Chapter 20 True/False Questions

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

False

Employers are required to establish retirements plans fro their employees.

False

Generally, under employment -at-will doctrine, an employer may fire an employee even if doing so would violate a federal or state statute.

False

The most common exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is made on the basis that the employer's reason for firing the employee violates fundamental common sense.

False

To recover workers' compensation, an employee must prove that an injury did not occur on the job or in the course of employment.

False

Vesting gives an employee a legal right to receive pension benefits at some future date when he or she stops working.

False

An employee may take up to twenty-six weeks of military caregiver leave within a twelve-month period to care for a family member with a serious injury or illness incurred as a result of military duty.

True

An employer can voluntarily pay overtime in ineligible employees.

True

An employer generally is required to notify an employee when an absense will be counted as family or medical leave under federal law.

True

Certain employees are exempt form federal overtime provisions.

True

Certain employers must provide advance notice of a layoff to the affected workers or their representative (if the workers are members of a labor union).

True

Employees of private (nongovernment) employers have some privacy protection under the U.S. Constitution.

True

Employers have a general duty to keep workplaces safe.

True

Federal law does not restrict what employers may do on the basis of results of genetic testing.

True

Federal wage-hour laws cover all employers engaged in interstate commerce.

True

Generally, under the employment-at-will doctrine, an employee may quit a job at any time for any reason.

True

Like Social Security, Medicare is funded by contributions from the employer and the employee.

True

Most employers with fifty or more employees are required to offer health-insurance benefits.

True

The key consideration in determining whether an employment manual creates an implied contract is the employee's reasonable expectations.

True

Whenever a work-related injury or disease occurs, employers must make reports directly to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

True