LABOUR LAW SUMMARY NOTES AND
QUESTIONS EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A 100% CORRECT
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Lockout? Answer: the employer either shuts down business operations
and prevents employees from coming to work or continues work but
hires replacement employees
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Strikes? Answer: a mass work stoppage; economic strikes (used to
pressure management into conceding to compensation demands) and
ULP strikes (employer committed ULP) are lawful. Wildcat strikes, in
which employees stop work without the union's permission, are illegal.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Mediation? Answer: voluntary process, bringing a neutral third-party
into a negotiation as a facilitator. It may or may not lead to an agreement
between the parties
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Arbitration? Answer: process agreed to by the parties in which, at its
conclusion, a neutral third-party will impose a binding agreement on
both parties
,⩥ Summarize worker eligibility and E-verify. Answer: E-verify is used
to allow employer to determine eligibility of an employee to work in US.
They have to submit form I-9 and have to submit it within 3 days and
keep in their records. Contractors with $100,000 or more/or 120 days or
longer from Federal government contracts must use e-verify. Other
employers, optional. If e-verify gives non-confirmation, candidate has 8
days to respond. (employer has to wait out that 8 days)
⩥ Explain negligent hiring. Answer: Negligent hiring is when an
employer ignores a reputation or record of an applicant and still hires
them for the job, and then something negative occurs. In a sense, the
employer shares the blame in this situation.
⩥ Explain a negligent referral. Answer: Negligent referral occurs when
an employer who is providing untrue reference omitted dangerous or
criminal behavior. Meaning by suggesting someone to do a job but not
giving the person that is hiring the full background on the past
employee's behavior, when harm occurred on the job, the referring
employer was negligent.
⩥ Explain negligent retention. Answer: Negligent retention is that the
employer fails to terminate or remove an employee that poses a danger.
⩥ Define the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its main parts.
Answer: FLSA established minimum wage, overtime pay, record
keeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-
, time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local
governments.
For added detail:
1. Set overtime pay at 1.5 times the usual hourly wage for non-exempt
employees for hours worked over 40 in a week
2. Defined exempt and non-exempt standards; general exemption is
established by high degree of responsibility, supervises at least 1 person
and uses judgment/decision-making in role
3. Child labor laws may restrict hours and times of day for work, varying
by age and during/outside of school year
⩥ Describe the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Answer:
IRCA preventing illegal employment of aliens to employers. Unlawful if
have 4 or more employees to hire undocumented workers. Within 3
operational business days (72 hours) must verify eligible to work in the
US Form I9. Prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of
national origin or citizenships
⩥ Explain the rules associated with the Worker Adjustment Retraining
Notification (WARN) Act. Answer: WARN rules is employers with over
100 employees has to give a detailed written advance notice of plant
closing or mass layoff also 60 days prior to closing & prohibited to close
before.
Caution: the 100 employees could be laid off over a month or two if the
employer is sneaky; this would still qualify as needing the 60 day
WARN notice. Plants must be within 75 miles of each other.
QUESTIONS EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A 100% CORRECT
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Lockout? Answer: the employer either shuts down business operations
and prevents employees from coming to work or continues work but
hires replacement employees
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Strikes? Answer: a mass work stoppage; economic strikes (used to
pressure management into conceding to compensation demands) and
ULP strikes (employer committed ULP) are lawful. Wildcat strikes, in
which employees stop work without the union's permission, are illegal.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Mediation? Answer: voluntary process, bringing a neutral third-party
into a negotiation as a facilitator. It may or may not lead to an agreement
between the parties
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Arbitration? Answer: process agreed to by the parties in which, at its
conclusion, a neutral third-party will impose a binding agreement on
both parties
,⩥ Summarize worker eligibility and E-verify. Answer: E-verify is used
to allow employer to determine eligibility of an employee to work in US.
They have to submit form I-9 and have to submit it within 3 days and
keep in their records. Contractors with $100,000 or more/or 120 days or
longer from Federal government contracts must use e-verify. Other
employers, optional. If e-verify gives non-confirmation, candidate has 8
days to respond. (employer has to wait out that 8 days)
⩥ Explain negligent hiring. Answer: Negligent hiring is when an
employer ignores a reputation or record of an applicant and still hires
them for the job, and then something negative occurs. In a sense, the
employer shares the blame in this situation.
⩥ Explain a negligent referral. Answer: Negligent referral occurs when
an employer who is providing untrue reference omitted dangerous or
criminal behavior. Meaning by suggesting someone to do a job but not
giving the person that is hiring the full background on the past
employee's behavior, when harm occurred on the job, the referring
employer was negligent.
⩥ Explain negligent retention. Answer: Negligent retention is that the
employer fails to terminate or remove an employee that poses a danger.
⩥ Define the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its main parts.
Answer: FLSA established minimum wage, overtime pay, record
keeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-
, time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local
governments.
For added detail:
1. Set overtime pay at 1.5 times the usual hourly wage for non-exempt
employees for hours worked over 40 in a week
2. Defined exempt and non-exempt standards; general exemption is
established by high degree of responsibility, supervises at least 1 person
and uses judgment/decision-making in role
3. Child labor laws may restrict hours and times of day for work, varying
by age and during/outside of school year
⩥ Describe the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Answer:
IRCA preventing illegal employment of aliens to employers. Unlawful if
have 4 or more employees to hire undocumented workers. Within 3
operational business days (72 hours) must verify eligible to work in the
US Form I9. Prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of
national origin or citizenships
⩥ Explain the rules associated with the Worker Adjustment Retraining
Notification (WARN) Act. Answer: WARN rules is employers with over
100 employees has to give a detailed written advance notice of plant
closing or mass layoff also 60 days prior to closing & prohibited to close
before.
Caution: the 100 employees could be laid off over a month or two if the
employer is sneaky; this would still qualify as needing the 60 day
WARN notice. Plants must be within 75 miles of each other.
