Enviromental Law Flashcards
- When hiring employees, which form must they fill out requesting their marital status, number of exemptions and their social security number?
A. I-9
B. W-2
C. W-4
D. 1099
C. W-4
- Which form must be completed by all non United States citizens?
A. I-9
B. W 2
C. W 3
D. W 4
A. I-9
- According to the federal government regulations, what is the maximum number of days that a company has to submit the non-United States citizen form to the federal government?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 14
D. 21
B. 3
- Which of the following posters describes the regulations for wage payment and hours of work for all industries and must be posted at the job site?
A. Fair Labor Standards
B. Prevailing Wage Rates
C. Material Safety Data Sheet
D. Safety and Health Protection
A. Fair Labor Standards
- What is the correct name for the acronym EEOC?
A. Enterprise of Equal Occupational Council
B. Enterprise of Equal Opportunity Coalition
C. Equal Employment Opportunity Companies
D. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- What is the purpose of the EEOC law?
A. Prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities
B. Protect companies from discrimination from their employees
C. Prohibit discrimination against individuals due to race, sex, age
D. Protect individuals from discrimination from sexual harassment
C. Prohibit discrimination against individuals due to race, sex, age
- What is the correct name for the acronym ADA?
A. American with Disabilities Act
B. Association of Disabled Americans
C. American with Disabilities Association
D. Association of Discriminatory Americans
A. American with Disabilities Act
- What is the purpose of the ADA law?
A. Prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities
B. Protect companies from discrimination from their employees
C. Prohibit discrimination against individuals due to race, sex, age
D. Protect individuals from discrimination from sexual harassment
A. Prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities
- What is the correct name for the acronym DBE?
A. Disabled Business Enterprises
B. Department of Business Enterprises
C. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
D. Department of Business Employment
C. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
- What do the EEO, ADA and DBE laws have in Common?
A. Protection of unions from employment discrimination
B. Protection of individuals from employment discrimination
C. Protection of construction companies from discrimination
D. Protection of individuals from disciplinary action from employers
B. Protection of individuals from employment discrimination
- What are the additional provisions that were ADDED by the 1991 Civil Rights Act to the existing employment discrimination law that allows employees to recover compensatory and punitive damages?
A. ,MBE, DBE, WBE, and ADA discrimination
B. Disability, Gender, Sex Changes, Veteran Status and Obesity
C. Race, Color, Ethnic Identification, Sexual Orientation and Age Discrimination
D. Emotional Pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment
D. Emotional Pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment
- What can be recovered by an individual from the officers or managers of a company under the Civil Rights Act of 1991 if a manager is found guilty?
A. No damages can be recovered
B. Business insurance will cover the damages awarded
C. The company can be for awarded damages and lawyer fees
D. The manager can be held personally for awarded damages and lawyer fees
D. The manager can be held personally for awarded damages and lawyer fees
- Which of the following activities creates a hostile work environment under the Sexual Harassment provisions?
A. Using humor in the work place
B. Consenting verbal flirtations with co-workers
C. Talking with co-workers about social activities
D. Conduct which interferes with work performance
D. Conduct which interferes with work performance
- What are the content areas that a supervisor must take into consideration when writing a disciplinary memorandum?
A. Format, Tone and Vocabulary
B. Praising Introduction, Body and Conclusions
C. Opening Question, Highlights, Specific Clauses and Recommendations
D. Topic, Purpose, Specific Objective, Executive Summary and Lead-in with Praise
A. Format, Tone and Vocabulary
- In 1935 the Wagner Act was enacted and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was formed. What type of disputes is the NLRB empowered to resolve?
A. Owner- Contractor disputes
B. Architect- Contractor disputes
C. Contractor- Subcontractor disputes
D. Organized Labor-Contractor disputes
D. Organized Labor-Contractor disputes
- In 1959 the Landrum-Griffin Act was enacted. Which party and what rules were enacted?
A. Union officials must follow established rules for picketing a job site
B. Management must not coerce employees and they must bargain in good faith
C. Management must pay employees on federal projects the prevailing wage rate
D. Union officials must report organization activities and finances to congress yearly
D. Union officials must report organization activities and finances to congress yearly
- In 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act was enacted. Which party were unfair practices established against?
A. Union’s management
B. Owner’s management
C. Contractor’s management
D. Subcontractor’s management
A. Union’s management
- In 1932 the Norris-LaGuardia Act was enacted, and it prohibited the use of a Yellow Dog contract. What is a Yellow Dog contract?
A. It outlawed secondary boycotts that required a contractor to put pressure on another party to conform under the agreement
B. It outlawed union-employer agreements that require the contractor to refrain from handling the products of another contractor or supplier
C. It outlawed the use of a pre-hiring agreement that requires employees to agree that they will not join a union while employed with the company
D. It prohibited the use of pre-hiring agreements requiring a job applicant not to join a union or to renounce their union membership while employed
D. It prohibited the use of pre-hiring agreements requiring a job applicant not to join a union or to renounce their union membership while employed
- What is the name of the act that requires the contractor to pay prevailing wage rates on all federally-funded projects?
A. Wagner Act
B. Taft-Hartley Act
C. Davis-Bacon Act
D. Norris-LaGuardia Act
C. Davis-Bacon Act
- In 1935 the Wagner Act was enacted and made it unlawful to enter into a Hot-Cargo Agreement. What is a Hot-Cargo Agreement?
A. It outlawed the practice that requires employees to agree that they will not join a union while employed
B. It outlawed the practice that requires a worker to be a member of the appropriate union at the time of hiring
C. It outlawed secondary boycotts that required a contractor to put pressure on another party to conform under the agreement
D. It outlawed union-employer agreement that requires the contractor to refrain from handling the products of another contractor or supplier
D. It outlawed union-employer agreement that requires the contractor to refrain from handling the products of another contractor or supplier
- The 1947 Taft-Hartley Act prohibited featherbedding. What is featherbedding?
A. The practice of refusing to bargain in good faith
B. The practice of paying the union for services not performed
C. The practice of discharging an employee for union membership
D. The practice of requiring a job applicant to sign a pre-hiring agreement
B. The practice of paying the union for services not performed
- What is a court order that prohibits a union or contractor to stop certain activities?
A. Strike
B. Lockout
C. Directive
D. Injunction
D. Injunction
- What is the name of the illegal dispute between a contractor and a union that causes the employees of a neutral party to exert pressure on the contractor to settle called?
A. Lockout
B. Primary boycott
C. Secondary boycott
D. Jurisdictional dispute
C. Secondary boycot
- What is a dispute between two unions over work activities requiring the contractor to assign the work to one of the unions involved called?
A. Primary boycott
B. Secondary boycott
C. Jurisdictional dispute
D. Subcontractor dispute
C. Jurisdictional dispute
- What is a contractor referred to that defends the concept of the right of each contractor to decide the crew size, the job activities assigned and establish their wages according to each individual’s ability and performance?
A. Merit shop contractor
B. Union shop contractor
C. Agent shop contractor
D. Closed shop contractor
A. Merit shop contractor
- What is the procedure established in the labor agreement that provides for meetings between successively higher levels of union-contractor management to resolve employee disputes without work stoppage called?
A. Grievance procedure
B. Mediation procedure
C. Arbitration procedure
D. Jurisdictional dispute
A. Grievance procedure
- The EEO clause on a project states that “on this project a total of 13 percent of the contract award value shall be for DBE’s.” What is this DBE hiring percentage considered according to the law?
A. Goal
B. Obligation
C. Minimum Requirement
D. Maximum Requirement
A. Goal
