Exam 15: Employment and Labor Regulations

Stark Excavating was replacing a fire hydrant. OSHA inspector Armstrong came to the worksite and saw that the sides of the hole where the hydrant was being installed were too steep, so the dirt might collapse. Stark knew the sides were steep but wanted to do the work quickly so as to avoid disruption to local businesses. Armstrong issued a "willful violation" citation. Start appealed that the citation should not be of such a serious nature. The appeals court held that the citation would be:

An anti-raiding covenant is one in which:

Anti-raiding covenants, when a company has employees agree not to hire company employees in the future for another firm, are upheld in most states in certain circumstances.

An agency shop is a place of employment where a majority of the workers are represented by a union but the rest of the workers refuse to be represented by the union.

If the NLRB finds that an employer has engaged in an unfair labor practice, it can order the worker be provided back pay or even be rehired if he was dismissed.

If a dispute between an employer and the union representing workers cannot be resolved by the standard internal grievance procedure, then most collective bargaining agreements call for the dispute to go to:

Anti-raiding covenants, by which an employee signs an agreement not to hire away other employees in employment in the future, are illegal in all states.

A public policy exception to employment at-will gives the employee the right to sue for wrongful discharge. Such suits are quite common.

Under federal immigration law all:

____ under ERISA is when an employee becomes the owner of his retirement proceeds.

State right-to-work laws are allowed by:

The financial status of unions is private information known only by union members.

Which of the following is not a requirement of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 imposed on all companies that do more than $25,000 worth of business with the federal government?

If an at-will employee is fired for filing for workers' compensation benefits, the employer's action may be in violation of public policy.

Which of the following documents can be used as proof of personal identity and of employment eligibility:

Protected concerted activities under the NLRA, that covers all workers, unionized or not, include:

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, workers under the influence of alcohol or other drugs are ____ times more likely to suffer an injury or cause one than someone else.

Employees among the 10 percent highest paid, whose leave would cause "substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the employer":

The main objective of ERISA is to guarantee expectations of retirement plan participants.

Supporters of the current minimum-wage system argue that: