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Garaty, Inc. is currently engaged in negotiations with one of its major unions. The company is covered by the NLRA. If Garaty issues a factually correct statement regarding its financial status along with the opinion of its auditors that meeting the union demands would require the company to close down, it is likely that Garaty will be in compliance with the act.

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Question 42

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Remedies for the Equal Pay Act would include:

A) employer fines.
B) an award of non-liquidated damages.
C) enjoining the employer from further unlawful conduct.
D) All of these.

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

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Question 43

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IBN has two manufacturing facilities, one in New York and one in Oklahoma. Marjorie has worked in the Oklahoma plant for 15 years assembling resistors. Her sister, Ellen, has worked at the same plant for 15 years also. Their brother, Hank, has worked there for 10 years in the same job as his sisters. Ellen transfers to the New York facility. Their salaries are now as follows: Marjorie-$12 per hour; Ellen-$19.50 per hour; Hank-$14 per hour. Is there a violation of the Equal Pay Act?

Identify the three types of discriminatory conduct, including disparate treatment, prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A union is engaged in a labor dispute with Hawkins, Inc. To force Hawkins into resolving the dispute in the union's favor, the union organizes a strike against Boxwell Co., with which the union has no dispute. The union agrees to stop the strike if Boxwell agrees to stop doing business with Hawkins. The strike against Boxwell is a prohibited unfair labor practice under the LMRA.

Active recruitment of minority applicants to meet hiring goals is termed :

At common law, an employee can be dismissed at any time but only with cause.

a. Discuss the rights of an injured employee against her employer under common law. b. How have workers' compensation acts changed this? Explain your answer.

The EEOC has issued a statement that affirmative action is lawful only when it is designed to respond to a serious imbalance in the workforce; if it does, the affirmative action must consider the rights of non-minorities or men and need not have a time limit.

Which of the following is NOT true about Social Security?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would scrutinize which of the following situations?

Which of the following would NOT be a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? An employer refuses to hire an applicant for a job because the person is:

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act is aimed at eliminating corruption in labor unions.

A union shop contract requires the employer to hire only union members.

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 provides that victims of sex discrimination no longer face limits on compensatory and punitive damages.

ABC Company sells nursery products. It only hires women as sales representatives because it thinks that its customers relate better to women. Which of the following is true?

What is the difference between a "closed shop" and a "union shop"?

Which of the following is NOT covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Under the NLRA, an employer can legally refuse to bargain with the union as a means of applying economic pressure.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act protects the job reinstatement rights of women returning from maternity leave.