Exam 14: Employment

Which of the following is not a protected class for purposes of illegal job description?

Companies should establish a sexual harassment policy containing all but which of the following?

The following question is permissible for an employer to ask during an employment interview: What medications are you taking?

All employees are subject to the minimum wage requirement.

The classes of people protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include disabled persons.

Which of the following does the Fair Labor Standards Act not require?

The __________________________________________________ requires employers to verify the employment eligibility of all employees to prevent illegal aliens from working in the United States.

The test to determine whether two jobs are the same for purposes of the rule of "equal pay for equal work" is ___________________________________________________________________.

An employee who works at the front desk of a hotel has requested a weekend day off to celebrate an annual religious holiday. The hotel is particularly busy on the weekend, and the employer is hesitant to release the employee from job obligations. Which of the following is false?

Concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act, the core responsibilities of a job as distinguished from marginal or incidental assignments are called the ___________________________________.

The receptionist at a restaurant is five months pregnant. Although she is capable of performing all of her job responsibilities, the employer prefers that a non-pregnant person greet diners. True or false: The employer can terminate the employment of the pregnant woman and replace her with a non-pregnant person.

An employer can pay a training wage below minimum wage to young workers entering the workforce for the first time, and training wages must be at least ____________________ percent of the minimum wage.

Which of the following is an example of sexual harassment in the form of a hostile work environment?

Based on the Civil Rights Act of 1991, compensatory and punitive damages are remedies available to plaintiffs who have been discriminated against on all but which one of the following?

A fifteen-story hotel is hiring someone to wash exterior windows. Due to the dangers of the job, it sought to hire only males. True or false: By considering only males in this circumstance, the hotel violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

In a discrimination case, the amount of compensatory damages an employer may be required to pay is unlimited.

If a job applicant is an alien qualified to work in this country but is not a U.S. citizen, an employer can legally refuse to hire that person on the basis that he or she is not a citizen.

If the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fails to act on a discrimination claim within 180 days, the claimant automatically loses the case and has no alternative remedies.

Courts have accepted the argument that comparable work requires equal pay.

The __________________________________________________ makes it unlawful for an employer to refuse to hire, on the basis of age, a person who is 40 years old or older.