MGMT 582 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers

MGMT 582 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers What are the 3 items covered under the Fair Standards Act? - Answer-Minimum wage, paid overtime, and child labor rules (no more than 18 on school week and no more than 40 ever) A contractual agreement made between an employer and representatives of employees concerning the terms, privileges, and conditions of employment such as benefits, employee discipline and termination - Answer-collective bargaining agreement the part of human resource management that addresses employment issues arising from the organized workplace. - Answer-labor relations law that deals with all work places - Answer-employment law law that deals with only unionized workplaces - Answer-labor law the HR activity that deals with the legal relationship between managers and employees in a regulated but non-unionized work environment - Answer-HR compliance What are the protected classes under Title VII? - Answer-race color religion sex national origin Civil Rights act of 1991 added/ allowed in some cases: - Answer--disparate treatment cases could be held by a jury -punitive and compensatory damages -expanded jurisdiction to oversea facilities of American companies What does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) do? - Answer-- enforce occupational safety and health act -make factories and businesses safer -deal with workplace accidents, injuries, and illness What does the Family and Medical Leave Act require? - Answer-requires employers with 50 + full time employees to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for 1) birth/adoption of a child 2)serious illness of spouse, child, or parent 3) serious illness of employee the concept that judges go beyond their power of interpreting the law into making new laws ex) disparate impact and sexual harassment - Answer-judicial activism law made by congress (legislative branch) - Answer-statutory law What is the biggest source of litigation? - Answer-terminations What is the median cost of a litigation or going to court? - Answer-$88,000 the extent to which an organization's objectives, actions, and activities are viewed as being consistent with society's expectations. deals with the public image. - Answer- corporate legitimacy Are undocumented workers protected by most U.S. employment laws? - Answer-yes (for example they are entitled to minimum wage and overtime pay under FLSA and allowed to organize a union under NLRA) What branch of government enforces the laws? - Answer-executive branch interprets a certain statute and the subsequent regulations. can impose fines, penalties, and remedies. - Answer-regulatory agency a special type of regulatory agency that operates directly underneath the president and reports only to him - Answer-independent agency Give examples of independent agencies - Answer-EEOC, NLRB indicates if the Supreme court will hear a case. the appealing party has to apply for one of these. - Answer-writ of certiorari law based on the courts interpretation of a statute. law that results from judicial review - Answer-common law the idea that Congress must view the case in terms of what Congress was trying to accomplish at the time the statute was enacted. - Answer-congressional intent judges look at how previous and similar cases were interpreted to make decisions. "stare decisis" - Answer-precedent views the judicial branch as a means of achieving social justice by making policies/ case law - Answer-judicial activism the court refrains from law making and instead only enforces the laws already in place - Answer-judicial restraint What are the two schools of judicial thought? - Answer-judicial activism and judicial restraint Translate: 443 U.S. 193, 208 (1979) - Answer-443rd volume of the United States Reports page 193 (208 is the page where the specific info is found) Translate: 78 Stat. 255 (1964) - Answer-78th volume of Statutes at Large page 255 Translate: 42 U.S.C. ~S~ 200e-2 - Answer-42nd title of the United States Code section 2000e-2 How many district courts are there? - Answer-94 How many circuit courts are there? - Answer-13 What states make up the 5th circuit court? - Answer-Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas