EmploymentLawforBusiness,10thEdition,
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DawnBennett-Alexander,Chapters1-16
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,TABLEOFCONTENTS
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Chapter 1The Regulation ofEmployment
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Chapter 2The Employment LawToolkit: Resources forUnderstanding the Law and
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Recurring Legal Concepts
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Chapter 3 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Chapter 4 LegalConstructionof the Employment Environment Chapter 5
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Affirmative Action
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Chapter 6Race andColorDiscrimination
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g Chapter8 GenderDiscrimination Chapter 9
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Sexual Harassment
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Chapter 10Sexual Orientationand Gender IdentityDiscrimination Chapter11
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ReligiousDiscrimination
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Chapter12 Age Discrimination Chapter13
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DisabilityDiscrimination
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Chapter 14 The Employee’s Right to Privacy and Management of Personal
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Information
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Chapter 15 Labor Law 857
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Chapter 16Selected Employment Benefits and Protections
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,Chapter 01: TheRegulationofEmployment
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Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
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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 employmentrelationships.
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2) In an employment-agency relationship, if an agent acts beyond his or her
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authority, the principal may 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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Northern. Because of this relationship, Great Northern is responsible forwithholding
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and paying Myra's employment taxes, including federal unemployment
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compensation (FUTA), Social Security (FICA) and FICA excise tax.
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4) Employers are not liable for most torts committed byan independent g g g g g g g g g g
contractor within the scope of the working relationship.
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5) There is asingle 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-time workers through a staffing firm. After the
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staffing firm sent over a part-time office assistant, Fresh Ideas asked the firm to
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replace her with someone from adifferent race. The replacedoffice assistant
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cannot proceed with a discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
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since she (the part-time office assistant) was never an employee of Fresh Ideas.
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MULTIPLECHOICE- Choose the one alternative thatbest completes the statement
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or answersthe question.
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7) If an employee has a car accident while driving a companycar from one
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company office to another, the employer may be liable to the owner of the other
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vehicle under which legal theory?
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D) Negligence
8) Which federal law protects employees from unfair labor practices of
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employers?
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A) Occupational Safety and Health Act g g g g
B) National Labor Relations Act g g g
C) Fair Labor Standards Act g g g
D) Labor Management Relations Act g g g
9) A willful misclassification of workers by an employer mayresult in harsh
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sanctions, including imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000, under which federal
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law?
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