According to the Workers’ Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, notice of
closure or layoff affecting 50 or more full-time workers must be given to the highest
elected local official.
a. True
b. False
Mandatory bargaining subjects include pay, conditions of employment, and any other
issue that both parties agree to discuss.
a. True
b. False
One advantage of peer evaluations is that:
a. peers are less politically motivated than supervisors.
b. peers may furnish more accurate and valid information than supervisors.
c. peers may work harder to help other employees improve performance.
d. peers are often partially responsible for the performance of other co-workers.
Having appraisals reviewed by a supervisor’s supervisor creates unnecessary
redundancy and may actually result in greater legal liability.
a. True
b. False
All of the following questions may be considered appropriate during an interview
EXCEPT:
a. Have you ever been arrested?
b. Do you have a legal right to work in the U.S.?
c. Are you physically able to perform the essential duties of the job?
d. Did you finish school?
Under the employment-at-will doctrine, who can terminate an employment
relationship?
a. Only employees
b. Only employers
c. Government or unions
d. Employees or employers
Educational institutions typically are a source of young applicants with formal training
but relatively little full-time work experience.
a. True
b. False
Raising selection standards and hiring better-qualified employees can reduce training
costs.
a. True
b. False
A Duke study found that morbidly obese workers file ____ more workers’
compensation claims and take longer to recover from injuries.
a. 25 percent
b. 45 percent
c. 65 percent
d. 85 percent
The work of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consists of
formulatingequal employment opportunity(EEO) policy and approving litigation
involved in maintaining equal employment opportunity.
a. True
b. False