BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS EXAM 4 2024

without a contract, a worker is an _____. - correct answer employee at will what happens to an employee at will? - correct answer can be fired for a good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all what is the National Labor Relations Act (NRLA) or the Wagner Act? - correct answer created the national labor relations board to enforce labor laws. This act prohibits employers from penalizing workers who engage in union activity (for example, joining a preexisting union or forming a new one) and requires employers to "bargain in good faith" with unions what does it means if you're in a "right-to-work state" mean. what does it mean if you're NOT in a "right-to-work state" mean? - correct answer right-to-work: it means you're in a state that doesn't require you to join an occupation or a group that is unionized NOT right-to-work: the union can require you to join what do "right-to-work" laws NOT mean? - correct answer does not mean they provide a guarantee of employment to people seeking work; it just means that you are or are not required to join a union what is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? - correct answer an act that guarantees both men and women up to 12 weeks of UNPAID leave each year for childbirth, adoption, or medical emergencies for themselves or a family member what is the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)? - correct answer provides that former employees of companies with 20 or more employees must be allowed to continue their health insurance for 18 months after leaving their job. However, they must pay for it themselves, up to 102% of the cost