Question 1

A defined contribution plan is an employer commitment to make specified future payments to participants upon retirement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In a collective bargaining contract, the parties are generally not free to make an employment contract on any terms that they wish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Public policy exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine apply only to "whistleblowing" situations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Employers generally have the right to lay off employees because of economic conditions, including a lack of work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Under the common law, an employer is under a duty to furnish an employee with a sufficient number of competent fellow employees for the work involved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Under the modern trend of the employment-at-will doctrine, the employer is allowed to terminate the employment contract at any time for any reason or for no reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

An employment contract of indefinite duration is: ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  terminable at will by the employer. 
B)  terminable at will by the employee. 
C)  terminable at will by both the employer and the employee. 
D)  invalid. 
A)  terminable at will by the employer. 
B)  terminable at will by the employee. 
C)  terminable at will by both the employer and the employee. 
D)  invalid.

Question 8

An employer may be justified in discharging an employee in any of the following scenarios except: ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  nonperformance of duties. 
B)  incompetency. 
C)  serious misconduct. 
D)  age. 
A)  nonperformance of duties. 
B)  incompetency. 
C)  serious misconduct. 
D)  age.

Question 9

Grievance procedures established in most collective bargaining agreements provide a means by which persons claiming the contract has been violated may have their cases decided by impartial third parties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Employers may verify ______ through the federal government's employment verification program using the ______ system.

Accepted Answer

A)  employers' compliance with ICRA, E-Verify 
B)  new employee eligibility status, I-9 
C)  new employee eligibility status, E-Verify 
D)  new employee eligibility status, ICRA 
A)  employers' compliance with ICRA, E-Verify 
B)  new employee eligibility status, I-9 
C)  new employee eligibility status, E-Verify 
D)  new employee eligibility status, ICRA

Question 11

Deductions from wages for cash or merchandise shortages are legal even if they reduce an employee's wages below the minimum wage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Joe Swartz, an employee of Acme Company, worked for months during company time and used Acme's equipment to develop an idea that he had been nurturing. Finally, the idea came to fruition. Swartz's employer laid claim to the invention on the grounds that the firm's equipment had been utilized on company time. Swartz had obtained a patent on the invention and claimed that his employer had no rights to the invention at all. Who is right? How could an employer guard against such arguments in the future?

Accepted Answer

The inventions of an employee, even when

Question 13

Under a collective bargaining situation: ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  groups of employers meet to draw up contracts for all of their employees. 
B)  representatives of the employees bargain with a single employer or a group of employers for an agreement on wages, hours, and working conditions for the employees. 
C)  groups of employees meet to dictate the terms of employment to their employers. 
D)  both management and labor meet to arbitrate their differences. 
A)  groups of employers meet to draw up contracts for all of their employees. 
B)  representatives of the employees bargain with a single employer or a group of employers for an agreement on wages, hours, and working conditions for the employees. 
C)  groups of employees meet to dictate the terms of employment to their employers. 
D)  both management and labor meet to arbitrate their differences.

Exam 38: Regulation of Employment

A defined contribution plan is an employer commitment to make specified future payments to participants upon retirement.

In a collective bargaining contract, the parties are generally not free to make an employment contract on any terms that they wish.

Public policy exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine apply only to "whistleblowing" situations.

Employers generally have the right to lay off employees because of economic conditions, including a lack of work.

Under the common law, an employer is under a duty to furnish an employee with a sufficient number of competent fellow employees for the work involved.

Under the modern trend of the employment-at-will doctrine, the employer is allowed to terminate the employment contract at any time for any reason or for no reason.

An employment contract of indefinite duration is: ______.

An employer may be justified in discharging an employee in any of the following scenarios except: ______.

Grievance procedures established in most collective bargaining agreements provide a means by which persons claiming the contract has been violated may have their cases decided by impartial third parties.

Employers may verify ______ through the federal government's employment verification program using the ______ system.

Deductions from wages for cash or merchandise shortages are legal even if they reduce an employee's wages below the minimum wage.

Under a collective bargaining situation: ______.

The Nature and Sources of Law

The Court System and Dispute Resolution

Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law

The Constitution As the Foundation of the Legal Environment

Government Regulation of Competition and Prices

Administrative Agencies

Crimes

Torts

Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet

The Legal Environment of International Trade

Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet

Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance

Capacity and Genuine Assent

Consideration

Legality and Public Policy

Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts

Third Persons and Contracts

Discharge of Contracts

Breach of Contract and Remedies

Personal Property and Bailments

Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management

Nature and Form of Sales

Title and Risk of Loss

Product Liability: Warranties and Torts

Obligations and Performance

Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts

Kinds of Negotiable Instruments and Negotiability

Transfers of Negotiable Instruments and Warranties of Parties

Liability of the Parties Under Negotiable Instruments

Checks and Funds Transfers

Nature of the Debtor Creditor Relationship

Consumer Protection

Secured Transactions in Personal Property

Bankruptcy

Insurance

Agency

Third Persons in Agency

Equal Employment Opportunity Law

Types of Business Organizations

Partnerships

LPs, LLCs, and LLPs

Corporate Formation

Shareholder Rights in Corporations

Securities Regulation

Accountants Liability and Malpractice

Management of Corporations

Real Property

Environmental Law and Land Use Controls

Leases

Decedents Estates and Trusts

Filters

Employers may verify through the federal government's employment verification program using the system.