MHR 461 Ch 15

The Family and Medical Leave Act gives employees the right to take:

12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for health and family-related reasons

A public policy exception to employment at-will gives the employee the right to sue for wrongful discharge. Such suits are quite common.

False

Which of the following workers would not be covered by the FMLA:

an employee who had not worked at all for at least a year

Exceptions to the presumption of at-will employment come from:

both courts and legislation

Workers' compensation law:

gives an employer immunity from employee tort suits arising from on-the-job accidents

Drug agents employed by the federal government are:

required to participate in drug-testing programs

Which of the following is not an objective of the workers' compensation law?

to encourage the use of the federal court system to resolve the rights of injured employees

A typical disability income, up to a state-imposed weekly maximum, is about:

two thirds of a worker's gross wages

Anti-raiding covenants are when one company contracts with another company not to raid it in an effort to hire away any of its employees.

False

Employers may give employees a drug test only if they are offered employment, not before.

False

Public policy exceptions to the at-will employment rule are common bases for suits by employees wrongfully dismissed.

False

Substance abuse policies put in place by employers are strictly an internal company concern, and are not affected by state or federal legal laws.

False

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that workers who are substance abusers are no more likely that any other worker to suffer an injury or to cause one.

False

A major concern of businesses about substance abuse is that it leads to higher medical insurance costs.

True

An at-will employee may be fired for leaving work to report for jury duty.

True

Certain contracts as a part of the employment relationship are held to violate public policy.

True

Employment-at-will means that, unless a contract holds otherwise, employers are free to fire workers at any time for any reason and employees are free to quit their jobs at any time for any reason.

True

Exculpatory agreements as part of the employment process are generally held in disfavor by the courts.

True

If an at-will employee is fired for reporting for jury duty, the termination may be in violation of public policy.

True

If an employee fails a drug test, giving the employee a second test is generally good policy.

True

In most states, an employee may not be terminated at-will for refusing to commit an illegal act.

True

Noncompete agreements are when an employer has employees sign agreements not to compete with the employer in the future.

True

Occupational licensing requires permission from a regulating agency to operate certain businesses.

True

State laws vary in how they resolve various drug-related employment issues.

True

The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to follow health and safety standards issued by OSHA.

True

The whistle-blower exception to at-will employment status is more common for government workers.

True

Under federal law, airline pilots must be tested for drug and alcohol use by their employers.

True

Which of the following is not an example of a public policy exception to employment at will:

agreeing to commit an illegal act refusing to perform an important public duty, such as jury duty disloyalty toward the public image of the employer deciding not to exercise a public right, such as applying for compensation benefit CORRECT - all of the other choices are correct

Which of the following problems suffered by a worker would NOT be eligible for coverage by workers' compensation:

being beaten by a worker at work who went insane and attacked people falling down drunk at an office party and suffering an injury suffering an injury when falling out of a chair at work when falling asleep on duty Correct-all of the specific choices would be covered

The benefits of workers' compensation do not cover:

death expenses permanent partial disability temporary total disability temporary partial disability Correct-all of the other choices are covered

When an employee reports an employer's illegal act it is referred to as:

defamation horn blowing tattle-tailing whistle calling Correct! none of the other choices are correct

When an employer fires an employee in violation of a public policy exception to the presumption of at-will employment, the employee may sue for:

defamation misrepresentation false firing tortuous employment Correct-none of the other choices

The Family and Medical Leave Act does not apply to:

key employees small employers with less than 50 employees new employees Correct Answer all of the other specific choices

An employee who reports an employer's illegal action in order to help law enforcement is ____ to be protected by the whistle blower exception than an employee who reports an employer's illegal action for private gain.

more likely

Which of the following are public-policy exceptions recognized by most states as limits to the employment-at-will doctrine allowing termination of employees?

performing a public duty (reporting for jury duty) and exercising a right (filing for workers' compensation)

Besides contractual agreements that place limits on the employment relationship, there are ____ that have arisen over the years.

public policy execptions

The whistle blower exception to at will employment is most likely to apply to:

public sector employees

Which of the following is not a benefit category of workers' compensation:

punitive damages for gross injury

For an employee to have a claim under workers' compensation, the employee must show:

she received a personal injury as a result of an accident at work

Many workers' compensation systems are running out of money due to:

too many lifetime payment awards being given to workers who are not actually permanently disabled

Wrongful discharge is a:

tort