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Question 41

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Oakley is an employee of Paving Inc., which is performing a contract for the federal government. Oakley learns that Paving is overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the fraud, the law may protect him from being fired from his job. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

A) an example of the doctrine.
B) an exception based on contract theory.
C) an exception based on public policy.
D) an exception based on a statute.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Question 42

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Corporate Enterprises Inc. provides its employees with a closed, in-house, e-mail system, which the company expressly restricts to business-related interactions. Employees who use the system

A) have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their use of the system.
B) cannot reasonably expect their interactions to be private.
C) can hold the employer liable for monitoring their communications.
D) are protected from monitoring but cannot sue their employer.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Question 43

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An employer can eliminate a worker's medical, optical, or dental insurance coverage on the voluntary termination of the worker's employment.

Manufacturers and suppliers entering into contracts with agencies of the federal government are exempt from federal wage-hour requirements.

Salsa Inc. employs three hundred workers at four locations in two states. Under federal law, Salsa must provide each employee, during any twelve-month period, family or medical leave of

To receive benefits under a state workers' compensation law, an employee injured on the job must promptly sue the employer.

The purpose of state workers' compensation laws is to establish an administrative process for compensating workers for

Ferris is an employee of Guitars LLC. Guitars' employee manual states that workers, such as Ferris, will be dismissed only for good cause. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

A key provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) concerns vesting. Vesting gives an employee who stops working a legal right to receive

An employer can waive or reduce the federal overtime pay requirements if the waiver or reduction is applied to all otherwise eligible and ineligible employees.

Luke takes temporary family leave from his job at Metal Works Corporation to arrange for child care and deal with financial and legal matters when Nancy, his spouse, a U.S. Marine on active duty, is deployed overseas. On Luke's return from the leave, Metal Works must

To a large extent, statutory law governing the workplace has displaced common law doctrines.