If porters demand for accommodation is based on religion

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1. An employee has been constructively discharged from his employment when:

a. he is given constructive criticism of his prior performance in his exit interview.

b. he is formally terminated under circumstances favorable to the employer.

c. he resigns to avoid being laid off during a slow period.

d. he resigns because working conditions are so intolerable that no reasonable person should be expected to endure them


2. In order to avoid liability for the negligent hiring of a dangerous individual, the law imposes a duty on an employer to:

a. take all the steps expected of a reasonable person in similar circumstances.

b. take all steps necessary to exhaust all sources of information about a prospective employee.

c. exhaust all sources of information about a prospective employee.

d. require all prospective employees to certify that they have never been convicted of a crime.

 

3. In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court held that

a. race can be considered in formulating a preferential admissions policy.

b. only race-neutral affirmative action is permissible under the Constitution.

c. no affirmative action is permissible under the Constitution.

d. affirmative action in publicly funded schools is unconstitutional.

 

4. True or false: The defense of bona fide occupation qualification (BFOQ) is available to an employer anytime he/she is sued for discrimination.

 

5. An employer may legitimately forego hiring individuals of a given gender if:

a. doing so would pose a great logistical and financial hardship.

b. doing so would anger her customer base.

c. the employer's current employees refuse to work with an individual of a different gender.

d. such policy of exclusion is consistently implemented.

 

6.True-False: Grooming codes are, per se, illegal because they allow employers to impose different standards on men and women.

7. When fewer members of a group, defined by a protected trait, occur in a workforce than would reasonably be expected, on the basis of their availability, that group is

a. the victim of reverse discrimination.

b. unemployable.

c. the victim of illegal discrimination.

d. underrepresented in the labor force.

8. True or False: The Courts will never find an employment contract absent a written agreement between the worker and the employer.

9. True or False: Workers who enter military service and receive an honorable discharge are guaranteed re-employment protection if they follow certain rules.

10. True or False: An EE who is returning from the military is allowed to return to the position he/she left or a similar position, no questions.

11. True or False: Statistically older workers are less reliable, less hard working and committed and have a higher rate of absenteeism due to health concerns.

12. True or False: If someone has no disability but others think she has one, that person is protected by the ADA against disability discrimination.

13. True or False: Monica, age 39, is terminated from her job. Her employer tells her that changes in the Company's customer environment have made older, more mature individuals better suited for her job selling hospital supplies to retirement communities. Regardless of whether that statement is true about the Company's market, Monica has a great basis for a claim of age discrimination.

14. An individual is qualified for a position for purposes of Age Discrimination if:

a. she is able to meet each and everyone of the employer's job requirements.

b. she has held a similar position, with another business.

c. an employer has failed to specify the conditions under which an applicant or employer would not be qualified.

d. she is able to meet all the employer's legitimate job requirements.

15. An employer wishing to use age as a BFOQ in defending itself against an age discrimination suit, must show, among other things that:

a. they fall within the ambit of the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

b. no individual above the cutoff age has ever performed the job denied the plaintiff.

c. it is statistically unlikely that age is not a legitimate factor upon which to base employment decisions.

d. some individuals within the excluded age group possess a disqualifying trait that cannot be ascertained except by reference to age.


16. A religious organization will generally be exempt from the prohibitions in Title VII

a. unless it is a religion no one has heard of.

b. unless it is purely secular organization.

c. except in areas where the employment is in an area of purely non-religious activities.

d. if it is relieved of such obligations by the EEOC's Office in the Vatican.

17. True or false: From among the reasonable accommodations available to accommodate an employee's religious practices, an employer must select the most reasonable.

18. An employer's duty to accommodate the religious practices of an employee is limited by:

a. the concepts of reasonableness and undue hardship.

b. the degree to which the religion involved is recognized.

c. the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

d. the Free Exercise Clause.

19. Porter seeks accommodation for a religious practice unique to the Heavenly Masters. Porter's employer has never heard of this religion. In order to determine whether Porter's demand for accommodation is truly based on religion, the employer must determine whether

a. the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is involved.

b. it is a registered religion.

c. it is based on a closely held belief and whether the belief occupies the place of religion in the employee's life.

d. it is based on a popularly held belief and whether that belief occupies the place of religion in the employee's life.

20. A government employer can demand urine samples from its employees, for testing purposes

a. unless the demands are calculated to allow a determination of job fitness.

b. only pursuant to a validly issued search warrant.

c. at any time, for any reason.

d. only on the basis of reasonable suspicion, based on specific facts, and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts.

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