Employment Law (Ch 22 & Random Questions)

When an employer intentionally discriminates against an individual or a group of individuals belonging to a protected class.

• Disparate treatment
• Disparate impact
• Bad behavior
• Socially unacceptable

Which Act requires unions to give a 60 day notice before calling a strike?

• Norris-LaGuardia Act
• Wagner Act
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Landrum-Griffin Act

The EPA is the federal government agency that regulates the health and safety standards for companies in the United States.

• True
• False

The unequal treatment of individuals based on sex, age, race, nationality, or religion

• Bigotry
• Prejudice
• Unfairness
• Discrimination

An organization of employees formed to promote the welfare of its members is a union.

• True
• False

Government agency that is set up for fighting pollution and to protect the environment and human health from exposure to hazardous chemicals and waste.

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Preservation Agency
• Environmental Protection Assurance
• Elston Protection Agency

Bans an employer from taking back certain types of promises.

• Promissory Estoppel
• Public Policy Tort

Act that created a government program providing continuing income to workers and their dependents when they retire or are disabled is called the ____________

• Employment Retirement Income Security Act
• Social Security Act
• Unemployment Compensation Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act

The equal pay rule is a standard that states that employers must pay women the same rate of pay as men for the same type of job.

• True
• False

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act forbids discriminating against any person aged _____ or older.

• 40
• 50
• 60
• 55