Exam 38: Regulation of Employment

In older cases, the employer-employee relationship was referred to as the common law's description of the master-servant relationship.

In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, regardless of why an employee is discharged the employer must pay wages to the expiration of the last pay period.

Under the FLSA, workers in all of the following groups may be legally paid less than minimum wage except for: ______.

Unemployment compensation benefits will most likely be denied to all of the following groups of people except: ______.

An employment contract always will state a time or duration for the contract's applicability.

Employers generally have the right to lay off an employee because of _____, sometimes referred to as reductions in force (RIFs).

In the case of defined benefit plans, the employer must cover any underfunding that may result from the plan's poor performance.

Any adversely affected person may challenge the validity of an OSHA in a U.S. Court of Appeals.

Vesting refers to the ability of an employer to reclaim all of the funds it may have paid into a former employee's retirement fund upon that employee's decision to resign.

"Permissive" subjects of bargaining include seniority provisions, promotions, layoff and recall provisions, no-strike no-lockout clauses, and grievance procedures.

An employee differs from an agent, who can make contracts with third persons on behalf of a principal.

Collective bargaining contracts govern the rights of employers and employees only in public sectors of employment.

Workers' compensation statutes provide the exclusive remedy for employees who are covered by such statutes and who suffer job-related injuries.

An employee has a "shop right" to use an employer's invention without consideration if the invention was made during working hours with the employer's material and equipment.

The Dodd-Frank Act offers no whistleblower protection to employees who would seek to provide information to the SEC or Congress.

The right of an employee to pension benefits paid into a pension plan in the employee's name by the employer is referred to by the term: ______.

Workers' compensation statutes do not typically provide for: ______.

ERISA establishes an insurance plan to protect employees when the employer goes out of business. To provide this protection, the statute created a: ______.

In older cases, the employment relationship was called the______ relationship.

Collective bargaining agreements can be approved without a ratification vote by the employees.