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The employment-at-will doctrine is little used today.
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There are no exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.
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An oral promise that an employer makes to employees regarding discharge policy may be considered part of an implied contract.
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Firing a worker who refuses to perform an illegal act violates public policy.
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Whistleblower statutes protect employers who retaliate against their employees for \"blowing the whistle.\"
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false
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All employees are entitled to overtime pay.
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Under federal law, only KEY employees who take temporary family or medical leave are entitled to job reinstatement.
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Certain employers must provide their employees with up to twelve weeks of family or medical leave during any twelve-month period.
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Only the states set safety standards governing workplaces.
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To recover workers' compensation, an employee must prove that an injury was the fault of the employer.
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Employer who willfully violates safety regulations can be prosecuted under state criminal laws.
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Once an employee receives workers' compensation, he or she can maintain a suit against the employer for negligence.
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The basis for contributions to help pay for an employee's loss of income on retirement is the employee's annual wage base.
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Employers who provide pension plans for retired workers must comply with certain standards in managing the plans.
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All unemployed workers are eligible for unemployment compensation.
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Employee contributions to pension plans vest immediately.
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An employee can continue the health benefits provided by his or her employer for a period of time only on an INVOLUNTARY loss of employment.
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Most employees can continue the group health benefits provided by their employers for a limited period of time after the loss of employment.
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No employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace.
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Generally, an employer's monitoring of electronic communications in the workplace does not violate employees' privacy rights.
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An employer can require an employee to take a lie-detector test when investigating losses attributable to theft.
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Only state law governs drug tests of private-sector employees.
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To recruit employees from other countries, an employer must first complete a verification process.
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An employer may hire an illegal immigrant if the employer files a special form.
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Federal labor law protects employees' right to join labor unions.
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An employer can refuse to bargain collectively with an elected employee representative.
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Federal labor law protects employees' right to strike.
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A closed shop is a firm that rejects union membership as a condition of employment.
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Requiring union membership as a condition of continued employment is legal.
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Employers can agree with unions not to handle, use, or deal in non-union-produced goods.
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Federal law governs unions' internal business procedures.
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Unions must allow their members to participate in union meetings.
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An employer may campaign among its workers against a union during a union election campaign.
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Non-workers do not have a right to picket an employer during a strike.
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An employer may not hire substitute workers to replace strikers.
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Myron is an employee of Nero. Either party can terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason without liability. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is...
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(a) an example of the doctrine
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Lena offers Miguel a job, representing falsely that it will be long term. In reliance, Miguel takes the job but is laid off shortly thereafter and successfully sues Lena for fraud. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is...
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(d) an exception based on tort theory
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Thalia is an employee of Universal Insurance Company. Universal's employee manual states that workers will be dismissed only for good cause. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is...
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(b) an exception based on contract theory
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Flem is an employee of Glo Goods, Inc. Flem reports to state officials that Glo is illegally shipping unsafe goods to unsuspecting customers. When Glo learns of Flem's report, Glo fires him. He successfully sues Glo for wrongful discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is...
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(c) an exception based on public theory
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Frida is an employee of Green Recycled Products Company. A state statute protects Frida from Green's retaliation if Frida reports to state officials, or others, that Green is involved in unsafe or illegal activity. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is...
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(c) an exception based on public theory
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Uri is an employee of Verity Security Services. For Uri to obtain the benefits of federal wage-hour requirements, Verity must be engaged in...
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(d) interstate commerce
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John is an employee of Drowsy Resort, Inc., covered by federal overtime provisions, which apply only after an employee has worked more than...
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(b) 40 hours a week
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Ethan is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Ethan cannot work...
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(b) in a hazardous occupation
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Emma, Frick, Glenda, and Huey are employees of different-sized employers in different industries. A minimum wage must be paid to employees in...
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(b) covered industries only
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Cafe Dining, Inc., employs one hundred workers at three locations in two states. Under federal law, Café must provide its employees, during any twelve-month period, family or medical leave of up to...
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(b) 12 weeks
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Eduardo is an employee of Free-Flo Plumbing Corporation. With respect to the workplace, under federal health and safety statutes, Free-Flo has...
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(a) general duty to keep it safe and to meet specific standards
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Hoppy, who works as an employee for Imperial Power Corporation, suffers an injury in an accident. Hoppy will be compensated under state workers' compensation laws...
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(c) only if the injury occurred ON the job
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Over a forty-year period, Ewa worked in a variety of jobs. She was also occasionally unemployed, briefly hospitalized, and suffered a temporary disability. She retired last year. The key law on all of these subjects is...
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(d) the Social Security Act
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Staffing Solutions Corporation is subject to the Social Security Act, which...
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(c) provides retirement, survivors, and disability insurance
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Pam is an administrative employee of Quality Assurance Company. Social Security contributions to help pay for Pam's loss of income on retirement are made by...
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(b) Pam and Quality Assurance
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Machine Operations, Inc. (MO), employs four hundred workers at three locations in three states. Workers who do not have a right to continue group health benefits provided by MO for a limited time after the loss of their jobs include those who...
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(a) are fired for gross misconduct.
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Network Industries, Inc., wants to monitor its employees' electronic com-munications. To avoid liability under laws related to employee monitor¬ing, Network should discuss the monitoring with...
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(b) the employees
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First National Bank may subject its employees to lie-detector tests when investigating...
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(b) losses attributable to theft
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Fruits & Vegetables, Inc., employs hundreds of seasonal and permanent workers, both skilled and unskilled, in seven states. Under the Immigration Act of 1990, Fruits & Vegetables can hire illegal immigrants...
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(d) under no circumstances
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David's family came to the United States from Ukraine in 1895. Eva's family came to this country from Vietnam in 1995. Fiona's family came from Mexico in 2005. Current immigration laws are based on...
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(c) a system of sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants
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Mineral Mining Corporation is a U.S. employer. Mineral, and other U.S. employers, must perform I-9 verifications for new hires who work under the employer's direct supervision...
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(d) including contractors and day workers
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Hu, Ivan, and Juana apply to work for King Meatpacking Company. These individuals' identities and eligibility to work must be verified by...
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(a) the employer
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Seafood Canning Corporation keeps a file of I-9 verifications forms. To inspect this file, the appropriate government officer must obtain...
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(c) not a subpoena, a warrant, or the employer's consent
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Detailed Designs Company, an architectural firm, wants to hire Eduardo, a noncitizen. A temporary work visa is most likely to be set aside for a noncitizen who is...
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(b) a person of extraordinary ability
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Socrates Software Corporation wants to hire Tomas, a noncitizen. To hire Tomas, Socrates must petition...
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(b) the US Department of State
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Dag is an employee of Eagle Mining Company. Under federal labor law, Dag and other employees have the right to...
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(a) bargain collectively with Eagle through their representatives
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Link and Meryl are employees of Natural Resources, Inc. (NRI). When Odel, the president of NRI, learns that Link and Meryl are active in union activities, he discharges them. Link and Meryl may bring an action against NRI under...
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(a) federal labor law
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Doctors Hospital Corporation employs seven thousand workers in seven locations. These employees have the right to...
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(c) organize
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Service Employees International Union would like Tasty Cafés, Inc., to require union membership of its job applicants as a condition to obtaining employment. This is...
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(a) illegal in all states
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Detroit Automotive Company (DAC) agrees with its employees' union not to buy any nonunion-produced component parts from other firms for use in DAC products. This is...
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(b) a prohibited secondary boycott
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During a union election campaign at Skyscraper Construction Corporation, the employer can, without monitoring or regulating by the National Labor Relations Board, threaten employees with...
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(d) neither a layoff nor a reduction in benefits and wages
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Pip, a clerk for a Quik Burger, Inc., restaurant goes out on strike with the other employees. After the strike, Pip must be given his job back if the strike is not deemed unlawful, there is still work at the restaurant, and the strike was...
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(b) an economic strike or an unfair labor practice strike
