are18 ch4 n ch17

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act applies to employers & labor unions with at least

15 employers or members

For employers to be liable for supervisor's sexual harrassment, the superbios must have taken __ against the employee

Tangible employment action

In Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., a question addressed by the court was it is was foreseeable:

To RR worker that bystander may be hurt by helping passenger board train

Federal employment discrimination laws restrict the ability of employers to discriminate against workers on the basis of a. Gender b. Experience c. Education d. All of the choices

a

Federal overtime provisions apply only after a covered employee works more than 40 hours in a week a. True b. False

a

For Fraud to occur, __ must be involved a. Malice b. Privilege c. Puffery d. None

a

Tom is 17 years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he cant a. Work in hazardous occupations b. Work any job c. Deliver newspapers d. Work for his parents

a

The purpose of state workers compensation laws is to establish an administrative process for compensating workers for a. Retirement, disability, death, & hospitalization insurance b. Injuries that occur at work c. All of the above d. Periods of unemployment, subject to elligibility requirements

b

What's vicarious liability? a. Where employer isn't liable b. Where employer is liable for torts of his employee c. It's a tort d. Where someone is responsible for anothers crimes

b

Which one off the following doesn't qualify as an invasion of privacy? a. False light b. Privlege c. Appropriation of identity d. Public Disclosure of privacy facts

b

Today, how do courts determine whether a person is an employee? a. Extent purported employee is integrated into employers business b. How the purported employee is classified in their conduct c. Extent employer controls where person works, and how & what they do d. Take into account all facts of the cases to determine if person is employee

c

A trespass to land occurs anytime a person, without permission, does which of the following? a. Enters onto, above, or below the surface of land thats owned by another b. Cuases anything to enter onto land owned by another c. Remains on leand owned by another or permits anything to remain on it d. All of the above

d

Business torts generally involve wrongful interference with another's a. Property b. Privilege c. None d. Business rights

d

The publication of false information about another's product alleging that it's not what its seller claims is a. Slander of quality b. Trade Libel c. Tort d. All of the above

d