment act entail?

Answer 5

1. Prohibits age discrimination against individuals who are over 40
2. Doesn’t provide protection for empoyess under 40

Question 6

What does equal pay act address?

Answer 6

Compensation discrimination: Mandates that men and women in the same workplace should receive equal pay for equal work
* Based on skill and effort
* Can’t reduce wages of either sex to equalize pay if there was an initial inequality in wages

Question 7

What are the components that dictate wages?

Answer 7

1. Skill
2. Effort
3. Responsibilty
4. Working conditions
5. Establishment

Question 8

What does the ADA address?

Answer 8

Disability discrimination: prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals with disabilities with reasonable accomodations

Question 9

What is record of such impairment?

Answer 9

an individual having a medical record documenting a physical or mental impairment

Question 10

What is “Regarded as having such an impairment”?

Answer 10

an individual being discriminated against due to an actual or perceived physical or mental impairment

Question 11

Protects employers by requiring those who work under federal government contracts and those who have received federal grants (>$100,000) to implement programs that will reduce or eliminate employee drug use

Answer 11

Drug Free Workplace Act

Question 12

What is the difference among robbery, burglary, theft?

Answer 12

Robbery: Illegal taking of property from a person of another by violence or intimidation
Burglary: The offense of breaking & entering into a structure for the intent of committing a felony
Theft: Unlawful taking & carrying away of someone else’s personal property with the intent to deprive the owner of it permanently

Question 13

Robbery with the use of a gun or other weapon that can do bodily harm

Answer 13

Armed

Question 13

What is the goal addressing a robery?

Answer 13

1. Focus on having the individual spend as little time as possible inside the pharmacy
2. Comply with individual’s demands

Question 14

What are safety tips for robberies?

Answer 14

1. Plan for event
2. Train staff
3. Install panic buttons
4. Opening doors with a buzzer
5. Use tracking devices
6. Use time safety delays on safes makes the robbery event take longer

Question 15

What are safety tips for burglaries?

Answer 15

1. Consider investing in protective glass, good lighting, and strong doors and windows with burglary resistant locks.
2. Consider investing in an effective alarm system

Question 16

What is the main difference between robbery and burglary?

Answer 16

Burglary doesn’t involve the threat or use of force against an individual (non violent)

Question 17

What are the types of larceny?

Answer 17

Shoplifitng: Focus on prevention to reduce its occurrence by training employees to identify shoplifters
Employee theft: Focus on prevention to reduce its occurrence by informing employees that there is zero tolerance for theft

Question 18

What is an impoortant step in preventing violence in the workplace?

Answer 18

Zero tolerance

Question 19

Created to establish the fed gov’s role in developing and enforcing safety and health standards for places of employment?

Answer 19

Occupational Safety and Health Act