Exam 24: Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law

Under federal law, only key employees who take temporary family or medical leave are entitled to job reinstatement.

Thelma is an employee at Foreign Food Mart. Thelma is called for jury duty and as a result cannot work her scheduled shift at Foreign Food Mart. Foreign Food Mart fires Thelma. This is a violation of

Finance Professionals Union represents the workers of Business & Commerce Banking Corporation. The management of the firm refuses to bargain with the union. This violates

All employers must provide their employees with up to twelve months of family or medical leave.

Employers are not allowed to interfere with employees' efforts to form or join a union under

Tyrone is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he

An employee who is fired outside of the terms of an implied employment contract may succeed in an action for breach of contract.

All unemployed workers who are willing and able to work are eligible for unemployment compensation.

Hu, Ivan, and Juana apply to work for King Meatpacking Company. These individuals' identities and eligibility to work must be verified by

Hoppy, who works as an employee for Imperial Power Corporation, suffers an injury in an accident. Hoppy will be compensated under state workers' compensation laws

Samson is a government employee. Samson is limited in drug testing by the

Unfair labor practices are defined by the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

Investors Fund, a large financial institution, announces that it will start monitoring its employees' electronic communications. If Mary, an Investors Fund employee, resists this policy, her best argument is that the monitoring violates

An employer may not hire an illegal immigrant under any circumstances.

Healthy Harvest Company runs a candy and fruit processing and packaging plant. Most of Healthy Harvest's business is done during holiday seasons, especially between Halloween and New Year's Day, and in the spring. The company hires a large temporary workforce during its busiest times. Occasionally, a position opens for an individual with highly specialized skills, particularly to operate and maintain the company's inventory and sales control systems. Can Healthy Harvest hire noncitizens for its temporary, seasonal work? Can the company hire a noncitizen with special skills for certain jobs? If so, what procedures must the employer follow in both situations to do this hiring? If not, how can Healthy Harvest be assured that it is hiring only citizens?

Southwestern Foods Corporation operates a packaging plant near the border between the United States and Mexico. Due to the location, it would be easier for Southwestern to employ noncitizens. With respect to persons not authorized to work in the United States, an employer can

Only federal law governs drug tests of private-sector employees.

Mineral Mining Corporation is a U.S. employer. Mineral, and other U.S. employers, must perform I-9 verifications for

Individual states may pass their own right-to-work laws.

During a union election campaign, Sapphire Blue Finance Company prohibits on-site solicitations by Credit Workers Union, which is seeking the workers' unionization, while permitting charities to solicit the same workers. This violates