EmploymentLawforBusiness,10thEdition,
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DawnBennett-Alexander,Chapters1-16
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,TABLEOFCONTENTS
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Chapter 1TheRegulation ofEmployment
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Chapter 2TheEmployment LawToolkit:Resources forUnderstanding the Lawand
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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 LegalConstructionoftheEmploymentEnvironment Chapter5
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AffirmativeAction
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Chapter 6Race andColorDiscrimination
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n Chapter8GenderDiscrimination Chapter9
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SexualHarassment
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Chapter 10Sexual Orientationand Gender IdentityDiscrimination Chapter11
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ReligiousDiscrimination
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Chapter12AgeDiscrimination Chapter13
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DisabilityDiscrimination
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Chapter 14The 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 16SelectedEmploymentBenefits andProtections
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,Chapter01: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) Agencylaw,based onthe traditional law called master and servant,
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governs employmentrelationships.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
2) In anemployment-agency relationship, if anagent actsbeyond 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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⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Myra provides accounting services as an independent contractor for Great
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Northern. Because of this relationship, Great Northernis responsible forwithholding
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and paying Myra'semployment taxes, including federal unemployment
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compensation(FUTA), Social Security (FICA) and FICA excise tax.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Employersare not liable for mosttorts committed byanindependent n n n n n n n n n n
contractor within the scope of the working relationship.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Thereis asingle commonlyaccepted definitionof"employee" used by
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courts, employers, and the government.
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⊚ false
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 fromadifferentrace. The replacedoffice assistant
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cannotproceed with a discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act since
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she (the part-time office assistant) was never an employee of Fresh Ideas.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLECHOICE- Choose the one alternative thatbest completes the statement
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or answersthe question.
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7) If anemployee has a car accident while driving a companycar fromone
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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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A) Vicariousliability n
B) Joint liability n
C) Strictliability n
D) Negligence
8) Which federal law protects employees from unfair labor practices of employers?
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A) Occupational Safety and Health Act n n n n
B) National Labor Relations Act n n n
C) Fair Labor Standards Act n n n
D) LaborManagement Relations Act n n n
9) A willful misclassification of workersby anemployer 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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