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