Exam 42: Employment Law

The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in federal programs but does not require federal contractors and agencies to take affirmative action to hire qualified handicapped persons.

Challenges to affirmative action plans adopted by private employers are tested under:

ABC Company sells nursery products.It hires only women as sales representatives because it thinks that its customers relate better to women.This is:

A "closed shop" is:

Regarding drug and alcohol testing of employees by employers:

A defense available to the employer in an action for workers' compensation is that:

The Taft-Hartley Act protects the employer from unfair practices by the union.

The Equal Pay Act requires that employees of American Indian ancestry and employees of Italian ancestry be paid equally for equal work.

The LMRA prohibits the closed shop, although it permits the existence of a union shop.

Sexual harassment:

Under the Civil Rights Act of 1991,

The Family and Medical Leave Act:

Compliance with the affirmative action requirement for contractors:

In a "closed shop," an employee:

The common law of torts protects employees from all of the following except:

Once a plaintiff has established a prima facie case of discrimination on a disparate treatment theory, and the defendant has articulated a legitimate and non-discriminatory reason for the discrimination, a plaintiff may still win.

Claims of unequal pay for jobs of comparable worth may be brought under:

The is responsible for enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws.

IBM has two manufacturing facilities-one in New York City and one in Evergreen, Oklahoma.Marjorie has worked in the Oklahoma plant for 15 years assembling resistors.Her sister, Ellen, has worked at the same plant for 15 years also.Their brother, Hank, has worked there for 10 years in the same job as his sisters.Ellen transfers to the New York facility.Their salaries are now as follows: Marjorie-$12.00 per hour Ellen-$19.50 per hour Hank-$14.00 per hour Is there a violation of the Equal Pay Act?

Under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, unemployment benefits are paid to workers who have lost their jobs, usually through no fault of their own.