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When help wanted notices or advertisements contain terms and phrases such as “college student” or “recent college graduate,” such a term or phrase discriminates against the employment of older people, and will be considered in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).

Blowfish Industries reduced employee benefits as a means to cut costs. The union wanted to enter into a collective bargaining agreement as Blowfish rejected its demands and refused to bargain and listen to the union’s proposals. The following day, Blowfish locked the employees out. Which of the following is most likely to be true in this case?

Closed shops were permitted under U.S. labor law.

An employer has a legitimate interest in monitoring employee email when the purpose is to:

Who among the following has committed the tort of slander?

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) extends the right to care for a child to an employee who is acting as a parent but is not necessarily the biological parent of the child.

If there is more than one reasonable accommodation available to accommodate an employee’s religious practices, an employer must select the accommodation that the employee prefers.

With regard to workplace accidents or injury, the failure to meet the appropriate standard of care for avoiding unreasonable risk of harm to others is known as _____.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) establishes a legally protected leave period of 12 weeks for absences due to disabilities.

A small number of high-level employees with substantial executive authority can be subjected to compulsory retirement at age 65 or beyond if the individual will receive a company pension of $44,000 or more.