WORLD AT WORK: REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENTS EXAM 2025
Enforcing Agency of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
Year that the Supreme Court upheld a state's right to set work hours and overtime requirements -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1917
Year that Supreme Court upheld a state's right to set minimum wages - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1937
Year that only states were establishing significant labor laws (with the exception of regulations aimed at
federal contractors). - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1938
Year that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1917 decision, the 1937 decision and the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1941
Year of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1931
Purpose of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -protect unionized contractors from competition by
nonunionized contractors paying lower wages
Coverage of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -companies with government construction contracts
in excess of $2,000
Provisions of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -requires pay scales to be based on "prevailing
wages." Pay is typically interpreted by the government as union equivalent wages and benefits in the
construction trade positions
Enforcing Agency of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
,Purpose of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -improve working conditions
and pay for employees of government services contractors
Coverage of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -companies with government
services contract(s) in excess of $2,500
Provisions of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -requires pay scales to be
based on "prevailing wages." Pay is typically interpreted by the government as union equivalent wages
and benefits in the local labor market
Enforcing Agency of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
Purpose of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Establish minimum wage rate for federal
contractors, which may be different from the minimum wage under FLSA
Coverage of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -All federal contractors
Provisions of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Minimum wage for contractors updated
annually by Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
-must notify all workers, usually by a poster
Enforcing agency of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Wage and Hour Division of the
Department of Labor
Year of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1965
Year of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -2014
Year of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1935
Purpose of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -create a more equitable environment for
labor / management dispute resolution
,Coverage of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -all employers involved in interstate
commerce (except airlines, railroads, agriculture and government)
Provisions of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT --guaranteed right and established
process for employees to select or reject third-party representation.
-rules for bargaining in good faith
-controls against unfair labor practices
Enforcing Agency of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -NLRB
-States (with rare exception) are prohibited from regulating the rights and obligations established by
NLRA
-Neither federal courts nor DOL have jurisdiction in matters concerning NLRB
Two NLRB cases affecting compensation - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Electromation Inc. 1992
-Keeler Brass Automotive 1995 -reaffirmed position
NLRB rulings b/c of Electromation case - ✅✅✅CORRECT -employers must be careful to establish and
enforce boundaries of employment so that employees are not involved in negotiating the terms and
conditions of employment
NLRB rulings - ✅✅✅CORRECT --If employer contends "ability to pay" when bargaining wage rates,
employer can be required to disclose data fully. -Employers may be required to supply corporate
financial data and external salary survey data that was used to establish the company's position on
competitive salary levels.
-Rules prohibiting discussion of pay interfere with employees' right to engage in concerted activity.
-Social media is an evolving area. Concerted activity cannot be punished. Employer "bashing" may be
grounds for discipline.
Purpose of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT --preserve competitive business environment
-remove monopolies
, Coverage of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -all employers engaged in interstate commerce
Provisions of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Labor Unions can use to ensure competitive
wage levels through the elimination of anticompetitive price fixing
Enforcing Agency of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL:
-criminal prosecution against individuals, company, or both
-party can bring civil suit for treble damages
Year of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1890
Price fixing wages cases - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Boston Survey Group (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
-Nurses groups (UT, CT)
-Technology companies (think Silicon Valley)
What is the Antitrust safety zone - ✅✅✅CORRECT -FTC and DOJ created 'safe harbor' sharing of info:
-survey managed by third party
-data must be at least 3 mos. old
-at least five providers reporting data and no individual's data represents more than 25% (on a weighted
basis) of any statistic
Independent contractors are not: - ✅✅✅CORRECT --subject to Fair Labor Standards Act provisions
-eligible for health benefits and other fixed costs incurred by the organization
DOL's Economic Realities Factor Guide for Independent Contractors - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1) Integration
2) Opportunities for profit/loss
3) Relative investment
4) Special business skills/initiative
5) Permanency of Relationship
ENVIRONMENTS EXAM 2025
Enforcing Agency of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
Year that the Supreme Court upheld a state's right to set work hours and overtime requirements -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1917
Year that Supreme Court upheld a state's right to set minimum wages - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1937
Year that only states were establishing significant labor laws (with the exception of regulations aimed at
federal contractors). - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1938
Year that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1917 decision, the 1937 decision and the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1941
Year of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1931
Purpose of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -protect unionized contractors from competition by
nonunionized contractors paying lower wages
Coverage of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -companies with government construction contracts
in excess of $2,000
Provisions of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -requires pay scales to be based on "prevailing
wages." Pay is typically interpreted by the government as union equivalent wages and benefits in the
construction trade positions
Enforcing Agency of Davis-Bacon Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
,Purpose of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -improve working conditions
and pay for employees of government services contractors
Coverage of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -companies with government
services contract(s) in excess of $2,500
Provisions of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -requires pay scales to be
based on "prevailing wages." Pay is typically interpreted by the government as union equivalent wages
and benefits in the local labor market
Enforcing Agency of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL
Purpose of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Establish minimum wage rate for federal
contractors, which may be different from the minimum wage under FLSA
Coverage of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -All federal contractors
Provisions of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Minimum wage for contractors updated
annually by Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
-must notify all workers, usually by a poster
Enforcing agency of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Wage and Hour Division of the
Department of Labor
Year of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1965
Year of Executive Order 13658 - ✅✅✅CORRECT -2014
Year of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1935
Purpose of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -create a more equitable environment for
labor / management dispute resolution
,Coverage of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -all employers involved in interstate
commerce (except airlines, railroads, agriculture and government)
Provisions of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT --guaranteed right and established
process for employees to select or reject third-party representation.
-rules for bargaining in good faith
-controls against unfair labor practices
Enforcing Agency of National Labor Relations Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -NLRB
-States (with rare exception) are prohibited from regulating the rights and obligations established by
NLRA
-Neither federal courts nor DOL have jurisdiction in matters concerning NLRB
Two NLRB cases affecting compensation - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Electromation Inc. 1992
-Keeler Brass Automotive 1995 -reaffirmed position
NLRB rulings b/c of Electromation case - ✅✅✅CORRECT -employers must be careful to establish and
enforce boundaries of employment so that employees are not involved in negotiating the terms and
conditions of employment
NLRB rulings - ✅✅✅CORRECT --If employer contends "ability to pay" when bargaining wage rates,
employer can be required to disclose data fully. -Employers may be required to supply corporate
financial data and external salary survey data that was used to establish the company's position on
competitive salary levels.
-Rules prohibiting discussion of pay interfere with employees' right to engage in concerted activity.
-Social media is an evolving area. Concerted activity cannot be punished. Employer "bashing" may be
grounds for discipline.
Purpose of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT --preserve competitive business environment
-remove monopolies
, Coverage of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -all employers engaged in interstate commerce
Provisions of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Labor Unions can use to ensure competitive
wage levels through the elimination of anticompetitive price fixing
Enforcing Agency of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -DOL:
-criminal prosecution against individuals, company, or both
-party can bring civil suit for treble damages
Year of Sherman Antitrust Act - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1890
Price fixing wages cases - ✅✅✅CORRECT --Boston Survey Group (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
-Nurses groups (UT, CT)
-Technology companies (think Silicon Valley)
What is the Antitrust safety zone - ✅✅✅CORRECT -FTC and DOJ created 'safe harbor' sharing of info:
-survey managed by third party
-data must be at least 3 mos. old
-at least five providers reporting data and no individual's data represents more than 25% (on a weighted
basis) of any statistic
Independent contractors are not: - ✅✅✅CORRECT --subject to Fair Labor Standards Act provisions
-eligible for health benefits and other fixed costs incurred by the organization
DOL's Economic Realities Factor Guide for Independent Contractors - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1) Integration
2) Opportunities for profit/loss
3) Relative investment
4) Special business skills/initiative
5) Permanency of Relationship
