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If a state law requires employers to give employees one day off per week, an employee who works that one day may be entitled to overtime pay under federal law.

A) True
B) False

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Employers who provide health insurance to their employees must ensure that the employees' health information is not disclosed to unauthorized parties.

A) True
B) False

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Games Inc. employs four hundred workers at three locations in three states. Workers who lose their jobs with Games have a right to continued health-care coverage under the company's group plan unless they


A) are fired for gross misconduct.
B) are laid off for budgetary reasons.
C) have their hours decreased from full-time to part-time.
D) quit their jobs voluntarily.

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

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During collective bargaining sessions, both parties may engage in hard bargaining, but the process must be geared to reaching a compromise.

A) True
B) False

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The purpose of state workers' compensation laws is to establish an administrative process for compensating workers for


A) all of the choices.
B) retirement, disability, death, and hospitalization insurance.
C) injuries that arise in the course of employment, regardless of fault.
D) periods of unemployment, subject to eligibility requirements.

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

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Mica is an employee of Natural Gas Company and a member of a union of company employees. Under federal law, Mica and other union members have the right to


A) bargain collectively with their employer through their representative.
B) insist that their employer require union membership to work.
C) require their employer to contribute financially to their union.
D) none of the choices.

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

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Employees who work ten hours a day, for four days a week, are entitled to overtime pay because they work more than eight hours a day.

A) True
B) False

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Health Clinic Inc. has no written employment manual or oral discharge policy, avoids abusive treatment of its staff, and acts to prevent illegal and unsafe activities. The clinic freely hires and fires its employees, who are similarly free to quit at any time. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is


A) exemplary of the doctrine.
B) an exception based on contract theory.
C) in direct conflict with the doctrine.
D) an exception based on a statute.

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

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Technicians Union represents the workers of United Engineering Inc. The union and the employer bargain in good faith but are unable to reach an agreement because of genuine differences of opinion. The union may call a strike


A) if the parties are deadlocked.
B) if the negotiations are ongoing.
C) if the subjects of bargaining include working conditions and worker pay.
D) under no circumstances.

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

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To be eligible for unemployment compensation, a worker must be willing and able to work.

A) True
B) False

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To receive benefits under a state workers' compensation law, an employee injured on the job must promptly sue the employer.

A) True
B) False

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Most of the states and the federal government have enacted statutes to protect employees who report wrongdoing from employer retaliation.

A) True
B) False

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Tom is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he cannot


A) work in any job.
B) work in a hazardous occupation.
C) work for his parents.
D) deliver newspapers.

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

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When workers must be laid off, the company cannot consider union participation as a criterion for deciding whom to fire.

A) True
B) False

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Rico works for Street Tacos Inc. The basis for Rico's contribution under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act to help pay for benefits that will partially make up for his loss of income on retirement is


A) an equitable share of his employer's unpaid contribution.
B) his annual wage base.
C) his special job skills.
D) the employer's adjusted gross profits.

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

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Owen is an employee of Paving Inc., which is performing a contract for the federal government. Owen learns that Paving is overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the fraud, the law may protect him from being fired from his job. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is


A) an example of the doctrine.
B) an exception based on contract theory.
C) an exception based on public policy.
D) an exception based on a statute.

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

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Flower Workers Union represents the employees of Garden Variety Inc. The company does not require its new hires to join the union as a prerequisite to obtaining employment. This most likely violates


A) the Labor-Management Relations Act.
B) the Fair Labor Standards Act.
C) the Norris-LaGuardia Act.
D) no federal law.

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

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An employer may fire a worker for reasons that violate a fundamental public policy if that policy is clearly expressed in statutory law.

A) True
B) False

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Elin is thirteen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, she cannot


A) work in any job.
B) work in a hazardous occupation.
C) work for her parents.
D) deliver newspapers.

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

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Heber, Irma, and Jon apply to work for Kitchen Chicken Inc. in Louisiana. These individuals' eligibility to work must be verified by


A) Kitchen Chicken.
B) the applicants.
C) state officials.
D) federal authorities.

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

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