BUL CHAPTER 21 AND 22 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The federal government began to regulate wages and working hours of employees -
✔✔IN THE 1930S
Which of the following laws does NOT relate to the regulation of wages and working
hours? - ✔✔the national recovery act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does NOT: - ✔✔restrict the power of federal court
issuing injections against unions
Children under the age of 14 are allowed to do only certain types of work, such as
deliver newspapers and work for their parents. - ✔✔14
Youths between the age of 16 and 18 cannot be employed in hazardous jobs. -
✔✔hazardous
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 . - ✔✔$7.25
Any employee who works more than 40 hours per week must be paid no less than 1.5
times her or his regular pay for all hours over 40. - ✔✔1.5
One of the major federal laws dealing with layoffs is the:
a. American Recovery Act.
b. Minimum Wage Act.
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, c. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). - ✔✔The Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
Minimum wage - ✔✔The lowest wage, either by government regulation or union
contract, that an employer may pay an hourly worker.
Whistleblowing - ✔✔An employee's disclosure to government authorities, the press, or
upper-management that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities.
Wrongful discharge - ✔✔An employer's termination of an employee's employment in
violation of an employment contract or laws that protect employees.
Employment at will - ✔✔A common law doctrine under which either party may
terminate an employment relationship at any time for any reason, unless a contract
specifies otherwise.
An employer may be held liable for the wrongful discharge of an employee if the
discharge violated - ✔✔the common law or statutory law
three exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrines - ✔✔those based on public policy,
those based on contract theory and those based on tort theory
To a large extent, statutory law has displaced common law doctrines that apply to
employment relationships.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔true
The WARN Act applies to employees with at least full-time employees. - ✔✔100
A mass layoff is defined as one that involves at least of the full-time employees at a
particular job site. - ✔✔1/3
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The federal government began to regulate wages and working hours of employees -
✔✔IN THE 1930S
Which of the following laws does NOT relate to the regulation of wages and working
hours? - ✔✔the national recovery act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does NOT: - ✔✔restrict the power of federal court
issuing injections against unions
Children under the age of 14 are allowed to do only certain types of work, such as
deliver newspapers and work for their parents. - ✔✔14
Youths between the age of 16 and 18 cannot be employed in hazardous jobs. -
✔✔hazardous
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 . - ✔✔$7.25
Any employee who works more than 40 hours per week must be paid no less than 1.5
times her or his regular pay for all hours over 40. - ✔✔1.5
One of the major federal laws dealing with layoffs is the:
a. American Recovery Act.
b. Minimum Wage Act.
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, c. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). - ✔✔The Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
Minimum wage - ✔✔The lowest wage, either by government regulation or union
contract, that an employer may pay an hourly worker.
Whistleblowing - ✔✔An employee's disclosure to government authorities, the press, or
upper-management that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities.
Wrongful discharge - ✔✔An employer's termination of an employee's employment in
violation of an employment contract or laws that protect employees.
Employment at will - ✔✔A common law doctrine under which either party may
terminate an employment relationship at any time for any reason, unless a contract
specifies otherwise.
An employer may be held liable for the wrongful discharge of an employee if the
discharge violated - ✔✔the common law or statutory law
three exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrines - ✔✔those based on public policy,
those based on contract theory and those based on tort theory
To a large extent, statutory law has displaced common law doctrines that apply to
employment relationships.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔true
The WARN Act applies to employees with at least full-time employees. - ✔✔100
A mass layoff is defined as one that involves at least of the full-time employees at a
particular job site. - ✔✔1/3
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