Employment Law Questions

To bring a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the person must be at least ____ years of age.

40

The triple bottom line refers to considering the following:

People, Planet, and Profit

Pat works at The Calon Kitchen as a food server. Cory is a line cook, and is constantly making jokes about the food servers; a few times the jokes were of a sexual nature. Pat does not feel comfortable working there anymore and quits. In order to bring a constructive discharge case Pat will need to establish Cory's conduct:

Objectively AND subjectively created a hostile work environment

Cogswell manufactures engines used in go-carts. They learned that a design flaw means the useful life of the engine is reduced by 25%. Cogswell decides to continue manufacturing the engines, in hopes of quickly gaining market shares. Once it becomes a leader in the market, it will deal with any complaints from customers. This strategy is best described as:

Short-term profit maximization

Samantha operates a general store. She is the manager; her husband runs the stock room. Her three grown children work as sales clerks. She hires two non-family members to work in the stock room. Cory applies for a job, but is not hired. Cory believes he was not hired because he was born in a foreign country. He wants to bring a claim against Samantha for violating Title VII. What is a potential defense Samantha can present to avoid liability?

Based upon the number of employees, her store does not fall under Title VII.

The Categorical Imperative was developed by:

Immanuel Kant

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) requires employers to complete the following form within three days of a worker's commencement of employment.

I-9 Form

Under EEOC guidelines a claimant can establish disparate impact by showing that the selection rate for a protected class is less than 4/5 (80%) of the rate for the group with the highest rate of hiring. This is referred to as what method?

Four-Fifths Rule Test

Which Federal Law restricts the ability of Federal Judges to issue injunctions preventing peaceful strikes?

Norris-LaGuardia Act

Race of an employee can be considered a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification.

False

Determining if a business decision is ethical conduct based solely on whether a potential action is legal is sometimes called:

The Moral Minimum

A paraphrase of the major premise of Utilitarian approach to ethics is:

"The greatest good for the greatest number"

An employee leaves a job voluntarily because the working conditions became so intolerable, due to constant jokes of a sexual nature, that a reasonable person in the employee's position would feel compelled to quit; this may result in a claim under Title VII for:

Constructive Discharge

Under the Labor Management Relations Act, States are authorized to create statutes that outlaw union membership as a condition of continued employment. These are referred to as:

Right-to-Work Laws

Auto workers employed by the Red Barchetta Automobile Company. The union representatives meet with company representatives. They begin negotiating a contract between the company and the workers. Discussion focuses on annual wages, vacation time, insurance and other benefits. This process is called:

Collective Bargaining

An E visa permits entry for certain foreign investors or entrepreneurs.

True

When workers call a strike on their own, without Union Authorization, that is called:

A wildcat strike

Which Federal law governs minimum wage?

Fair Labor Standards Act