Deck 2: The Legal Environment of Human Resources Management

Question 1

What is the minimum age at which minors can be employed outside of school hours in nonmanufacturing jobs?

A) 12
B) 13
C) 14
D) 15

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which law requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers to ensure fairness in employment?

A) Civil Rights Act
B) Fair Labor Standards Act
C) Americans With Disabilities Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the major factor that influences the passage and enforcement of employment-related legislation?

A) Population growth
B) Workforce diversity
C) Efforts to reduce operating costs
D) Societal views of fairness in the workplace

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which law requires restaurants to provide handicap parking spaces for guests?

A) The Clayton Act
B) Americans with Disabilities Act
C) Age Discrimination in Employment Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 5

Garnishment is a court ordered action that affects

A) a worker's pay.
B) employee working conditions.
C) a worker's right to join a union.
D) management's right to discharge a worker for good cause.

Question 6

Which federal law requires employees to be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 per week?

A) Clayton Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) National Labor Relations Act

Question 7

Who is permitted to determine whether a specific job requirement is a bona fide occupational qualification?

A) Workers
B) Employers
C) Worker unions
D) Federal government

Question 8

How much unpaid leave, per 12-month period, are eligible workers allowed to take under the Family and Medical Leave Act?

A) 10 weeks
B) 12 weeks
C) 14 weeks
D) 16 weeks

Question 9

Which federal law gave restaurant employees the right to organize and bargain collectively?

A) Civil Rights Act
B) Railway Labor Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) National Labor Relations Act

Question 10

The act of sexual harassment is a violation of the

A) Equal Pay Act.
B) Civil Rights Act.
C) Fair Labor Standards Act.
D) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Question 11

Which governmental entity is responsible for administering worker's compensation programs affecting employees who are injured on the job?

A) City
B) County
C) State
D) Federal

Question 12

Under the Family Medical Leave Act, how much unpaid leave are pregnant workers allowed to receive after their baby's birth?

A) 1 week
B) 4 weeks
C) 12 weeks
D) 26 weeks

Question 13

At what age are workers covered under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act?

A) 35
B) 40
C) 45
D) 50

Question 14

Governmental rules and regulations defining allowable employee/employer conduct are

A) rarely changed.
B) modified as society evolves.
C) only changed at the request of employers.
D) easily changed at the request of employees.

Question 15

Which governmental entity is responsible for regulating interstate commerce?

A) City
B) County
C) State
D) Federal

Question 16

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created as a result of a revision to which act?

A) Equal Pay Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Question 17

In which decade did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act?

A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1970s

Question 18

What is the minimum age at which workers can be employed in hazardous occupations?

A) 18
B) 19
C) 20
D) 21

Question 19

The jurisdiction of an employment law refers to the

A) penalties imposed for violating the law.
B) size of business to which the law applies.
C) geographic area in which the law is enforceable.
D) steps managers must take to be in compliance with the law.

Question 20

Which federal law regulates the conditions under which minors can be employed?

A) Civil Rights Act
B) Railway Labor Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) National Labor Relations Act

Question 21

Which law mandated that all workers who are not covered by a health insurance plan at work must purchase individual health care coverage?

A) Clayton Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question 22

At which governmental level will changes in employment law be most widely publicized?

A) City
B) County
C) State
D) Federal

Question 23

U.S. citizens managing hospitality operations in foreign countries are always required to follow the employment laws of the

A) U.S. federal government.
B) country in which their units are operated.
C) state in which their company is incorporated.
D) country that employs the greatest number of workers in their organizations.

Question 24

How many full-time workers must a business employ to be covered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

A) 25
B) 50
C) 75
D) 100

Question 25

Which law altered the statute of limitations allowed for worker allegations of an employer's equal-pay violations?

A) Equal Pay Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Fair Labor Standards Act
D) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act