Exam 24: Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law

Freeman is an employee of Guitar & Drum Company. Guitar & Drum’s employee manual states that workers, such as Freeman, will be dismissed only for good cause. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

The Occupational Safety and Health Act imposes a general duty on employers to keep workplaces safe.

After a union election campaign among the employees of Frozen Foods Packaging & Sales Company, the Food Packagers International Union does not obtain a majority vote in the election. This violates

Restocking Warehouse Corporation keeps a file of I-9 verifications forms, which are required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act. To monitor compliance with the act, random audits and enforcement actions are conducted by​

A proposed union must represent an appropriate bargaining unit of an employer's employees.

Right-to-work laws make it illegal for employers to refuse to hire applicants who are willing and able to work.

Children aged fourteen and fifteen are allowed to work in hazardous occupations.

Aisha is an employee at Bento Food Mart. Aisha is called for jury duty and as a result cannot work her scheduled shift. Bento fires Aisha. She successfully sues Bento for reinstatement. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

Hu, Ivan, and Juana apply to work for King Produce Packing Company in Languor City, Georgia. These individuals' eligibility to work must be verified by

GameCraft, Inc., employs four hundred workers at three locations in three states. Workers who lose their jobs with GameCraft have a right to continued health-care coverage under the company's group plan unless they​

Employers can require or cause employees, but not job applicants, to take lie-detector tests.

Healthy Harvest Company runs a candy and fruit processing and packaging plant. Most of Healthy Harvest's business is done during holiday seasons, especially between Halloween and New Year's Day, and in the spring. The company hires a large temporary workforce during its busiest times. Can Healthy Harvest hire noncitizens for its temporary, seasonal work? If so, what procedures must the employer follow to do this hiring? If not, how can Healthy Harvest be assured that it is hiring only citizens?​

Service Employees International Union represents the employees of Business & Commerce Credit Corporation. Potential subjects of collective bargaining between the union and the corporation do not include​

Private retirement plans set up by employers are covered by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act.

Federal law enables employees to continue health-care coverage after their jobs have been terminated and they are no longer eligible for group health-insurance plans.

Mei-Ling, Norberto, and Oki apply to work for Poultry Processing, Inc. Poultry Processing must verify the identity of

The most common exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is made on the basis that a worker was fired for reasons that violate fundamental common sense.

Children under fourteen years of age are not allowed to work.

Trang is an employee of U.S. Natural Gas Company. Under federal law, Trang and other employees have the right to​

Ester is a current employee of Fiber Optics, Inc. Gage, a former Fiber Optics employee, is currently unemployed. To collect unemployment compensation, Gage must​