Exam 15: Employee Rights and Responsibilities

A disclaimer in the employee handbook that employees can be terminated at any time with or without cause is an assertion of the employers' right of employment-at-will.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Employment practices liability insurance

How have the courts treated unionized workers and employment-at-will actions?

Discipline is a form of training that enforces organizational rules.

An agreement in which an employee who is being terminated agrees not to sue the employer in exchange for specific benefits is called a/an

The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988

An employee has rights and responsibilities beyond those spelled out in the job description,employment contract,HR policies,and the employee handbook.

Emily was selected for jury duty for a multiple-homicide trial.The jury was sequestered for three months,resulting in Emily's being unable to work for that entire time.Her employer fired her.Emily

Some employers,especially those in industries where there are shortages of qualified applicants,do not test applicants for drug use.

Henry was expecting to be promoted to shift supervisor,but George was promoted instead.Henry felt that although he and George both had outstanding performance appraisals,he should have gotten the promotion because he was hired two years before George.Seniority should be the deciding factor in promotion decisions in Henry's point of view,and he doesn't understand why a less-senior employee should be promoted ahead of him.Henry's sense of unfairness about the promotion can be defined as

Mere employee expectations about acceptable behavior and/or performance cannot legally be considered an implied contract.

Traditionally,formal employment contracts were negotiated mainly for

As Director of HR for a utility which operates three nuclear plants,you have been approached by the CEO regarding implanting Radio Frequency Identification chips into employees who have access to critical areas of the plants.With terrorism and sabotage being increasingly worrisome,the CEO thinks that this might significantly improve security in the plants and would be considered workplace monitoring.He asks your opinion.You respond that

In most states,public sector employees have greater access to their personnel files than do private-sector employees.

What should be the goal of counseling as a part of the positive discipline process?

Which of the following is FALSE?

In some circumstances is legal for an employer to investigate an employee's behavior at the workplace based on behavior off the job.

Paul is a recreational user of illegal substances and does not intend to stop using them.He is graduating from high school and considering his career choices.All of the following occupations EXCEPT ____ would subject Paul to DOT drug testing.

If an employee is terminated for reasons that are illegal or improper,this is termed