WGU C233 - Employment Law (Lesson 11 & 12)
questions with verified answers
$100,000
The federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires federal contractors doing
more than $100,000 in business with the federal government to ensure a drug-
free workplace through education and enforcement of drug-free policies.
Ans✓✓✓ The federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires federal
contractors doing more than _____________ in business with the federal
government to ensure a drug-free workplace through education and enforcement
of drug-free policies.
11
From the text, "The Privacy Act has carved out 11 exceptions to this policy that
provide for a common sense approach to revealing information which is
necessary for the functioning of government, in response to a court order, or for
national security." Ans✓✓✓ The Privacy Act has carved out ___ exceptions to its
policy which provide for a common sense approach to revealing information
which is necessary for the functioning of government, in response to a court
order, or for national security.
24
Twenty-four states currently have right-to-work protections. Ans✓✓✓ How many
states have right-to-work protections?
30 percent
From the text, "When a threshold number of workers - 30 percent of the
appropriate bargaining unit - sign authorization cards to seek union formation,
they petition the NLRB to authorize an election." Ans✓✓✓ What is the threshold
,number of workers needed to sign authorization cards to seek union formation
from the NLRB?
A civil rights watchdog organization
From the text, "...the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights watchdog
organization, reports that it receives more complaints about workplace privacy
problems than any other claim." Ans✓✓✓ The American Civil Liberties Union is:
A combination of two or more persons to accomplish an unlawful purpose.
From the text, "A conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons planning to
accomplish an unlawful purpose." Ans✓✓✓ A tool employers used to limit the
power of unions was prosecution of unionizing workers under common law
criminal conspiracy laws. What is considered a conspiracy?
A consumer report
Section 1681 of FCRA provides that the term "consumer report" means "any
written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting
agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit
capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living
which is used, or expected to be used, or collected in whole, or in part, for the
purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for...
employment purposes...." Ans✓✓✓ Any written, oral, or other communication of
any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit
worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation,
personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used, or expected to be used,
or collected in whole, or in part, for the purpose of serving as a factor in
establishing the consumer's eligibility for... employment purposes... is known as:
A reasonable suspicion
, From the text, "In order to drug test federal employees, the governmental agency
must have a reasonable suspicion that an employee is engaged in illegal drug
use." Ans✓✓✓ In order to drug test federal employees, the governmental agent
must have _________ that an employee is engaged in illegal drug use.
A strike not authorized by the union.
From the text, "Taft-Hartley ... prohibited wildcat strikes (strikes not authorized by
the union), solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts (employment action
in support of another union), secondary and mass picketing, monetary donations
by unions to federal political campaigns, and closed shops." Ans✓✓✓ The Taft-
Hartley Act prohibits wildcat strikes. What is a wildcat strike?
A work stoppage by mass refusal of employees to work
From the text, "The main leverage which unions used was the strike: a work
stoppage by mass refusal of employees to work." Ans✓✓✓ What is a strike?
Accessing, without permission, stored electronic communications
From the text, "The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) prohibits
employers from purposefully: 1) intercepting by electronic means any employee
wire, oral or electronic communications; or, 2) accessing, without permission,
stored electronic communications." Ans✓✓✓ The Electronic Communications
Privacy Act (ECPA) prohibits employers from purposefully intercepting by
electronic means any employee wire, oral, or electronic communications, as well
as:
Accidents
Absenteeism
Discipline issues
questions with verified answers
$100,000
The federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires federal contractors doing
more than $100,000 in business with the federal government to ensure a drug-
free workplace through education and enforcement of drug-free policies.
Ans✓✓✓ The federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires federal
contractors doing more than _____________ in business with the federal
government to ensure a drug-free workplace through education and enforcement
of drug-free policies.
11
From the text, "The Privacy Act has carved out 11 exceptions to this policy that
provide for a common sense approach to revealing information which is
necessary for the functioning of government, in response to a court order, or for
national security." Ans✓✓✓ The Privacy Act has carved out ___ exceptions to its
policy which provide for a common sense approach to revealing information
which is necessary for the functioning of government, in response to a court
order, or for national security.
24
Twenty-four states currently have right-to-work protections. Ans✓✓✓ How many
states have right-to-work protections?
30 percent
From the text, "When a threshold number of workers - 30 percent of the
appropriate bargaining unit - sign authorization cards to seek union formation,
they petition the NLRB to authorize an election." Ans✓✓✓ What is the threshold
,number of workers needed to sign authorization cards to seek union formation
from the NLRB?
A civil rights watchdog organization
From the text, "...the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights watchdog
organization, reports that it receives more complaints about workplace privacy
problems than any other claim." Ans✓✓✓ The American Civil Liberties Union is:
A combination of two or more persons to accomplish an unlawful purpose.
From the text, "A conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons planning to
accomplish an unlawful purpose." Ans✓✓✓ A tool employers used to limit the
power of unions was prosecution of unionizing workers under common law
criminal conspiracy laws. What is considered a conspiracy?
A consumer report
Section 1681 of FCRA provides that the term "consumer report" means "any
written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting
agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit
capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living
which is used, or expected to be used, or collected in whole, or in part, for the
purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for...
employment purposes...." Ans✓✓✓ Any written, oral, or other communication of
any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit
worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation,
personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used, or expected to be used,
or collected in whole, or in part, for the purpose of serving as a factor in
establishing the consumer's eligibility for... employment purposes... is known as:
A reasonable suspicion
, From the text, "In order to drug test federal employees, the governmental agency
must have a reasonable suspicion that an employee is engaged in illegal drug
use." Ans✓✓✓ In order to drug test federal employees, the governmental agent
must have _________ that an employee is engaged in illegal drug use.
A strike not authorized by the union.
From the text, "Taft-Hartley ... prohibited wildcat strikes (strikes not authorized by
the union), solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts (employment action
in support of another union), secondary and mass picketing, monetary donations
by unions to federal political campaigns, and closed shops." Ans✓✓✓ The Taft-
Hartley Act prohibits wildcat strikes. What is a wildcat strike?
A work stoppage by mass refusal of employees to work
From the text, "The main leverage which unions used was the strike: a work
stoppage by mass refusal of employees to work." Ans✓✓✓ What is a strike?
Accessing, without permission, stored electronic communications
From the text, "The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) prohibits
employers from purposefully: 1) intercepting by electronic means any employee
wire, oral or electronic communications; or, 2) accessing, without permission,
stored electronic communications." Ans✓✓✓ The Electronic Communications
Privacy Act (ECPA) prohibits employers from purposefully intercepting by
electronic means any employee wire, oral, or electronic communications, as well
as:
Accidents
Absenteeism
Discipline issues
