C233 Employment Law Practice Questions - Set 1 - Part 1

Test your knowledge of Employment Law concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 1: A company conducts a mass layoff without providing a 60-day notice to its employees. Under which act could the company face penalties for this violation?

a) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

b) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

c) Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

d) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Question 2: Which term refers to a strike initiated by workers that is not authorized by the union?

a) Unfair Labor Practices Strike

b) Economic Strike

c) Wildcat Strike

d) Sympathy Strike

Question 3: Which law requires employers to provide wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured on the job in exchange for relinquishing the right to sue?

a) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

b) Workers' Compensation

c) Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

d) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Question 4: Which term describes an analysis used to determine whether protected classes are underutilized in different job groups?

a) Workforce Analysis

b) Job Group Analysis

c) Underutilization Analysis

d) Affirmative Action Plan

Question 5: An employer requires an employee to agree not to join a union as a condition of employment. What type of contract is this?

a) Yellow Dog Contract

b) Collective Bargaining Agreement

c) Closed Shop Contract

d) Union Shop Contract

Question 6: Which act prohibits employers from using polygraph tests for recruiting or retention purposes?

a) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

b) Polygraph Protection Act

c) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

d) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Question 7: What does the 20-factor analysis help determine?

a) Whether an employee has been discriminated against

b) Whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee

c) Whether an employer has committed an unfair labor practice

d) Whether a union is representing its members fairly

Question 8: What type of claim can be filed when an employer terminates an employee as punishment for engaging in a protected activity, such as whistleblowing?

a) Retaliatory Discharge

b) Wrongful Termination

c) Constructive Discharge

d) Breach of Contract

Question 9: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), what is considered a reasonable accommodation?

a) Lowering job standards

b) Providing paid leave

c) Adjusting the work environment to allow an individual with a disability to perform job functions

d) Reducing working hours

Question 10: Which federal law establishes the minimum wage, overtime pay standards, and protections against child labor?

a) Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

b) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

c) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

d) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Question 11: Which act was passed to protect workers aged 40 and older from employment discrimination based on age?

a) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

b) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

c) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

d) Equal Pay Act (EPA)

Question 12: What is the primary purpose of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)?

a) To provide wage replacement for veterans

b) To protect military service members' jobs and ensure reemployment after military service

c) To provide healthcare benefits for veterans

d) To protect veterans from workplace injuries

Question 13: Which of the following actions by an employer may constitute a violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?

a) Terminating an employee for insubordination

b) Refusing to negotiate with a union that represents the employees

c) Requiring employees to work overtime during a busy season

d) Offering voluntary severance packages to employees

Question 14: Which act requires employers with 100 or more employees to give advance notice of plant closings or mass layoffs?

a) Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

b) Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

c) Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

d) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Question 15: Which law requires employers to verify the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States within three days of hiring?

a) Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

b) Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

c) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

d) Equal Pay Act (EPA)

Question 16: Which type of leave allows an employee to take time off intermittently instead of consecutively for medical or family reasons?

a) Continuous Leave

b) Intermittent Leave

c) Paid Leave

d) Medical Emergency Leave

Question 17: What type of contract requires employees to join a union as a condition of employment?

a) Closed Shop Contract

b) Union Shop Contract

c) Yellow Dog Contract

d) Open Shop Contract

Question 18: An employer has created a work environment that an average person would find hostile due to repeated harassment. What is this situation an example of?

a) Quid Pro Quo Harassment

b) Hostile Work Environment

c) Vicarious Liability

d) Retaliation

Question 19: Which act prohibits employers from knowingly hiring undocumented workers?

a) Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

b) Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

c) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

d) Equal Pay Act (EPA)

Question 20: What is a civil wrong, such as defamation or invasion of privacy, that causes harm to another person?

a) Breach of Contract

b) Tort

c) Felony

d) Negligence

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