Exam 14: Employee Rights and Responsibilities

Companies are more likely to use a formal employment contract when employees are internally promoted rather than being hired from outside the organization.

Which of the following approaches to discipline builds on the philosophy that violations are actions that usually can be corrected constructively without penalty?

Evaluative mediation techniques foster communication among the parties involved to help uncover options for settling.

In the United States, the right of protection from unreasonable search and seizure _____.

An individual's right to freedom of speech, which is granted by the U.S. Constitution, is unrestricted in the workplace.

Dependency on illegal drugs is not a disability under the American with Disabilities Act.

Implied promises in an employee handbook constitute a contract between an employer and its employees, even without a signed contract document.

The Employee Polygraph Protection Act allows the use of polygraphs for most pre-employment screening.

Dangerous duties, insulting comments, and failure to provide reasonable work are examples of actions that can lead to a claim of constructive discharge.

_____ is defined in legal terms as an individual's freedom from unauthorized and unreasonable intrusion into personal affairs.

The employee contract of Uranus Inc. clearly states that "every employee in the company must avoid smoking within the company premises." This best exemplifies a _____.

The right of U.S. citizens to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure does not apply to private-sector employees searched at work by representatives of their employers.

Both private- and public-sector employers, even if they believe that work rules have been violated, cannot search desks, files, lockers, and computer files without search warrants.

Discuss dress and body appearance limitations imposed on employees in the workplace by employers.

Explain some of the best practices that should be used when conducting workplace investigations. Discuss the use of polygraph tests as a component of investigation procedures.

In the context of a typical progressive discipline process, a second offense requires the employer to _____.

The statutory exception to employment at will indicates that:

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a pharmaceutical company suspects that one of the senior scientists in the company has been selling confidential information to a competitor. The CEO asks the scientist to take a polygraph test. In the context of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which of the following is true of the given scenario?

How does procedural justice differ from distributive justice?

Several comprehensive whistle-blowing laws fully protect the right to free speech of both public- and private-sector employees.