CHAPTER 12
1.
(p. 280) ________ refers to the point at which an employee becomes fully entitled to a benefit.
Vesting 2.
(p. 288) Employers are increasingly employing elaborate employee monitoring measures primarily to
limit their risk of ________ liability in areas such as defamation and employment discrimination.
Vicarious 3.
(p. 292) If an employee in a unionized company believes that the employer is violating the collective
bargaining agreement, he or she may file a ________ and the union will arbitrate the matter on behalf of
the employee.
Grievance
4.
(p. 277) Employers are not bound by the FLSA regarding employees classified as ________ employees.
Exempt
5.
(p. 281) COBRA requires that employers provide health care coverage, at the former employee's cost, for
up to ________ after the employee leaves the company.
18 months
6.
(p. 286) An employee with a salary in the top 10% of the company's payroll is classified as a ________
employee for FLSA purposes.
,Key
7.
(p. 291) The process of having the NLRB certify a union based on 50% of the authorization cards
indicating the employees want a union without an election is called _______.
Card Check
8.
(p. 295) A short term strike called without union authorization is called a ________ strike.
Wildcat
9.
(p. 295) Workers at Kent Corp. are on strike. To increase pressure on Kent Corp. they start picketing Flint
Corp., one of Kent's suppliers, with signs urging the boycotting of Flint for supporting unfair labor
practices. The picketing at Flint would be considered an illegal _______.
Secondary Boycott
10.
(p. 290) An employee group with mutual interests and goals that is an appropriate unit for negotiating
union contracts is called a ________ unit.
Collective Bargaining
11.
(p. 280) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act authorizes the Department of Labor to monitor
both pensions and retirement savings plan administration.
,TRUE
12.
(p. 276) The shift from an agricultural society toward industrial production began almost immediately
after the end of the U.S. Revolution.
FALSE
The shift from an agricultural society toward industrial production began in the mid-1880s.
13.
(p. 283) One important aspect of a successful workers' compensation claim is that the employer's fault,
negligence or wrongdoing does not have to be evidenced or proven for the injured employee to be
compensated.
TRUE
Fault is generally not at issue when the employee is injured on the job.
14.
(p. 281) Employers are not required to offer their employees health care benefits.
TRUE
Although new statutes may impose penalties on employers that fail to offer health care benefits,
employers are not required to offer benefits.
15.
(p. 286) Employees classified as key employees who take leave, are not automatically entitled to Family
Medical Leave Act reinstatement protections and guarantees.
TRUE
, Key employees are not guaranteed reinstatement if the reinstatement would cause substantial and
grievous economic injury to the employer. This provision is very narrowly construed by the courts.
16.
(p. 281) The Social Security Act is funded through mandatory employment taxes paid by both the
employer and employee.
TRUE
Mandatory FICA taxes are paid which fund the social security system.
17.
(p. 276) Conditions in American industrial plants have always been safe and humane with regard to the
treatment of workers.
FALSE
Initially, treatment of workers was often brutal and dangerous.
18.
(p. 281) Social security provides benefits for those workers who become disabled on the job.
TRUE
A worker disabled on the job can be entitled to payments from social security benefits accrued. 19.
(p. 281) Jan has been fired by her employer for poor job performance. Jan is still entitled to apply for and
receive employer provided health care under provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act.
TRUE
Even employees terminated for cause are eligible for benefits under COBRA.
20.
1.
(p. 280) ________ refers to the point at which an employee becomes fully entitled to a benefit.
Vesting 2.
(p. 288) Employers are increasingly employing elaborate employee monitoring measures primarily to
limit their risk of ________ liability in areas such as defamation and employment discrimination.
Vicarious 3.
(p. 292) If an employee in a unionized company believes that the employer is violating the collective
bargaining agreement, he or she may file a ________ and the union will arbitrate the matter on behalf of
the employee.
Grievance
4.
(p. 277) Employers are not bound by the FLSA regarding employees classified as ________ employees.
Exempt
5.
(p. 281) COBRA requires that employers provide health care coverage, at the former employee's cost, for
up to ________ after the employee leaves the company.
18 months
6.
(p. 286) An employee with a salary in the top 10% of the company's payroll is classified as a ________
employee for FLSA purposes.
,Key
7.
(p. 291) The process of having the NLRB certify a union based on 50% of the authorization cards
indicating the employees want a union without an election is called _______.
Card Check
8.
(p. 295) A short term strike called without union authorization is called a ________ strike.
Wildcat
9.
(p. 295) Workers at Kent Corp. are on strike. To increase pressure on Kent Corp. they start picketing Flint
Corp., one of Kent's suppliers, with signs urging the boycotting of Flint for supporting unfair labor
practices. The picketing at Flint would be considered an illegal _______.
Secondary Boycott
10.
(p. 290) An employee group with mutual interests and goals that is an appropriate unit for negotiating
union contracts is called a ________ unit.
Collective Bargaining
11.
(p. 280) The Employee Retirement Income Security Act authorizes the Department of Labor to monitor
both pensions and retirement savings plan administration.
,TRUE
12.
(p. 276) The shift from an agricultural society toward industrial production began almost immediately
after the end of the U.S. Revolution.
FALSE
The shift from an agricultural society toward industrial production began in the mid-1880s.
13.
(p. 283) One important aspect of a successful workers' compensation claim is that the employer's fault,
negligence or wrongdoing does not have to be evidenced or proven for the injured employee to be
compensated.
TRUE
Fault is generally not at issue when the employee is injured on the job.
14.
(p. 281) Employers are not required to offer their employees health care benefits.
TRUE
Although new statutes may impose penalties on employers that fail to offer health care benefits,
employers are not required to offer benefits.
15.
(p. 286) Employees classified as key employees who take leave, are not automatically entitled to Family
Medical Leave Act reinstatement protections and guarantees.
TRUE
, Key employees are not guaranteed reinstatement if the reinstatement would cause substantial and
grievous economic injury to the employer. This provision is very narrowly construed by the courts.
16.
(p. 281) The Social Security Act is funded through mandatory employment taxes paid by both the
employer and employee.
TRUE
Mandatory FICA taxes are paid which fund the social security system.
17.
(p. 276) Conditions in American industrial plants have always been safe and humane with regard to the
treatment of workers.
FALSE
Initially, treatment of workers was often brutal and dangerous.
18.
(p. 281) Social security provides benefits for those workers who become disabled on the job.
TRUE
A worker disabled on the job can be entitled to payments from social security benefits accrued. 19.
(p. 281) Jan has been fired by her employer for poor job performance. Jan is still entitled to apply for and
receive employer provided health care under provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act.
TRUE
Even employees terminated for cause are eligible for benefits under COBRA.
20.
