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Question 21

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Federal law that allows employees to take time off work for family or medical leave supersedes state and local laws that provide more generous benefits.

A) True
B) False

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Olin is a key Power Company employee, whose pay falls within the top ten percent of the firm's workforce. Olin takes permitted time off under the Family Medical and Leave Act. On the employee's return from the leave, the employer

A) can avoid reinstating Olin.
B) must pay Olin an additional ten percent in wages prorated to the leave.
C) may cancel Olin's health-care coverage.
D) must accept the return to work but can restore Olin to a lesser position.

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

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Notifying employees that their e-mails and phone calls may be monitored protects an employer who also monitors social media posts and text messages from liability for invasion of privacy.

To avoid permitting a key employee to take family or medical leave, an employer must show that the leave would cause "substantial injury" to the employer.

The waiters who work for Sports Time Grill receive tips on the job. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Sports Time is required to pay the wait staff

A whistleblower is an employee who publicly reveals a co-worker's unsafe or illegal activity.

An employer cannot discharge a worker who, in good faith, refuses to work in a high-risk area if bodily harm or death might result.

When an employee receives tips on the job, federal law requires the employer to pay the employee the difference between the amount of the tips and the federal minimum wage.

Riga works for Street Tacos LLC. The basis for Riga's contribution under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act to help pay for benefits that will partially make up for her loss of income on retirement is

Employers who provide health insurance to their employees must ensure that the employees' health information is not disclosed to unauthorized parties.

An employee fired for participating in a protected activity, such as an employment-discrimination investigation, cannot sue for wrongful discharge.

An employer is not prohibited from intercepting and monitoring all communications made on electronic devices by employees during business hours.

Discharging an employee soon after hiring with a promise of "long-term employment" may give rise to an action against the employer for fraud.

Denis works for Engineers P.A. While working on an Engineers project, Denis is injured. Under state workers' compensation laws, he will be compensated only if the injury was

If a state law requires employers to give employees one day off per week, an employee who works that one day may be entitled to overtime pay under federal law.

Most of the states and the federal government have enacted statutes to protect employees who report wrongdoing from employer retaliation.

Devlin is thirteen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he cannot

Cyberware Inc. plans to lay off 400 of its 1,800 marketing employees at its corporate headquarters. Under federal law, the employer must give these employees

Ben takes temporary family leave from his job at Car Sales Company to care for a newborn baby. With respect to the employee's health-care coverage, during the leave, under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the employer

Aircraft Corporation employs mechanics, programmers, outside salespersons, and professionals, including pilots. Employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions include all of the following except