Exam 20: Employment Law and Worker Protection

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The ________ guarantees workers unpaid time off from work for family and medical emergencies and other specified situations.

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Living wage laws are minimum wage laws enacted by cities.

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The general duty standard requires an employer to provide a work environment that does not result in its employees' mental stress.

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OSHA is a federal administrative agency within the Department of Labor that is empowered to enforce the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Overtime pay must always be set at twice the regular pay of an employee.

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________ occurs when an employee has a nonforfeitable right to receive pension benefits.

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The workers' compensation is a(n)________ remedy where workers cannot receive workers' compensation and sue their employers in court for damages.

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Under the ________ and state laws enacted to implement the program, employers are required to pay unemployment contributions.

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Which of the following has to be necessarily proved by a claimant pursuing compensation for an injury, under workers' compensation?

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The federal law called ________ permits employees and their beneficiaries to continue their group health insurance after an employee's employment have ended.

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Before the Industrial Revolution, the doctrine of laissez-faire governed the employment relationship in the United States.

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What is the employer's advantage in offering workers' compensation?

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Describe the measures taken by the U.S. Department of Labor against oppressive child labor.

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The ________ system was established to provide limited retirement and death benefits to covered employees and their dependents.

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The ________ Act forbids the use of oppressive child labor and makes it unlawful to ship goods produced by businesses that use oppressive child labor.

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Under the ________ Act, employees must make contributions (i.e., pay taxes)into the Social Security fund.

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The FLSA makes it unlawful to ship goods produced by businesses that use oppressive child labor.

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Child actors and performers are exempt from the child labor restriction of the FLSA.

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For an injury to be compensable under workers' compensation, the claimant must prove that he or she was harmed by an employment-related injury.

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According to the ________ Act, government employees can continue their group health insurance after termination of employment if they wish to do so.

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