Chapter 29 Laws Pop Quiz

_______ Amendment abolished slavery.

• 5th

• 12th

• 13th

• 15th

___________ is the law regulating equal employment opportunity in the United States. It prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals who are a member of the protected classes.

• Title V of the ADA

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1871

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

If men and women in an organization are doing equal work, the employer must pay them equally.

• Compensatory Damages

• Equal Rights Act

• Equal Pay Act of 1963

• At-will employment

______ prohibits discrimination against workers who are over the age of 40.

• Age Discrimination Act (1965

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)

• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act

• None of the above

_______ prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

• Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

• Women's Rights Act

• None of the above

_____ includes such things as future monetary loss, emotional pain, suffering, and loss enjoyment of life.

• Punitive damages

• Compensatory damages

• Employment related damages

• None of the above

________ is a punishment, requires violators to pay the plaintiff an amount beyond the actual losses suffered to discourage it from happening again in the future.

• Affirmative action

• Compensatory damages

• Punitive damages

• None of the above

law protects individuals with disabilities from being discriminated against in the workplace

• Civil Rights Act

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

• Affirmative Action

• None of the Above

_____ a term used in U.S. labor law for contractual relationships in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for termination), and without warning.

• Affirmative action

• At-will employment

• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

• Uniformed Services Act

an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination

• Equal Pay Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Affirmative Action

• Compensatory damages