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Finance Accountants, P.A., is a private employer. In most circumstances, federal law generally prohibits Finance from subjecting its employees to


A) electronic monitoring.
B) none of the choices.
C) drug tests.
D) lie-detector tests.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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The National Labor Relations Act established the right of private-sector employees to form unions and to strike.

A) True
B) False

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Denny works for Engineers P.A. While working on an Engineers project, Denny is injured. Under state workers' compensation laws, he will be compensated only if the injury was


A) incidental.
B) material.
C) accidental.
D) intentional.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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An eligible employee may take unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act for family or medical reasons, and in certain situations that arise from military service.

A) True
B) False

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An employer can waive or reduce the federal overtime pay requirements if the waiver or reduction is applied to all otherwise eligible and ineligible employees.

A) True
B) False

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Food Market Company employs workers, including Gina, at six locations in two states. Food Market's discharge of Gina outside the terms of an implied employment contract may result in


A) the employer's liability for breach of contract.
B) the employee's ineligibility for unemployment compensation.
C) a court's imposition of an express employment contract.
D) a claim under the Whistleblower Protection Act.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Devon takes temporary family leave from her job at Equipment Sales Company to care for a newborn baby. With respect to Devon's health-care coverage, during the leave, under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Equipment


A) must continue it.
B) may suspend it.
C) may terminate it.
D) must add the baby to it.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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For a union election to be held, the organizers must show that a majority of the workers support the union.

A) True
B) False

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Federal overtime provisions apply only after a covered employee works more than


A) eight hours in a day.
B) forty hours in a week.
C) twenty days in a month.
D) one year for the same employer.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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B

Baristas Union petitions the National Labor Relations Board for an election on organizing a union among the employees of Coffee Café Company. For an election to be held, the union must represent


A) all of Coffee's employees.
B) employees whose skills, duties, and pay are similar.
C) no more than 30 percent of Coffee's employees.
D) Coffee's best interest.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The Immigration Act limits the number of legal immigrants entering the United States.

A) True
B) False

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Retail Company is located in Seattle, Washington, where the city and the state have minimum wage laws. Retail pays its starting employees the legal minimum rate, which, among the governing laws, is


A) the highest minimum wage.
B) the federal minimum wage.
C) the state minimum wage.
D) the city minimum wage.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Good faith in collective bargaining between a union and an employer does not include


A) rejecting a proposal without offering a counterproposal.
B) being willing to compromise.
C) negotiating with the belief that an agreement is possible.
D) bargaining with the authority to enter into an agreement.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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During an employee's leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employer must continue to compensate the employee to avoid the potential negative effect of unpaid leave on interstate commerce.

A) True
B) False

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False

Investment Corporation wants to monitor business communications on phones that the employer provides to the employees. The employer's best course of action to avoid liability under laws related to employee monitoring is to inform


A) no one.
B) its employees.
C) its clients and others who communicate with the employees.
D) the public generally.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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An employer can eliminate a worker's medical, optical, or dental insurance coverage on the voluntary termination of the worker's employment.

A) True
B) False

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After a union election campaign among the employees of Frozen Food Company, the Food Workers Union does not obtain a majority vote in the election. This most likely violates


A) federal labor law.
B) state right-to-work laws.
C) federal wage-and-hour laws.
D) no federal or state law.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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D

Berry Farm Inc. employs hundreds of seasonal and permanent workers, both skilled and unskilled, in three states. Under federal immigration law, Berry Farm can hire illegal immigrants


A) if either the employer or the immigrants file special forms.
B) only if the employer files a special form.
C) only if the immigrants file special forms.
D) under no circumstances.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Interstate Commodities Inc. keeps a file of I-9 verifications forms, which are required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act. To monitor compliance with the act, random audits and enforcement actions are conducted by


A) the local office of the National Labor Relations Board.
B) the governments of interested foreign nations.
C) the government of the state in which the company is based.
D) the federal government.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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In states that require a minimum wage that is higher than the specified federal minimum wage, employees are entitled only to the lower federal amount.

A) True
B) False

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