Chapter 15.2 Quiz - Employee Rights

The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prevents employers from using lie detector tests to screen employees except in certain cases.

• True

• False

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 makes it unlawful to discriminate against women because of pregnancy or childbirth.

• True

• False

Most U.S. employment laws apply to citizens who are working for American companies overseas.

• True

• False

The purpose of the EPA is to inspect workplaces at random to ensure employees are safe.

• True

• False

The Fair Labor Standards Act regulates the employment of minors.

• True

• False

The Texas Workforce Commission protects the privacy of state workers when they are employed in government jobs.

• True

• False

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, interviewers MAY ask applicants questions about

• race

• religion

• marital status

• work experience

The Immigration Reform Act makes employers responsible for

• ensuring that all employees have written work permits

• hiring 5% of their workforce from outside the United States

• keeping a special file on all nonimmigrant visa holders

• verifying the identity of all employees

Indirect discrimination occurs when an employer makes a hiring decision based on

• a qualification that is related to job performance

• the race or sex of the applicant

• a qualification that is not related to job performance

• the age of the applicant

A government program providing continuing income to workers and their dependents when they retire or are disabled is called the

• Social Security Act

• Employment Retirement Income Security Act

• Unemployment Compensation Act

• Family and Medical Leave Act