Exam 42: Employment Law

At common law, an employee at will can be dismissed either with or without cause at any time unless the employee has a special circumstance, such as being represented by a labor union.

Under federal law, employers may require any employee to undergo a lie detector test.

All of the following are true concerning the Occupational Safety and Health Act EXCEPT:

The Landrum-Griffin Act would protect against:

Employers are required to treat pregnancy like any other temporary disability.

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 provides that all victims of intentional discrimination, except victims of disparate impact, can recover compensatory and punitive damages.

In recent years, the courts have unanimously reinforced the common law doctrine of employment at will.

When a state government adopts an affirmative action plan that is challenged as constituting illegal reverse discrimination, the plan is subject to:

The Recreation and Parks Agency of the state government has six employees and is interviewing for a person to teach gymnastics and arts and crafts to 3-5 year olds.Ed, age 68, applies but is told he is too old.If he sues under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the agency's best defense would be:

The Fair Labor Standards Act would concern which of the following?

The basic enforcement mechanism of is a system of on-site inspections by safety and health inspectors.

Under the NLRA, an employer can legally refuse to bargain with the union as a means of applying economic pressure.

Although most statutory enactments relating to employment are federal laws, state statutes sometimes cover areas of employment law.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act protects the job reinstatement rights of women returning from maternity leave.

Well-established defenses that were available to the employer for a negligence suit filed by injured employees at common law included all of the following except:

Workers' Compensation Acts have been adopted by all states in an effort to provide speedier and more certain relief to injured workers than was available through litigation.

The EEOC allows discrimination in employment because of differences in bona fide occupational qualifications.

Which of the following is prohibited under federal labor laws?

Privacy protection for employees is limited to remedies available in tort law.

Which of the following is NOT covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act?