CHAPTER 28—EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. A contract can be terminated at any time by both an employer and an employee. This situation is known as
_____.
2. Jim had a contract with his firm for a period of 12 months. However, he was discharged from duty during the
tenth month of the contract period, and the employer failed to provide a valid reason for the dismissal. Which of
the following is likely to occur in this scenario?
3. Mike, a member of an employees’ union, negotiates his salary and reimbursement package directly with the
employer. However, this was contrary to the collective union policy. Which of the following is legally
permissible in this scenario?
4. Which of the following is a duty of an employer towards an employee?
5. Which of the following is likely to occur, if an employee dies during the course of his daily work, as a result
of negligence?
7. Which of the following is true of duties that an employee has toward the employer?
8. An employer’s right to use an employee’s invention without payment of a royalty is known as the _____.
9. The relationship of employer and employee arises only from an express contract of employment.
10. An employee discharged without cause may recover wages due up to the end of the contract period from
the employer.
11. A union contract binds the employer to recognize certain scales of union wages.
12. Under the common law, an employer does not have the duty to provide competent employees for the task.
13. A fellow servant is an employee who has the same status as another worker and works with that employee.
14. An employer can escape liability for breach of duty if it can be established that the employee’s own
negligence contributed to the accident.
15. A deceased employee’s family cannot recover damages for death which occurred during the course of
employment.
16. The theory of respondeat superior states that an employer is liable for personal injury committed outside the
course of employment.
17. An employer is never liable for intentional torts when the conduct constitutes a risk attributable to the
employer’s business.
18. If an employee invents a new process during the course of employment, the title of ownership of the new
invention passes to the employer.
19. The family of a worker who dies while fully insured at the time of death has a right to survivors’ benefits.
20. Explain disability and medicare benefits.
CHAPTER 28—EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Key
1. A contract can be terminated at any time by both an employer and an employee. This situation is known as
_____.
2. Jim had a contract with his firm for a period of 12 months. However, he was discharged from duty during the
tenth month of the contract period, and the employer failed to provide a valid reason for the dismissal. Which of
the following is likely to occur in this scenario?
3. Mike, a member of an employees’ union, negotiates his salary and reimbursement package directly with the
employer. However, this was contrary to the collective union policy. Which of the following is legally
permissible in this scenario?
4. Which of the following is a duty of an employer towards an employee?
5. Which of the following is likely to occur, if an employee dies during the course of his daily work, as a result
of negligence?
6. Which of the following is true of the theory of respondeat superior?
7. Which of the following is true of duties that an employee has toward the employer?
8. An employer’s right to use an employee’s invention without payment of a royalty is known as the _____.
9. The relationship of employer and employee arises only from an express contract of employment.
10. An employee discharged without cause may recover wages due up to the end of the contract period from
the employer.
11. A union contract binds the employer to recognize certain scales of union wages.
12. Under the common law, an employer does not have the duty to provide competent employees for the task.
13. A fellow servant is an employee who has the same status as another worker and works with that employee.
14. An employer can escape liability for breach of duty if it can be established that the employee’s own
negligence contributed to the accident.
15. A deceased employee’s family cannot recover damages for death which occurred during the course of
employment.
16. The theory of respondeat superior states that an employer is liable for personal injury committed outside the
course of employment.
17. An employer is never liable for intentional torts when the conduct constitutes a risk attributable to the
employer’s business.
18. If an employee invents a new process during the course of employment, the title of ownership of the new
invention passes to the employer.
19. The family of a worker who dies while fully insured at the time of death has a right to survivors’ benefits.
20. Explain disability and medicare benefits.