Ch17 Government And Legal Issues In Test Bank + Answers

1.

The executive branch of the federal government _____. 
 

2.

The _____ Act extends the prevailing-wage concept to manufacturers or suppliers of goods for government contracts. 
 

3.

The Davis-Bacon Act _____. 
 

4.

Under the _____ Act, executives cannot retain bonuses or profits from selling company stock if they mislead the public regarding their company's financial condition. 
 

5.

Which of the following is NOT a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938? 
 

6.

The Worker Economic Opportunity Act _____. 
 

7.

Under the _____, employers can be liable for current pay differences that are a result of discrimination that occurred many years earlier. 
 

8.

Which of the following includes a provision that requires public companies to set policies to allow executive compensation to be taken back if it was based on inaccurate financial statements that did not comply with accounting standards? 
 

9.

Which of the following is a test that must be met to qualify for the administrative employee exemption? 
 

10.

Which of the following groups can qualify for the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938? 
 

11.

The _____ specifies the number of breaks that must be provided in an eight-hour workday. 
 

12.

Susan works in a sterile laboratory that requires her to scrub and put on protective clothing. Which of the following acts determines whether she should be paid for this time? 
 

13.

Which of the following regarding child labor is NOT true? 
 

14.

The highest rates of child labor are in _____. 
 

15.

Who among the following has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938? 
 

16.

An early study of the effects of the living wage law in Los Angeles found all of the following EXCEPT that _____. 
 

17.

Prevailing-wage laws _____. 
 

18.

Denial of jobs, promotions, or training opportunities to qualified women or minorities are examples of _____. 
 

19.

_____ is defined by the Department of Labor as the experience, training, education, and ability as measured by the performance requirements of a particular job. 
 

20.

Meltrop Corp. employs two store clerks, Sam and Stella. Stella sues Meltrop claiming unequal pay as she earns $500 a week less than Sam does despite doing the same work as Sam. Which of the following is most likely to be the result of the litigation? 
 

21.

The ADEA _____. 
 

22.

In which of the following types of cases is the focus on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate? 
 

23.

MNTX University requires that all its female professors score higher than the male professors in their appraisal rating to qualify for a pay bonus as there are more female professors than male professors in the university. Which of the following statements is true in this case? 
 

24.

_____ prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. 
 

25.

The agency that conducts reviews and seeks remedies where insufficient compliance to Executive Order 11246 is found is the _____. 
 

26.

Regarding pay differences for different jobs, _____. 
 

27.

The determination of pay discrimination on jobs of dissimilar content requires a standard that allows jobs of dissimilar content to be declared comparable and that allows pay differences for jobs that are not comparable. This standard is _____. 
 

28.

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in establishing a comparable-worth pay plan? 
 

29.

_____ has produced more comparable-worth pay increases than any other approach. 
 

30.

Which of the following statements regarding wage differences in industries and firms is NOT true? 
 

31.

Legislation does not always achieve what it intends nor intend what it achieves. 
 
True    False

32.

While government affects the supply of labor through legislation, it has no effect on the demand for labor. 
 
True    False

33.

The Mental Health Act of 1997 requires that mental illness be covered to the same extent that other medical conditions are covered. 
 
True    False

34.

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments without exemptions. 
 
True    False

35.

If federal and state minimum wage laws cover the same job, workers should be paid at or above the higher rate. 
 
True    False

36.

As the lowest rates paid in the software, chemical, oil, and pharmaceutical industries are already well above minimum, any legislation to increase minimum wage would have little direct impact on them. 
 
True    False

37.

One objective of the overtime provision of FLSA is to share available work by making the hiring of additional workers a less costly option than the scheduling of overtime for current employees. 
 
True    False

38.

A GAO study found that 9 of 10 cases brought by GAO undercover agents posing as workers were mishandled by the Wage and Hour division of the Labor Department. 
 
True    False

39.

A government-defined prevailing wage is the minimum wage that must be paid for work done on covered government projects or purchases. 
 
True    False

40.

Prevailing wages protect foreign workers working as registered nurses. 
 
True    False

41.

The two types of discrimination recognized by law are valuation discrimination and access discrimination. 
 
True    False

42.

In the Schultz v. Wheaton Glass case, the Supreme Court ruled that for jobs to receive equal pay, they do not have to be identical but substantially equal. 
 
True    False

43.

Of the four affirmative defenses for unequal pay for equal work, "a factor other than sex" has prompted the most court cases. 
 
True    False

44.

Pay differences for equal work may be justified for demonstrably business-related reasons. 
 
True    False

45.

Disparate treatment occurs when a seemingly neutral employment practice disproportionately excludes a protected group from employment opportunities. 
 
True    False

46.

The key to a comparable-worth system is a single job evaluation plan for jobs with dissimilar content. 
 
True    False

47.

Women's median annual earnings compared to men's has changed from about 60 percent to 78 percent from 1980 to 2013. 
 
True    False

48.

The gender wage gap is moderate for recent college graduates and decreases as the cohort ages. 
 
True    False

49.

A higher proportion of women are employed by small firms compared to large firms. 
 
True    False

50.

The gender pay gap is common across countries and is smaller in some countries than the U.S. 
 
True    False

51.

Distinguish between access discrimination and valuation discrimination. 
 

52.

What are the definitions of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions according to the Department of Labor? What are the conditions that must be met for an employer to support a claim of unequal work? 
 

53.

Compare and contrast disparate treatment and disparate impact. 
 

54.

What are the four basic steps in establishing a comparable-worth plan? 
 

55.

What are the sources of earnings gaps?