Legal Environment Business Exam 4 (chapter 15 quiz)

Heber, Irma, and Jon apply to work for Kitchen Chicken Inc. in Louisiana. These individuals' eligibility to work must be verified by

Kitchen Chicken.

Frank is an employee of Guitar Makers LLC. Guitar's employee manual states that workers, such as Frank, will be dismissed only for good cause. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

an exception based on contract theory.

Gobi is an employee of Haz-Mat, Inc. He refuses a transfer to a Haz-Mat department in which several employees suffered serious injuries from exposure to hazardous materials. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Gobi may be

entitled to protection from discharge.

Federal overtime provisions apply only after a covered employee works more than

forty hours in a week.

The purpose of state workers' compensation laws is to establish an administrative process for compensating workers for

injuries that arise in the course of employment, regardless of fault.

Investment Corporation wants to monitor business communications on phones that the employer provides to the employees. The employer's best course of action to avoid liability under laws related to employee monitoring is to inform

its employees.

Finance Accountants, P.A., is a private employer. In most circumstances, federal law generally prohibits Finance from subjecting its employees to

lie-detector tests.

Steel Mill Inc., employs five hundred workers. For the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Steel must do all of the following except

pay employees higher wages for working in more dangerous areas.

Good faith in collective bargaining between a union and an employer does not include

rejecting a proposal without offering a counter proposal.

Ceramic Workers Union represents the workers of Delta Tile LLC. The union fails to hold elections for union officers. This most likely violates

the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

Retail Company is located in Seattle, Washington, where the city and the state have minimum wage laws. Retail pays its starting employees the legal minimum rate, which, among the governing laws, is

the highest minimum wage.

Berry Farm Inc. employs hundreds of seasonal and permanent workers, both skilled and unskilled, in three states. Under federal immigration law, Berry Farm can hire illegal immigrants

under no circumstances.

Tom is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he cannot

work in a hazardous occupation.

Health Clinic Inc. has no written employment manual or oral discharge policy, avoids abusive treatment of its staff, and acts to prevent illegal and unsafe activities. The clinic freely hires and fires its employees, who are similarly free to quit at any time. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

an example of the doctrine.

Owen is an employee of Paving Inc., which is performing a contract for the federal government. Owen learns that Paving is overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the fraud, the law may protect him from being fired from his job. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

an exception based on a statute.

Baristas Union petitions the National Labor Relations Board for an election on organizing a union among the employees of Coffee Café Company. For an election to be held, the union must represent

employees whose skills, duties, and pay are similar.

Technicians Union represents the workers of United Engineering Inc. The union and the employer bargain in good faith but are unable to reach an agreement because of genuine differences of opinion. The union may call a strike

if the parties are dead locked.

Aircraft Corporation employs mechanics, programmers, outside salespersons, and professionals, including pilots. Employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions include all of the following except

mechanics.

Assembly Corporation operates a plant near the border between the United States and Mexico. Due to the location, it would be easier for the company to employ noncitizens. In this circumstance, it is legal for a U.S. employer to A. refer for a fee persons not authorized to work in the United States. B. recruit persons not authorized to work in the United States. C. none of the choices. D. hire persons not authorized to work in the United States.

none of the choices.

Analytic Data Inc. wants to hire Benazir, a noncitizen. A work visa is most likely to be set aside for a noncitizen if

there is a shortage of qualified U.S. workers capable of doing the work.

The Family and Medical Leave Act requires certain employees to provide eligible employees with family or medical leave for any of the following reasons except

to go on an extended family vacation.