Exam 40: Employment Regulation and Labor Law

If an employer has not already recognized a union, and a group of employees decides that it wants to form a collective bargaining unit to deal with labor-management matters such as negotiating a contract, the NRA sets out a procedure for forming a union.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets administrative rules and standards that mandate employers provide continuous coverage to any employee who has been terminated, even if the worker was terminated for cause.

A proposed federal bill forbidding employers from requesting user names and passwords, called the Password Protection Act, was introduced in 2015, it then __________.

To trigger protection under workers' compensation laws, the injury must meet two main criteria: (1) The injury was not accidental and (2) the injury occurred within the course of employment.

What could companies require employees to sign in regards to specific guidelines and policies for e-mail and Internet use?

__________ have the right to engage in picketing at the employer's facilities, although there is no right to picket at the actual property site owned by the company.

At least 60 percent of the authorization cards must be signed by employees in a certain bargaining unit.

While the right of an employer to monitor e-mail and Internet usage of workplace computers for business reasons is very expansive, employees are afforded certain protections for telephone calls and voicemail by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).

What profession(s) is/are subject to various state licensing regulations?

A group of employees may organize an effort to have other workers sign certification cards indicating that they wish to form a local union or join an existing union.

To be eligible for FMLA benefits, an employee must have worked for the company for at least 12 months and have worked __________ hours during the past 12 months.

The Industrial Revolution is described as the time period during the 19th and 20th centuries that saw minimal advances in science and technology.

One of the most important aspects of New Deal legislation was the enactment of various employment laws, one of which was the __________.

The Industrial Revolution is described as the time period during the __________ centuries that saw great advances in science and technology.

In Leonel v. American Airlines, 400 F.3d 702 (9th Cir. 2005), the court:

An employee's activities while using an employer's computer system are not protected by any privacy laws.

After a legally sound election is held, __________ of pro-union votes is required for the NLRB to certify the collective bargaining unit as a union.

An injured worker is not entitled to workers' compensation if the injury was intentionally self-inflicted or resulted from certain behavior except:

The FMLA affords employees certain protections related to __________.

To obtain a license, one typically must apply in the office of __________ of any state in which the work will be performed.