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Employer interception of telephone calls is authorized where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent.

Mary is 55 years old. She has been employed with Eager Beaver Corp. for 17 years. As part of a large reorganization, she was offered early retirement and asked to sign a waiver of her right to file a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Mary was given 21 days to review the waiver and sign it. Mary was out of work due to illness for 17 days. She signed the waiver when she reported for work after being reminded that she only had four days left to make a decision. Four days later, Mary changed her mind and decided to file a claim for age discrimination. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true in this case?

Title VII states that it is not an unlawful employment practice for a school, college, university, or other educational institution to hire or employ employees of a particular religion if the institution is in whole or in substantial part owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religion or by a religious corporation, association, or society.

Under federal law, children between the ages of 10 and 16 may work at certain types of jobs that do not interfere with their health, education, or well-being.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies only to full-time employees.

Which of the following categories of workers is covered by the National Labor Relations Act?

An accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is reasonable only if it does not cause a de minimis burden on the employer.

Title VII defines transgendersim to be a particular type of gender discrimination and therefore a protected category. 

Bob works as a desk clerk for the Lovejoy Suite Hotel, which requires its employees to be on time for work, take bathroom breaks on a specific schedule, and observe certain dress codes, including that male employees be clean shaven. Bob is consistently late to work and his excuses have not been valid. He also takes breaks without following the schedule. When Bob shows up for work with a beard and is told by his manager that he is in violation of the grooming policy, Bob says that he has a new religious belief that began in the last 24 hours, which requires that he grow a beard. The manager tells him that he is tired of Bob not following the rules. Which of the following is the best management practice to be followed by Lovejoy Suite in this case?

If a state is not a right-to-work state, the union and employer may have as a part of their collective bargaining agreement a provision for a union shop.