Employment Law for Human Resource Practice Chapter 1

Your firm has gotten a contract with the US government to build security gates for the fence along the US Mexican border. In addition to the employment laws which already apply to your business, the following will now also apply:

EO # 11246

Regarding employment law in the U.S., which of the following statements are true?

Employees may be fired at any time for any reason not prohibited by law.

Punitive damages are not available in employment discrimination cases. T or F

False

There are more firms with 0-4 employees than any other size firms. T or F

True

Which of the following is true of the enforcement process for discrimination charges brought by Title VII?

a right to sue letter must be obtained from the EEOC before the plaintiff can file suit in court.

Sources of employment law include all of the following EXCEPT:

ads for job openings

Under the "payroll method" approved by the U.S. Supreme Court:

employees are counted for each full week between when they are hired and when they leave employment, regardless of the number of days or hours worked.

Under U.S. employment laws, employees have the right to:

expect their employers comply with employment laws

In the EEOC v AutoZone, the EEOC used Autozone on behalf of an employee who suffered injury and disability because his employer would not provide a reasonable accommodation for his disability. Fed Ex argued that the damages awarded by the jury were too high, and also offered evidence of its ADA compliance policy set forth in the employee manual. The court ruled:

for the plaintiff because damages awarded were consistent with the damages awarded in other cases.

Regarding arbitration, which of the following statements is true?

historically, arbitration has been used to enforce employee rights under collective bargaining agreements of unionized employees.

Arbitration agreements which are offered on a take-it-or-leave-it basis are:

procedurally unconscionable

Regarding the interrelationship of federal and state employment laws:

states may pass laws which expand employee rights, but may not enact laws that reduce employee protections granted in federal laws.

The contract referred to in the preceding question is:

substantively unconscionable

If Pedro works for the City of Trenton, he is in:

the public sector

A "limitations" period is:

the time within which a plaintiff must file a claim or lawsuit