Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) an example of the doctrine. 
B) an exception based on contract theory. 
C) an exception based on public policy. 
D) an exception based on tort theory.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ​federal labor law. 
B)  ​state right-to-work laws. 
C)  ​federal wage-and-hour laws. 
D)  ​no federal or state law.

Question 4

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​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the local office of the National Labor Relations Board. 
B)  ​the governments of interested foreign nations. 
C)  ​the government of the state in which Restocking is based. 
D)  ​the federal government.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) an example of the doctrine. 
B) an exception based on contract theory. 
C) an exception based on public policy. 
D) an exception based on tort theory.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ​King Produce. 
B)  ​Hu, Ivan, and Juana. 
C)  ​Languor City officials. 
D)  ​U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Question 10

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​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​are fired for gross misconduct. 
B)  ​are laid off for budgetary reasons. 
C)  ​have their hours decreased from full-time to part-time. 
D)  ​quit their jobs voluntarily.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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?​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Healthy Harvest Company runs a candy and...

Question 13

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​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​hiring more workers than are needed to do a certain project. 
B)  ​employee wages. 
C)  ​employment benefits. 
D)  ​working conditions.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ​each new hire. 
B)  ​only those hired as contractors. 
C)  ​only those hired as day workers. 
D)  ​none of the choices.

Question 17

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ​bargain collectively with their employer through their representative. 
B)  ​insist that their employer require union membership to work. 
C)  ​require their employer to contribute financially to their union. 
D)  ​refuse to bargain with their employer through their representative.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ​be willing and able to work. 
B)  ​have been fired for misconduct. 
C)  ​have voluntarily left his job. 
D)  ​not be actively seeking employment.

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.

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​

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

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

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

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