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Interactive Quiz for ALT-12e, Chapter 34
Chapter 34 –Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law
1. The term employment at will means that:
a. either party (employer or employee) may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason or no reason, so long as the termination does not violate a statutory law or an employment contract.
b. the employer must hire when the will of the employee coincides with the will of the employer.
c. the employee may quit his or her job only for cause, and only after consulting with the employer.
d. the employer may not fire an employee except for cause, and only after a formal review process.
Answers:
a. Correct. This is the legal meaning of employment at will.
b. Incorrect. This is not what employment at will means.
c. Incorrect. Employment at will definitely does not mean that you may quit only for cause.
d. Incorrect. Employment at will does not mean that an employer may fire an employee only for cause and after a review process.
2. When someone is a whistleblower, what do they do?
a. They monitor environmental progress on federal projects.
b. They consult union organizers in elections.
c. They alert workers when it is time for union meetings.
d. They tell government officials, upper management, or the press that their employer is engaged in an unsafe or illegal activity.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. This is not what whistleblowers do.
b. Incorrect. This is not what whistleblowers do.
c. Incorrect. This is not what whistleblowers do.
d. Correct. A whistleblower is an informant, someone who tells someone else that his or her employer is acting in an illegal or unsafe fashion.
3. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) DID NOT do which of the following?
a. Require overtime payment after an employee works forty hours in one week.
b. Prohibit oppressive child labor.
c. Restrict the power of federal courts to issue injunctions against unions.
d. Extend minimum-wage rules to employees in covered industries.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. This is one of the provisions of the act.
b. Incorrect. This is one of the provisions of the act.
c. Correct. This is not a part of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
d. Incorrect. This is one of the provisions of the Act.
4, Under the NLRA, unfair employer practices are prohibited. Which of the following IS NOT an unfair employer practice?
a. A refusal to bargain collectively with the duly designated representative of the employees.
b. A refusal to discriminate against employees for filing charges under the act.
c. Interference with employee efforts to unionize.
d. Employer domination of a labor organization.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. This is an unfair labor practice.
b. Correct. This is not an unfair labor practice under the NLRA.
c. Incorrect. This is an unfair labor practice.
d. Incorrect. This is an unfair labor practice.
5. A closed shop may be defined as:
a. a place of employment in which most of the workers are union members.
b. a firm that requires union membership by its workers as a condition of employment.
c. a firm that keeps its doors shut to union members.
d. a firm that prohibits any efforts to introduce a union among its employees.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. This does not describe a closed shop.
b. Correct. This describes a closed shop. Closed shops are illegal.
c. Incorrect. This is not the proper description of a closed shop.
d. Incorrect. This does not describe a closed shop.
6. The central legal right of a union is:
a. the right to a monopolistic wage rate.
b. the right to engage in group boycotts.
c. the right to engage in collective bargaining.
d. the right to harass management.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. This is not considered a legal right of a union.
b. Incorrect. Unions may not engage in group boycotts.
c. Correct. The right to engage in collective bargaining with management over the terms and conditions of employment is the central legal right of a union.
d. Incorrect. Although management may feel harassed by a union, this is not a central legal right of a union.
7. Federal rules and regulations concerning worker safety are enforced by:
a. OSHA.
b. the NLRB.
c. the EEOC.
d. the CSPC.
Answers:
a. Correct. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces worker safety rules and regulations.
b. Incorrect. The NLRB enforces regulations governing unions and their activities.
c. Incorrect. The EEOC enforces rules and regulations concerning employment discrimination.
d. Incorrect. The Consumer Safety Product Commission does not enforce workplace safety rules.
8. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 requires employers who have fifty or more employees to provide employees with:
a. up to five weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
b. up to ten weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
c. up to twelve weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
d. up to twenty-four weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. The act requires employers to provide up to twelve weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
b. Incorrect. The act requires employers to provide up to twelve weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
c. Correct. The act requires employers to provide up to twelve weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
d. Incorrect. The act requires employers to provide up to twelve weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
9. In cases brought by employees alleging that their privacy has been invaded by e-mail monitoring:
a. the courts have tended to hold for the employees.
b. the courts have tended to hold for the employers.
c. the courts have tended to hold for the employers but only if the employees were informed of the monitoring.
d. the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the employees’ right to privacy has been violated.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. The courts have tended to hold for the employers.
b. Correct. The courts generally reasoned that because the employer provides the e-mail system for the employees’ on-the-job use, employees should have no expectation of privacy when using the system.
c. Incorrect. The courts have tended to hold for the employers even when employees were not informed that their e-mail would be monitored.
d. Incorrect. The United States Supreme Court has not yet reviewed a decision regarding employee privacy rights with respect to e-mail systems.
10. If you were going to challenge the constitutionality of a drug test required by your employer, a federal government agency, which part of the U.S. Constitution would you rely upon?
a. The Second Amendment.
b. The Fourth Amendment.
c. The Eighth Amendment.
d. The Thirteenth Amendment.
Answers:
a. Incorrect. The Second Amendment protects citizens’ right to bear arms.
b. Correct. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. Depending on the circumstances, a drug test could be considered an unreasonable search.
c. Incorrect. The Eighth Amendment protects citizens from excessive fines and from cruel and unusual punishments.
d. Incorrect. The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery.