Exam 39: Regulation of Employment

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.

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.

An agreement by an employee to refrain from disclosing trade secrets is generally not binding.

Employers are required to maintain records of certain occupational illnesses and injuries by:

An employment contract always will state a time or duration for the contract's applicability.

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

When an employer has a contract with an employee for the employee to work for a set period of time,which of the following would not justify discharging the employee?

An employee has the same status as:

To be eligible for FMLA leave,an employee must have been employed by a covered employer for at least __________ months and have worked at least __________ hours during the 12-month period preceding the leave.

Under collective bargaining:

A dispute arose in a small factory and the workers decided to strike concerning the firing of an employee for union-organizing activity.As the strike wore on without resolution,the employer hired what the employer called permanent replacements for the strikers.Eventually,the strike was settled.Are the fired workers entitled to getting their jobs back?

Which of the following groups may legally be paid less than minimum wage?

If an employment contract provides that an employee can be fired only for "good cause" or "just cause," a lesser standard for discharge such as the employment-at-will doctrine will not be allowed by a court.

Collective bargaining agreements generally are subject to a ratification vote by the employees.

In older cases,the employer-employee relationship was referred to as the master-servant relationship.

Under the employment-at-will doctrine,the employer has historically been allowed to terminate the employment contract at any time for any reason or for no reason.

The rights of an employee with respect to compensation are governed in general by the same principles that apply to the compensation of an agent.

Vesting refers to the ability of an employer to reclaim all of the funds it may have paid into a former employee's retirement fund upon that employee's decision to resign.

Employment law is based on a combination of contract law and the law established by courts,lawmakers,and administrative agencies.

If a prospective employee offers a driver's license and a Social Security card to verify employment eligibility in the United States the employer is prohibited from requiring other documentation.