HFT 2220 CHAPTER 3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Employee Rights - answer- -Rights to be free from discrimination and harassment of
all types
-Right to a safe workplace
-Right to be free from retaliation for filing a complaint about an employer
-Right to fair wages for work performed
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) - answer- Standards for basic minimum
wage, overtime pay, employee age, tips, etc.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) - answer- -Regulation of
workforce safety
- Hazcomm: Employees have the right to know about all hazardous materials in the
workplace
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) - answer- -Leave for personal or
immediate family serious illness or childbirth/care, adoption, and foster care
- 12 weeks of unpaid leave during 12 month period for full time permanent
employees
Wagner Act of 1935 - answer- prohibits employees from:
-interferring with or coercing employees to discourage them from forming or joining
unions
-attempting to dominate or influence the operation of unions
-discriminating based on union membership or activities
-retaliating against employees who file charges against this act
-refusing to bargain in good faith (negotiation)
Taft Hartley Act of 1947 - answer- protects the company from the union. spreads out
the power. both sides have legal power
Uniformed services employment and reemployment rights act of 1994 - answer-
protects service members reemployment rights when returning from a period of
service in the uniformed services
employee polygraph protection act of 1998 - answer- prevents employers from using
lie detector tests, before or during employment, with certain exemptions
immigration reform and control act of 1986 - answer- require employers to
documented that prospective employees posses the right to work in the U.S
civil service reform act of 1978 - answer- bestowed EEOC with the responsibility of
enforcing anti discrimination laws and equal employment opportunity programs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Employee Rights - answer- -Rights to be free from discrimination and harassment of
all types
-Right to a safe workplace
-Right to be free from retaliation for filing a complaint about an employer
-Right to fair wages for work performed
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) - answer- Standards for basic minimum
wage, overtime pay, employee age, tips, etc.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) - answer- -Regulation of
workforce safety
- Hazcomm: Employees have the right to know about all hazardous materials in the
workplace
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) - answer- -Leave for personal or
immediate family serious illness or childbirth/care, adoption, and foster care
- 12 weeks of unpaid leave during 12 month period for full time permanent
employees
Wagner Act of 1935 - answer- prohibits employees from:
-interferring with or coercing employees to discourage them from forming or joining
unions
-attempting to dominate or influence the operation of unions
-discriminating based on union membership or activities
-retaliating against employees who file charges against this act
-refusing to bargain in good faith (negotiation)
Taft Hartley Act of 1947 - answer- protects the company from the union. spreads out
the power. both sides have legal power
Uniformed services employment and reemployment rights act of 1994 - answer-
protects service members reemployment rights when returning from a period of
service in the uniformed services
employee polygraph protection act of 1998 - answer- prevents employers from using
lie detector tests, before or during employment, with certain exemptions
immigration reform and control act of 1986 - answer- require employers to
documented that prospective employees posses the right to work in the U.S
civil service reform act of 1978 - answer- bestowed EEOC with the responsibility of
enforcing anti discrimination laws and equal employment opportunity programs
