State laws that promote employee health

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1. True or False: Common law includes statutes and ordinances enacted by legislative bodies.

True

False

2. Multiple Choice: A situation wherein either the employer or the worker could terminate their relationship at any time for any reason is known as:

a. common law.

b. employment-at-will.

c. willful misconduct.

d. employer's liability act.

3. List 5 federal and/or state laws that promote employee health, safety, and welfare.

4. Crystal is a secretary at Omega Accounting Firms. She does not have an employment contract in place, but she has been working there for four years and has gotten good performance reviews during that time. Omega Accounting Firms provides free donuts for all employees in the break room every morning. One day, she notices that an accountant in the office, Dave, always takes three donuts from the break room while most people only take one. Crystal repeatedly complains to her boss, Dan, that Dave is taking more donuts than anyone else. Dan is friends with Dave and decides to fire Crystal so she stops telling everyone that Dave is the reason that there are never any jelly-filled donuts left. Has Crystal been wrongfully discharged? Why or why not? Explain your answer FULLY.
5. What is a contract? Explain the differences between express and implied contracts?

6. Employees of public companies are protected from retaliation for engaging in certain whistleblowing activities under:

a. the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

b. the Workers' Compensation Act.

c. the National Labor Relations Act.

d. the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

7. Gary is angry with his boss after his boss, Thaddeus, criticized him in front of all of the other employees. After work that night, Gary goes out with his other co-workers to a bar. Quite a few beers later, Gary tells everyone that his boss is stealing from the petty cash and is cheating on his wife. Neither of these allegations is true and he knows it. The next day Thaddeus hears that Gary said that he was a thief and an adulterer. What tort could Thaddeus sue Gary on? Be specific.

8. True or False: Misappropriation of trade secrets is considered a crime in some states.

True

False

9. What is qualified privilege and which kind of privilege is provided to public and private employees?

10. True or False: Neither private nor public sector employers have rights to monitor the use of employer-owned computers.

True

False

11. What entities are covered by HIPPA?

12. What can a business do to insulate their entity from liability in regards to drug testing? What are some things that their policy should include?

13. The Human Resource (HR) department of a company maintains employee personal files. Bradley, an employee of a leather manufacturing company was terminated by his supervisor on the basis of facts that were found in the file. Considering this scenario, who else, apart from the HR department and supervisors, are allowed access to employee personal files?

A. private entities

B. co-workers

C. legal department

D. general public.

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