T/F: Common law governing the relationship between employers and employees has not been modified much by statute
false
T/F: The length of the contract of employment is not always implied by the terms of compensation
true
T/F: Because of labor legislation, union contracts, employee handbooks, and at-will employment laws, employees have little job security
false
T/F: Worker's compensation laws allow recovery by an employee for injuries that arise within the course of the work from a risk involved in that work regardless of negligence
true
T/F: The Federal Employers Liability Act applies to commn carriers engaged in interstate commerce
true
T/F: Employers are not required to keep records of work-related injuries or illnesses
false
T/F: The Occupational Safety and Health Act applies to all private and governmental employers
false
T/F: At common law, an employee who suffered an injury because the employer failed to provide enough employees to safely perform a job could sue an employer
true
When an employer-employee situation has an indefinite length for the contract and either the employer or employee may terminate employment for any reason or for no reason at all, it is called:
a. risk of employment
b. retribution
c. employment at will
d. employment respondent
c
OSHA stands for:
a. Outright Security in Hiring Act
b. Outsourcing Services and Hiring Act
c. Occasional Safety and Health Administration
d. Occupational Safety and Health Act
d
An employee with the same status and working with another worker is called a __________
a. fellow servant
b. determined worked
c. supervisor
d. subordinate
a
An employer has the duty of:
a. providing a happy workplace
b. providing lunches for all employees
c. exercising reasonable care
d. providing medical care for all employees
c
The employer's right to use an employee's invention without the payment of royalty is called __________
a. employment at will
b. misappropriating intellectual property
c. due diligence
d. shop right
d
Employees have a duty to employers to:
a. reveal confidential information about clients to news reporters
b. always expressly agree that inventions made during employment will be the property of the employer
c. perform the job honestly and ethically
d. divulge corporate secrets to competitors if it seems necessary