HRM/531 Week 1 Knowledge Check Study Guide
Week 1 Knowledge Check
Concepts
Mastery
Score: 15/15
Questions
Employment at Will
100%
1
2
15
Major employment laws 100%
3
4
5
Fundamental Features of the U.S. Industrial
Relations System (Six
Factors)
100%
6
7
8
Three General Types of Third-Party
Involvement in a
Bargaining Impasse
100%
9
10
11
Forms of Nonunion
Grievance Procedures
100%
12
13
14
Concept: Employment at Will
Concepts
Mastery
Employment at Will
Questions
100%
1
2
15
1.
According to _____, an employee may not be fired because he or she refuses to commit an illegal act, such as perjury or price fixing.
A. public policy exception
B. social learning theory
C. retaliatory discharge
D. lifestyle discriminate
Correct!
The correct answer is: A. Public policy exception protects the employee from being terminated for not committing illegal acts under the direction of management or other employees.
State courts developed this policy as one of three that protect employees from being terminated and claiming employment at will for not doing what management has directed an employee to do when it relates to illegal activity.
2.
A worker being fired for actions ranging from filing a workersâ compensation claim to reporting safety violations to government agencies is called
A. unfair dismissal
B. red-hot-stove discipline
C. retaliatory discharge
D. just cause
Correct!
The correct answer is: C. Retaliatory discharge is when an employee can seek damages against an employer for being terminated for outrageous acts. For example, an employee can seek damages for being terminated for filing a workersâ compensation claim when the employer is at fault. This can include safety hazards that the employer refuses to correct for various reasons. Employers can try to retaliate against an employee when the employer is being exposed for unlawful practices or other related
Concepts
Mastery
Score: 15/15
Questions
Employment at Will
100%
1
2
15
Major employment laws 100%
3
4
5
Fundamental Features of the U.S. Industrial
Relations System (Six
Factors)
100%
6
7
8
Three General Types of Third-Party
Involvement in a
Bargaining Impasse
100%
9
10
11
Forms of Nonunion
Grievance Procedures
100%
12
13
14
Concept: Employment at Will
Concepts
Mastery
Employment at Will
Questions
100%
1
2
15
1.
According to _____, an employee may not be fired because he or she refuses to commit an illegal act, such as perjury or price fixing.
A. public policy exception
B. social learning theory
C. retaliatory discharge
D. lifestyle discriminate
Correct!
The correct answer is: A. Public policy exception protects the employee from being terminated for not committing illegal acts under the direction of management or other employees.
State courts developed this policy as one of three that protect employees from being terminated and claiming employment at will for not doing what management has directed an employee to do when it relates to illegal activity.
2.
A worker being fired for actions ranging from filing a workersâ compensation claim to reporting safety violations to government agencies is called
A. unfair dismissal
B. red-hot-stove discipline
C. retaliatory discharge
D. just cause
Correct!
The correct answer is: C. Retaliatory discharge is when an employee can seek damages against an employer for being terminated for outrageous acts. For example, an employee can seek damages for being terminated for filing a workersâ compensation claim when the employer is at fault. This can include safety hazards that the employer refuses to correct for various reasons. Employers can try to retaliate against an employee when the employer is being exposed for unlawful practices or other related