Author: Anonymous

Due to the First Amendment, union funds can be used to support union office candidates in their union elections.

An employer is privileged to make statements, unless they are likely to negatively impact a current or former employee, where the statement is made in good faith by one who has a legitimate business purpose in making the communication to one who has a business interest in learning the information.

At-will employment is an employment relationship where there is no contractual obligation to remain in the relationship; either party may terminate the relationship at any time, for any reason, as long as the reason is not prohibited by law, such as for discriminatory purposes.

Lucy was severely burned in a house fire when she was a child. She has extensive disfiguring burn scars on her face and neck. She applied for the position of a cashier at Honeybee Groceries and was not hired, despite her qualifications, because the employer feared that customers would be repulsed by Lucy’s scars. Which of the following would be the most likely outcome if Lucy files a discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Economic strikers are entitled to be reinstated if their jobs are occupied by replacement workers.

During a unionizing campaign, an employer is prohibited from: 

Mary, an employee of Prosper Paper Corp. for five years, works on an assembly line, where a majority of the positions are occupied by bachelors. Mary undergoes a profound religious conversion, and her newfound religion requires her not to work in close proximity to unmarried males. Must her employer attempt to accommodate this new religious practice? 

In Texas, an injury is covered by workers’ compensation if the employer is able to prove that his injury arose out of or in the course of his employment, even if the employer is a non-subscriber.

Disparate impact exists where a policy or rule of an employer, though not discriminatory on its face, has an effect on one group different from that on another.

_____ refers to defamation in a written document.