Business Law Text & Cases Commercial Law For Accountants 14th Edition By Roger – Test Bank

True / False

1. Under the employment-at-will doctrine, an employment relationship may be terminated at any time and for any reason by the employer but not by an employee.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

2. Some courts have held that an implied employment contract exists between the employer and the employee.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

3. Whistleblowing occurs when an employer signals the end of a workday by sounding a buzzer, ringing a bell, or otherwise “blowing the whistle.“
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

4. Generally, under employment-at-will doctrine, an employer may fire an employee even if doing so would violate a federal or state statute.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

5. An employee who discloses information relating to fraud perpetrated by his or her employer against the government is protected from retaliatory discharge under federal and state statutes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

6. The most common exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is made on the basis that a worker was fired for reasons that violate fundamental common sense.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

7. Any employee who works more than ten hours on a given day must be paid overtime.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

8. Children aged fourteen and fifteen are allowed to work in hazardous occupations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

9. Children under fourteen years of age are not allowed to work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

10. Employees who are exempt from the federal overtime provisions include manual laborers and other blue-collar workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

11. In states that require a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum wage, employers must pay the higher wage.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

12. Employees can voluntarily pay overtime wages to otherwise ineligible employees.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True