Response to the following multiple choice questions:
1. According to the California supreme court in Foley v. Interactive Data, employer handbooks:
a. Never create contractual limits to employment-at-will
b. May provide grounds for a breach of employment contract
c. Are valid only if negotiated beforehand with employees
d. Are invalid due to the management power to write them
2. Adam enters into an oral agreement with Tushar that Tushar will sell Adam's house for him. A week later, the house burns down. Adam and Tushar's agency is now:
a. Terminated by operation of law
b. Still in place
c. Illegal in some states
d. Fraudulent in all states
3. An agency may be established by:
a. Operation of the law
b. Means of the doctrine of estoppel
c. Ratification
d. All of the above
4. Barbara, a purchasing agent for UTA, was fired for good reason. Being angry about her dismissal, she calls one of UTA's suppliers and orders 1,000 purple widgets UTA does not need. If UTA, the principal, is held liable for this transaction, it is because Barbara had:
a. Express authority
b. Implied authority
c. Apparent authority
d. Actual authority
5. Employees among the 10 percent highest paid, whose leave would cause "substantial and grievous economic injury to the operations of the employer":
a. May not receive FMLA coverage
b. May not be denied FMLA coverage
c. Should receive twice as much FMLA leave as other employees
d. Are entitled to extra benefits under the FMLA
6. Employers may use the E-Verify program to check employee eligibility status.
a. True
b. False
7. For a union representation election to be called, 50 percent of the workers at a workplace must sign authorization cards requesting the election.
a. True
b. False
8. If at least 30 percent of workers vote to get rid of a union, the union is decertified.
a. True
b. False
9. In Bearden v. Wardley Corp., where Bearden sued Wardley because one of its agents, Gritton, bought a house from her and then cheated her on the transaction, the court held that:
a. Both Wardley and Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so both were liable
b. Neither Wardley nor Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so neither was liable
c. Only Wardley owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so only Warden was liable
d. Only Gritton owed Bearden fiduciary duties and so only Gritton was liable