Exam 15: Employment and Labor Regulations

The Family and Medical Leave Act does not apply to persons who work for the government.

An unfair labor case is filed with the National Labor Relations Board and goes before an administrative law judge for resolution. If one of the parties is unhappy with the decision of the judge, they may appeal to:

If the National Labor Relations Board determines that an employer has committed an unfair labor practice, which of the following remedies may it not impose on the employer?

An airline hired new flight attendants when current attendants went on strike when the collective bargaining agreement ended. When the strike was over, the airline only called back a few of the attendants who had been on strike. The union claimed the striking attendants had to be rehired with seniority and the new flight attendants fired. About the replacement workers, you would expect the court held the union was:

Employees may be required to sign, as a condition of employment, an agreement that they will not leave the company and go to work for themselves or a competitor firm in a position that could inflict competitive injury on the employer. This is called:

The National Labor Relations Act states that only union members may engage in concerted activities.

Which agency is responsible for deciding administrative cases brought by OSHA:

A union bargaining unit may consist of all employees of a company.

Union certification is granted by the NLRB if:

Certain contracts as a part of the employment relationship are held to violate public policy.

In Teamsters Local Union No. 523 v. NLRB the appeals court held that a union had improperly demanded "excessive" wage increases from an employer.

Collective bargaining refers to the process by which the:

In workers' compensation cases, the employer is shielded from tort liability.

In the Beck case, the Supreme Court held that non-union employees must pay all agency fees requested by the union that engages in collective bargaining on their behalf.

Grievance arbitration clauses are in about 50% of all collective bargaining agreements.

Which of the following is a benefit category of workers' compensation:

ERISA sets requirements that pension plans vest in employees (become their property) after a certain number of years of service.

Death, total disability, permanent partial disability, temporary partial disability, and medical expenses are all:

For a union to represent workers at a workplace, two-thirds of the workers must vote for union representation.

Employers may use the CIS-Verify program to check employee eligibility status.