Employment Law for Business, 10th Edition,
Dawn Bennett-Alexander, Chapters 1 - 16
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 The Regulation of Employment
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Chapter 2 The Employment Law Toolkit: Resources for Understanding the Law an
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d Recurring Legal Concepts
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Chapter 3 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Chapter 4 Legal Construction of the Employment Environment Chapter 5 Affirm
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ative Action
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Chapter 6 Race and Color Discrimination Cha
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pter 7 National Origin Discrimination Chapter
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8 Gender Discrimination Chapter 9 Sexual Ha
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rassment
Chapter 10 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Chapter 11 R
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Chapter 12 Age Discrimination Chapter 13
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Chapter 14 The Employee’s Right to Privacy and Management of Personal Inform
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Chapter 15 Labor Law 857 ju ju ju ju
Chapter 16 Selected Employment Benefits and Protections
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,Chapter 01: The Regulation of Employment
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Answers are at the End of Each Chapter S
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tudent name:
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
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1) Agency law, based on the traditional law called master and servant,
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governs employment relationships.
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2) In an employment-
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agency relationship, if an agent acts beyond his or her authority, the principal m
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ay be liable for any resulting loss to a third party.
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3) Myra provides accounting services as an independent contractor for Great
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uNorthern. Because of this relationship, Great Northern is responsible for withholdi
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ng and paying Myra's employment taxes, including federal unemployment comp
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ensation (FUTA), Social Security (FICA) and FICA excise tax.
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4) Employers are not liable for most torts committed by an independent cont
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ractor within the scope of the working relationship.
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5) There is a single commonly accepted definition of "employee" used by
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courts, employers, and the government.
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6) Fresh Ideas employs part- ju ju ju
time workers through a staffing firm. After the staffing firm sent over a part-
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time office assistant, Fresh Ideas asked the firm to replace her with someone fr
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om a different race. The replaced office assistant cannot proceed with a discri
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mination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act since she (the part-
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time office assistant) was never an employee of Fresh Ideas.
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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers th
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7) If an employee has a car accident while driving a company car from one com
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pany office to another, the employer may be liable to the owner of the other vehi
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cle under which legal theory?
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D) Negligence
8) Which federal law protects employees from unfair labor practices of employ
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C) Fair Labor Standards Act
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9) A willful misclassification of workers by an employer may result in harsh san
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ctions, including imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000, under which federal l
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aw?