Terminating employees without due cause

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Assignment:

Question  1. If an agent is acting pursuant to a valid agency contract and she is not being paid for her services, she cannot be sued for breach of contract if she fails to act as promised.

•  True
• False

Question 2. Employees and independent contractors are two types of compensated agents.

• True
• False

Question 3. State employment laws cannot forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation because discrimination based on sexual orientation is not expressly forbidden under federal civil rights law.

• True
• False

Question 4. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate based on an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any term or condition of employment.

• True
• False

Question 5. The U.S. has more laws protecting workers than any other industrialized nation including Canada and Japan.

• True
• False

Question 6. Under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act the Catholic Church is required to ordain women for the priesthood.

• True
• False

Question 7. The U.S. has laws that prevent an employer from terminating employees without due cause.

• True
• False

Question 8. Which of the following is required to have a valid agency?

• The agent’s consent to act
• The principal’s agreement to compensate the agent
• A contract
• None of these

Question 9. Mariel hires Andrew as manager of her sporting goods store. Nothing is said to Andrew about hiring other employees, but the store is understaffed, so Andrew hires two clerks. Andrew has what type of authority to hire the clerks?

• Actual authority
• Apparent authority
• Ratified authority
• No authority

Question 10. In the case Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corporation, in which an employee sued for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Supreme Court concluded:

• Christopher was an independent contractor.
• Christopher was discriminated against because of his age.
• Not all salespeople actually sell products.
• The FLSA does not apply to the pharmaceutical industry.