Worksheet 34.1 : Employment at Will and Wages, Hours, and Layoffs

Wrongful Discharge

1. An employer's termination of an employee's employment in violation of an employment contract or a statutory law protecting employees.

7. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) does NOT:

restrict the power of federal courts issuing injunctions again unions

3. An employer may be held liable for the wrongful discharge of an employee if the discharge violated:

the common law or statutory law

1. To a large extent, statutory law has displaced common law doctrines that apply to employment relationships.

true

4. 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 a fundamental public policy of the jurisdiction.

true

16. With respect to a worker's health-care coverage, when an employee takes FMLA leave, the employer:

a. must continue the worker's health-care coverage on the same terms.

15. Which of the following reasons is an employee NOT able to use as unpaid leave granted by the Family and Medical Leave Act?

c. For routine annual medical checkups and general maintenance.

9. One of the major federal laws dealing with layoffs is the:

c. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

17. If an employer violates the FMLA, the employer may be required to provide all of the following remedies EXCEPT:

d. permanent employment.

12. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) supersedes all state and local laws that provide more generous protection.

false

14. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, eligible employees may take up to twelve weeks of leave within a twelve-month period to care for the employee's spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition.

false

8. Children under ________ years of age are allowed to do only certain types of work, such as delivering newspapers or working for their parents. Youths between the age of fourteen and fifteen cannot be employed in ___________ occupations. Any employee who works more than forty hours per week must be paid no less than ____ times her or his regular pay for all hours over forty.

fourteen hazardous 1.5

5. The federal government began to regulate wages and working hours of employees...

in the 1930's

11. A mass layoff is defined as one that involves at least _____ of the full-time employees at a particular job site.

1/3

10. The WARN Act applies to employees with at least _______ full-time employees

100

Whistle Blowing

2. An employee's disclosure to government authorities, upper-level management, or the media that the employer is engaged in some unsafe or illegal activity.

Employment at Will

3. A common law doctrine under which either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason, unless doing so violates an employee's statutory or contractual rights.

Minimum Wage

4. The lowest wage, either by government regulation or union contract, that an employer may pay nonexempt employees.

The FMLA affects employers who have ____ or more employees

50

6. Which of the following laws does NOT relate to the regulation of wages and working hours?

The National Recovery Act