Exam 41: Employment Law

Webster Industries has a unionized workforce.Fredrick's job of operating a stamping machine has been eliminated by technological advances,but the union is requiring Webster to pay Fredrick for the work he would have performed had the machine still been in operation.This requirement is a violation of:

Remedies for the Equal Pay Act would include:

A major defense to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is compliance with a bona fide seniority system.

To recover on a claim under workers' compensation,the worker must prove the employer was negligent.

Which of the following would violate the Taft-Hartley Act?

Which of the following activities is identified as an unfair employer practice under the NLRA?

Which of the following is NOT true about Social Security?

IBN has two manufacturing facilities,one in New York and one in Oklahoma.Marjorie has worked in the Oklahoma plant for 15 years assembling resistors.Her sister,Ellen,has worked at the same plant for 15 years also.Their brother,Hank,has worked there for 10 years in the same job as his sisters.Ellen transfers to the New York facility.Their salaries are now as follows: Marjorie-$12 per hour; Ellen-$19.50 per hour; Hank-$14 per hour.Is there a violation of the Equal Pay Act?

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act extended the benefits of Title VII to pregnant women.

Regarding drug and alcohol testing of employees by employers:

Briefly trace the history of labor law in the United States.In your discussion,identify four major federal labor laws and their purposes.

The Landrum-Griffin Act attempts to eradicate corruption through an elaborate reporting system and a union "bill of rights" designed to make unions more democratic.

In recent years,the courts have unanimously reinforced the common law doctrine of employment at will.

In a disparate impact case,the Civil Rights Act of 1991 now provides that if an employer can prove the "business necessity" of a challenged employment practice,the plaintiff cannot win.

Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act:

Which of the following are prohibited under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

What are the remedies available for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

The EEOC has issued a statement that affirmative action is lawful only when it is designed to respond to a serious imbalance in the workforce; if it does,the affirmative action must consider the rights of non-minorities or men and need not have a time limit.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:

What is the difference between a "closed shop" and a "union shop"?