Legal Quiz (5)

QUESTION 1

If you are an at-will employee, your employer can fire you without giving reasons.
True

False

QUESTION 2

An employer can use the bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) exception as a defense against allegations of racial discrimination by an employee.
True

False

QUESTION 3

One of the roles of the NLRB is to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices by employers or unions.
True

False

QUESTION 4

You are probably (i.e., you are more likely than not) an independent contractor if you: (a) use your own tools, (b) have a great deal of discretion about how to best do your job, (c) are free to seek out other business opportunities, and (d) will perform work for a specific project or period of time.
True

False

QUESTION 5

Workers’ compensation benefits are generally payable for injuries and occupational diseases that arise out of and during the course of employment.
True

False

QUESTION 6

The Family Medical Leave Act requires employers with 50 or more employees to grant 12 weeks of paid leave to employees who have worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months prior to leave.

True

False

QUESTION 7

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer must reasonably accommodate religious observances, practices, or beliefs of its employees under all circumstances.

True

False

QUESTION 8

Regardless of the nature of an OSHA violation, the government cannot give criminal sanctions.
True

False

QUESTION 9

Conduct such as making lewd remarks, touching, intimidation, posting of indecent materials and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature may constitute hostile work environment sexual harassment.

True

False

QUESTION 10

Under the Department of Labor Wage-and-Hour law standards, an employer does not have to pay an employee who worked during an “unpaid meal break.”
True

False