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Chapter 20: Employment Law
      
  1.If an employee handbook contains statements promising discipline or discharge only for certain offenses, an employee may assume he or she is not an employee-at-will.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  2.The Taft-Hartley Act allows the President of the United States to postpone a strike for up to 60 days if the strike would endanger the nation's health or safety.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  3.The purpose of the Landrum-Griffin Act was to  
  a.   control the work that children are permitted to do.  
  b.   encourage collective bargaining and discourage certain unfair labor practices.  
  c.   stop corruption in the unions.  
  d.   equalize the power of labor and management.  
      
  4.State right-to-work laws prohibit featherbedding.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  5.Wrongful discharge  
  a.   allows for employees to seek union protection if a layoff is forced due to a downturn in the economy.  
  b.   provides employees with grounds for legal action against employers who have treated them unfairly.  
  c.   occurs when an employer makes a promise to an employee that he or she does not keep.  
  d.   is also called illegal discrimination in some states.  
      
  6.Child labor laws allow children between the ages of 14 and 16 to work  
  a.   only if the Secretary of Labor determines that such employment does not interfere with their schooling.  
  b.   in businesses where one of their parents are employed.  
  c.   in dangerous occupations only if special work permits are secured.  
  d.   if it is necessary for the child to provide support to the household.  
      
  7.Employment-at-will means that an  
  a.   employee may collect severance pay if a layoff is forced due to a downturn in the economy.  
  b.   employer can refuse a collective bargaining agreement at any time during the contract period.  
  c.   employee may choose to join a union at any time during his or her employment period.  
  d.   employer may discharge an employee at any time, for any or no reason, with or without notice.  
      
  8.The doctrine of employment-at-will does not apply to employees who are protected by a union.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  9.The purpose of the Wagner Act was to  
  a.   control the work that children are permitted to do.  
  b.   encourage collective bargaining and discourage certain unfair labor practices.  
  c.   stop corruption in the unions.  
  d.   equalize the power of labor and management.  
      
  10.Under an implied covenant, the employer must put in writing that he or she will be fair and honest with all employees.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  

 
 
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