Exam 15: Employment, immigration, and Labor Law

To receive benefits under a state workers' compensation law,an employee injured on the job must promptly sue the employer.

Most of the states and the federal government have enacted statutes to protect employees who report wrongdoing from employer retaliation.

For a union election to be held,the organizers must show that a majority of the workers support the union.

Healthy Harvest Company runs a fruit processing and packaging plant.Most of Healthy Harvest's business is done during holiday seasons,especially between Halloween and New Year's Day,and in the spring.The company hires a large temporary workforce during its busiest times.Can Healthy Harvest hire noncitizens for its temporary,seasonal work? If so,what procedures must the employer follow to do this hiring? If not,how can Healthy Harvest be assured that it is hiring only citizens?

Elin is thirteen years old.Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,she cannot

Denny works for Engineers P.A.While working on an Engineers project,Denny is injured.Under state workers' compensation laws,he will be compensated only if the injury was

The National Labor Relations Act established the right of private-sector employees to form unions and to strike.

During collective bargaining sessions,both parties may engage in hard bargaining,but the process must be geared to reaching a compromise.

The Immigration Act limits the number of legal immigrants entering the United States.

If a state law requires employers to give employees one day off per week,an employee who works that one day may be entitled to overtime pay under federal law.

Flower Workers Union represents the employees of Garden Variety Inc.The company does not require its new hires to join the union as a prerequisite to obtaining employment.This most likely violates

An employer can eliminate a worker's medical,optical,or dental insurance coverage on the voluntary termination of the worker's employment.

An employer cannot discharge a worker who,in good faith,refuses to work in a high-risk area if bodily harm or death might result.

Federal wage-hour requirements apply to all employers engaged in interstate commerce,in producing goods for interstate commerce,and in certain other businesses.

An employer can waive or reduce the federal overtime pay requirements if the waiver or reduction is applied to all otherwise eligible and ineligible employees.

Food Market Company employs workers,including Gina,at six locations in two states.Food Market's discharge of Gina outside the terms of an implied employment contract may result in

Salsa Inc.employs three hundred workers at four locations in two states.Under federal law,Salsa must provide each employee,during any twelve-month period,family or medical leave of

Devon takes temporary family leave from her job at Equipment Sales Company to care for a newborn baby.With respect to Devon's health-care coverage,during the leave,under the Family and Medical Leave Act,Equipment

The employees of Beverage Bottling Company designate Cola Cappers Union as their bargaining representative.Beverage refuses to bargain with the union.This most likely violates

In states that require a minimum wage that is higher than the specified federal minimum wage,employees are entitled only to the lower federal amount.