Environment Of Orgs Quiz
According to the California supreme court in Foley v. Interactive Data, employer handbooks:
Select one:
a. Never create contractual limits to employment-at-will
b. May provide grounds for a breach of employment contract
c. Are valid only if negotiated beforehand with employees
d. Are invalid due to the management power to write them
Adam enters into an oral agreement with Tushar that Tushar will sell Adam’s house for him. A week later, the house burns down. Adam and Tushar’s agency is now:
Select one:
a. Terminated by operation of law
b. Still in place
c. Illegal in some states
d. Fraudulent in all states
An agency may be established by:
Select one:
a. Operation of the law
b. Means of the doctrine of estoppel
c. Ratification
d. All of the above
Barbara, a purchasing agent for UTA, was fired for good reason. Being angry about her dismissal, she calls one of UTA’s suppliers and orders 1,000 purple widgets UTA does not need. If UTA, the principal, is held liable for this transaction, it is because Barbara had:
Select one:
a. Express authority
b. Implied authority
c. Apparent authority
d. Actual authority
Employees among the 10 percent highest paid, whose leave would cause “substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the employer”:
Select one:
a. May not receive FMLA coverage
b. May not be denied FMLA coverage
c. Should receive twice as much FMLA leave as other employees
d. Are entitled to extra benefits under the FMLA
Employers may use the E-Verify program to check employee eligibility status.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
For a union representation election to be called, 50 percent of the workers at a workplace must sign authorization cards requesting the election.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
If at least 30 percent of workers vote to get rid of a union, the union is decertified.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
In Bearden v. Wardley Corp., where Bearden sued Wardley because one of its agents, Gritton, bought a house from her and then cheated her on the transaction, the court held that:
Select one:
a. Both Wardley and Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so both were liable
b. Neither Wardley nor Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so neither was liable
c. Only Wardley owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so only Warden was liable
d. Only Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so only Gritton was liable