Employment Law Study Set

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Under respondent superior doctrine, an employer is only responsible for employee action performed within the:

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Scope of employment

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Which of the following is not an element of a prima facie discrimination case for gender discrimination?
The employee suffers some adverse employment action,
The employee is in the protected class,
The employee is qualified for the position,
A person of the same gender received favorable employment action

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A person of the same gender received favorable employment action

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When operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they can be considered the single employer, for purposes of both federal statutory coverage and liability, this is called a:

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Integrated Enterprise

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Title VII covers employers who have “_________ or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person.”

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Fifteen

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An employee pursues self-interest as he or she runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company branch office. What is this an example of?

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Frolic and detour

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When an employer classifies employees on the basis of gender, plus another characteristic, usually a family-related circumstance, what type of discrimination is this?

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Gender pus discrimination

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An employer must exercise a reasonable effort to screen job applicants who may pose a risk of violence in the workplace. Failure to do this is known as:

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Negligent hiring

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What was the seminal case establishing the concept of disparate impact?

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Griggs v. Duke Power

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A controlling rule, example, or guide is also known as:

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Precedence

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Which of the following is not a test that determines if an employee is an independent contractor? The common law agency test, The IRS 20-factor analysis, The economic realities test, The right to work state law index

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The right to work state law index