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Retail Store Inc. is located in Seattle, Washington, where the city and the state have minimum wage laws. Retail pays its starting employees the legal minimum rate, which, among the governing laws, is

A) the highest minimum wage.
B) the federal minimum wage.
C) the state minimum wage.
D) the city minimum wage.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The distinction made under agency law between employee and independent-contractor status is important because federal employment laws

A) apply only to the employer-employee relationship.
B) govern employees and independent contractors who act as agents.
C) do not cover employees who qualify as independent contractors.
D) distinguish between agents and independent contractors.

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

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Fresh Food Packing Inc. employs 1,800 workers in its storage, packing, and shipping facilities. Employees who lose their jobs with Fresh Food are not eligible for unemployment compensation if they

The Family and Medical Leave Act requires certain employers to provide eligible employees with family or medical leave for any of the following reasons except

Federal wage-hour requirements apply to all employers engaged in interstate commerce, in producing goods for interstate commerce, and in certain other businesses.

An injury that occurs while an employee is commuting to or from work is usually not considered to have occurred on the job or in the course of employment and hence is not covered by workers' compensation law.

Certain employers are required to keep occupational injury and health records for each employee, but due to privacy concerns, no employer is permitted to electronically post those records.

Blanca is an at-will employee of Commercial Data Company. In firing Blanca, Dart, a Commercial Data manager, publicly discloses, via social media, private facts about Blanca's personal life. She successfully sues the employer for wrongful discharge. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

During an employee's leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employer must continue to compensate the employee to avoid the potential negative effect of unpaid leave on interstate commerce.

A state law prohibits employers from causing employees "to work more than six days in seven." An employee who works a seventh consecutive day filling in for another worker is most likely

The permissibility of a private employer's drug testing of employees may hinge on whether the testing is reasonable.

Game Stores Inc. employs four hundred workers at three locations in three states. Workers who lose their jobs with Games have a right to continued health-care coverage under the company's group plan unless they

With respect to governing the workplace, statutory law

The Affordable Care Act requires most employers with fifty or more full-time employees to offer health-insurance benefits. Under the act's 50/30 rule, qualified employers who fail to provide insurance

An express employment contract cannot protect an employee from discharge without good cause.

Any business offering health insurance to its employees may be eligible for tax credits to offset some of the cost.

Chloe is seventeen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, she cannot

In states that require a minimum wage that is higher than the specified federal minimum wage, employees are entitled only to the lower federal amount.

Owen, a counter clerk at Pastry Bakery, notices that the bakers are not wearing protective gloves while preparing baked goods, a violation of state law. Owen reports this to Quinn, the owner, who does nothing. Owen tells Robin, a reporter for STUV, a local television station. STUV reports the violations on a newscast. Pastry's business drops 40 percent. Can Quinn fire Owen for this?

If an employer does not pay unemployment taxes, the government can place a lien on the business's property to secure the debt.