Deck 19: Management of Employee Welfare

Question 1

Unemployment benefits are paid regardless of whether the employee quit or was fired.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Independent contractors are covered under workers' compensation.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In workers' compensation cases,fault is immaterial.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Equal Pay Act is a comparable worth statute.

Question 5

The NLRA established the NLRB as the enforcement agency for labor laws.

Question 6

The Taft-Hartley Act includes the presidential power to invoke a "cooling-off period" in transportation strikes.

Question 7

ERISA was passed to regulate employee pension and retirement plans.

Question 8

Child labor protections are part of FLSA.

Question 9

The Fair Labor Standards Act is often called the minimum wage law.

Question 10

The Equal Pay Act is an amendment to FLSA.

Question 11

Mining is the industry with the highest fatality rate.

Question 12

FLSA no longer contains provisions on overtime pay.

Question 13

Corporate officers can be held liable for FLSA violations.

Question 14

Drug testing of employees is a violation of the FLSA.

Question 15

Retaliatory conduct against an employee who files a complaint is prohibited under OSHA.

Question 16

The Wagner Act is the National Labor Relations Act.

Question 17

Unemployment benefits are administered by the federal government.

Question 18

FICA contributions are covered under FLSA.

Question 19

The Landrum-Griffin Act is the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

Question 20

The Taft-Hartley Act is the Labor Management Relations Act.

Question 21

Promising promotions for not joining a union is an unfair labor practice.

Question 22

The Landrum-Griffin Act contains a bill of rights for union members.

Question 23

Only employers are subject to the NLRA's good-faith bargaining requirement.

Question 24

Featherbedding is payment for work not actually performed and is an unfair labor practice.

Question 25

Workers' compensation systems cover independent contractors.

Question 26

Right-to-work states outlaw closed shops.

Question 27

An election for a union cannot be held more than once every 12 months.

Question 28

Picketing is a permissible economic weapon.

Question 29

Wages and hours are examples of mandatory subjects for good-faith bargaining.

Question 30

Under workers' compensation systems,fault is immaterial.

Question 31

Threatening a job loss for joining a union is an unfair labor practice for employers.

Question 32

Failure to bargain on a mandatory subject matter is an unfair labor practice.

Question 33

A certified union has the exclusive right to represent employees in contract negotiations.

Question 34

The largest OSHA fine that can be imposed is $70,000.

Question 35

Collective bargaining units are determined by employees.

Question 36

The legal trend in overtime pay requirements is to expand the number of employees covered.

Question 37

Plant closings are always unfair labor practices.

Question 38

Workers' compensation systems cover only physical injuries not problems stemming from stress.

Question 39

Collective bargaining units generally consist of employees who do the same work.

Question 40

Workers' compensation systems are administered by the federal government.

Question 41

Employers are responsible when employees use their computers to infringe on others' intellectual property rights.

Question 42

Employers are responsible for the content of employee e-mails.

Question 43

Employee evaluation systems that rank employees in tiers for purposes of raises and termination violate the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Question 44

The use of company e-mail by union organizers remains an unresolved issue.

Question 45

The overtime pay provisions of the FLSA are now broader because of rule interpretations by the Department of Labor.

Question 46

The Pension Reform Act changed both the funding and accounting requirements for employer-sponsored pension plans.

Question 47

The U.S.Department of Labor prohibits U.S.companies from using child labor in all countries.

Question 48

States do not limit the length of time a person can receive disability payments.

Question 49

Employees are not required to give consent to employer access to their e-mails under the Stored Communications Act.

Question 50

The USA Patriot Act imposes stricter standards for employers and deportation.

Question 51

Employee e-mails cannot be obtained through discovery processes in litigation against the company because of Fifth Amendment protections.

Question 52

An employee who uses his or her company e-mail system to communicate privately with his or her lawyer has waived the privilege and the content can be used in court.

Question 53

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act applies to all forms of electronic communication.

Question 54

Unscheduled injuries in workers' compensation systems are not covered by the systems.

Question 55

The I-9 is the green card.

Question 56

Keeping two sets of books on employee hours worked and payment made is sufficient to hold principals liable for an FLSA violation.

Question 57

The I-9 is the form employers must have for non-citizen employees.

Question 58

The Department of Homeland Security has a cabinet-level head.

Question 59

The Pension Reform Act requires all employers to have pension plans for their employees.

Question 60

The Pension Reform Act was passed in response to company bankruptcies that discharged their pension plan obligations.

Question 61

Which federal law regulates minimum wage?

A)FLSA
B)OSHA
C)ERISA
D)none of the above

Question 62

OSHA:

A)is the agency responsible for ensuring safety in the workplace.
B)has no inspection authority.
C)covers employers with three or more employees.
D)none of the above

Question 63

The Equal Pay Act:

A)prohibits merit systems.
B)prohibits seniority systems.
C)is a comparable worth statute.
D)none of the above

Question 64

When is a warrant required for an OSHA search?

A)only when a complaint has been filed
B)only when a random inspection is being conducted
C)both a and b
D)none of the above

Question 65

Under OSHA,random inspections are permitted if:

A)announced.
B)a warrant is obtained.
C)there has been a complaint.
D)none of the above

Question 66

Independent contractors are:

A)not covered under workers' compensation.
B)defined under workers' compensation laws the same way as they are defined under agency law.
C)not employees.
D)all of the above

Question 67

Unemployment benefits:

A)are paid regardless of the reason for termination of employment.
B)are paid from FICA contributions.
C)cannot be regulated by the state.
D)none of the above

Question 68

Which federal law provides for unemployment compensation?

A)FLSA
B)OSHA
C)ERISA
D)none of the above

Question 69

Employers are permitted to monitor employee Tweets about company issues.

Question 70

Workers' compensation programs are:

A)applicable to injuries in the scope of employment.
B)no-fault programs.
C)supported by FICA.
D)a and b only

Question 71

Which firms are covered under FLSA?

A)hotels
B)retail businesses
C)restaurants
D)All of the above are covered.

Question 72

ERISA applies:

A)to any medical, retirement, or income-deferral plan.
B)to businesses with three or more employees.
C)only to employees not seeking Social Security benefits.
D)none of the above

Question 73

The employer practice of "Googling" job applicants is not prohibited by federal law.

Question 74

Child labor protections:

A)are part of FLSA.
B)apply only to children under age 16.
C)both a and b
D)none of the above

Question 75

An employee can be prosecuted for giving his or her company user name and password to hackers.

Question 76

Under workers' compensation:

A)the employee loses the right to litigation against the employer for covered incidents.
B)employee fault controls compensation.
C)injuries by fellow employees are not covered.
D)none of the above

Question 77

Which employees are exempt under FLSA?

A)agricultural employees
B)professions of law and medicine
C)executives and administrators
D)All of the above are exempt.

Question 78

Which protection is not part of FLSA?

A)minimum wage
B)maximum hours
C)retirement benefits
D)All of the above are protections.

Question 79

Employer monitoring of employee e-mail is illegal.

Question 80

Employee e-mails can be used to establish criminal intent in prosecution of companies.