MGMT 311 FINAL EXAM - COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Lin is an employee at Manufacturing Plant Inc. Lin is
called for jury duty and as a result cannot work her scheduled shift.
The plant fires Lin, who subsequently successfully sues her
employer for reinstatement. With respect to the employment-at-will
doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on public policy.
Question 2: Games Inc. induces Hoda to leave a well-paying job
and move to another state for "long-term, lucrative employment in
a growing business." She accepts the offer, but her position is
soon eliminated due to Games' ongoing, undisclosed financial
problems. Hoda brings a successful action against the employer
for fraud. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on tort theory.
Question 3: Blanca is an at-will employee of Commercial Data
Company. In firing Blanca, Dart, a Commercial Data manager,
publicly discloses, via social media, private facts about Blanca's
personal life. She successfully sues the employer for wrongful
discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on tort theory.
,Question 4: Leah is an at-will employee of Mortgage Mart LLC. She
is fired for refusing to falsify credit applications for her employer's
clients. Leah successfully sues Mortgage Mart for wrongful
discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on public policy.
Question 5: Oakley is an employee of Paving Inc., which is
performing a contract for the federal government. Oakley learns
that Paving is overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the
fraud, the law may protect him from being fired from his job. With
respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on a statute.
Question 6: Retail Store Inc. is located in Seattle, Washington,
where the city and the state have minimum wage laws. Retail pays
its starting employees the legal minimum rate, which, among the
governing laws, is
Answer:
the highest minimum wage.
Question 7: Chloe is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, she cannot
Answer:
work in a hazardous occupation.
, Question 8: Devlin is thirteen years old. Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, he cannot
Answer:
work in a hazardous occupation.
Question 9: The waiters who work for Sports Time Grill receive tips
on the job. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Sports Time is
required to pay the wait staff
Answer:
$2.13 an hour, plus the tips, to equal at least the federal minimum wage.
Question 10: Aircraft Corporation employs mechanics,
programmers, outside salespersons, and professionals, including
pilots. Employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's
overtime provisions include all of the following except
Answer:
mechanics.
Question 11: Federal overtime provisions apply only after a
covered employee works more
Answer:
forty hours in a week.
A state law prohibits employers from causing employees "to work mo
Question 12: re than six days in seven." An employee who works a
seventh consecutive day filling in for another worker is most likely
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Lin is an employee at Manufacturing Plant Inc. Lin is
called for jury duty and as a result cannot work her scheduled shift.
The plant fires Lin, who subsequently successfully sues her
employer for reinstatement. With respect to the employment-at-will
doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on public policy.
Question 2: Games Inc. induces Hoda to leave a well-paying job
and move to another state for "long-term, lucrative employment in
a growing business." She accepts the offer, but her position is
soon eliminated due to Games' ongoing, undisclosed financial
problems. Hoda brings a successful action against the employer
for fraud. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on tort theory.
Question 3: Blanca is an at-will employee of Commercial Data
Company. In firing Blanca, Dart, a Commercial Data manager,
publicly discloses, via social media, private facts about Blanca's
personal life. She successfully sues the employer for wrongful
discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on tort theory.
,Question 4: Leah is an at-will employee of Mortgage Mart LLC. She
is fired for refusing to falsify credit applications for her employer's
clients. Leah successfully sues Mortgage Mart for wrongful
discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on public policy.
Question 5: Oakley is an employee of Paving Inc., which is
performing a contract for the federal government. Oakley learns
that Paving is overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the
fraud, the law may protect him from being fired from his job. With
respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is
Answer:
an exception based on a statute.
Question 6: Retail Store Inc. is located in Seattle, Washington,
where the city and the state have minimum wage laws. Retail pays
its starting employees the legal minimum rate, which, among the
governing laws, is
Answer:
the highest minimum wage.
Question 7: Chloe is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, she cannot
Answer:
work in a hazardous occupation.
, Question 8: Devlin is thirteen years old. Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, he cannot
Answer:
work in a hazardous occupation.
Question 9: The waiters who work for Sports Time Grill receive tips
on the job. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Sports Time is
required to pay the wait staff
Answer:
$2.13 an hour, plus the tips, to equal at least the federal minimum wage.
Question 10: Aircraft Corporation employs mechanics,
programmers, outside salespersons, and professionals, including
pilots. Employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's
overtime provisions include all of the following except
Answer:
mechanics.
Question 11: Federal overtime provisions apply only after a
covered employee works more
Answer:
forty hours in a week.
A state law prohibits employers from causing employees "to work mo
Question 12: re than six days in seven." An employee who works a
seventh consecutive day filling in for another worker is most likely
