LGS final exam class questions
Civil rights act, title 7
15
affordable health care act/ obamacare
50
Americans with disabilities act
ADA 15
age discrimination
ADEA 20
family and medical leave act
FMLA 50
occupational health & safety act
OSHA 11
Worker adjustment & retraining notification act
WARN 100
laura is the only female employee in the maintenance department of motor service inc, her supervisor teases and plays tricks on her so relentlessly that she feels compelled to quit. this is most likely:
constructive discharge
the age discrimination in employment act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of age against individuals up to forty years of age. true or false
false
the condemnation power of the government to take land for a public use is known as the right of adverse possession true or false
false
federal law that allows employees to take time off work for family or medical leave supersedes state and local laws that provide more generous benefits true or false
false FMLA allows employees to take time off work for those reasons
ivy is blind. jerold has cancer. kim has cerebral palsy. considered to have a disability under the americans with disabilities act is...
ivy, jerold, and kim
Claudio owns one hundred acres of fertile bottomland. With respect to the land, jana has an easement and Clinton has a profit. a right to possess the bottomland is owned by...
jana nonpossessory interests, an interest that involves the right to use land but not the right to possess it, are classified as easements profits, and licenses
devon takes temporary family leave from her job at equipment sales company to care for a newborn baby. With respect to Devons health care coverage, during the leave, under the family and medical leave act equipment...
must continue it must continue the workers health care coverage onm the same term as if the employee had never left work
Luke takes temporary family leave from his job at metal works corporation to arrange for childcare and deal with financial and legal matters when Naomi, his spouse, a U.S. marine on active duty, is deployed overseas. On Lukes return from the leave, metal works must...
restore him to his same position or a comparable position
bob owns twenty acres of land on the side of a mountain in Colorado. He files a suit against the durango flight school, claiming that it planes flying over his land violate his property rights. to succeed, his best argument is
the flights are low and frequent, interfering with enjoyment of his land
a fee simple absolute is an estate or interest in land with no limits in terms of disposition or duration true or false
true
to be eligible for unemployment compensation, a worker must be willing and able to work true or false
true
a plaintiff who sues on the basis of disparate-treatment discrimination in hiring must make out a prima facie case of illegal discrimination, and will win in the absences of a legally acceptable employer defense. true or false
true prima facie: what is it that the plaintiff needs to prove... in order to continue the case