MGMT 200 Question and answers
What did the NLRB's 2023 decision reverse? - ✅✅A 2019 decision under Trump-appointed board
members.
What does the 2023 NLRB decision expand? - ✅✅The number of workers who qualify as employees
under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Why is employee classification important under the NLRA? - ✅✅Employees have rights, while
independent contractors do not have rights under federal labor law.
List three rights that employees have under the NLRA. - ✅✅Unionizing, collective bargaining,
protesting unsafe working conditions.
What is the impact of reclassifying contractors as employees? - ✅✅It expands employee rights to
more workers.
What factors traditionally determine employee vs. contractor classification? - ✅✅Employer's control
over work, who provides tools/equipment, level of supervision, extent worker is in business for
themselves.
What did the 2019 Trump-era ruling prioritize? - ✅✅Elevated entrepreneurial opportunity above
other factors.
What is meant by 'entrepreneurial opportunity' in the context of worker classification? - ✅✅A
worker's chance to increase profits through business decisions.
What was a consequence of the 2019 ruling for gig companies? - ✅✅Companies could argue workers
were contractors if they had freedom to choose work conditions.
What standard does the 2023 ruling return to? - ✅✅The Obama-era standard, which uses a balanced
multi-factor test.
What did the NLRB's 2023 decision reverse? - ✅✅A 2019 decision under Trump-appointed board
members.
What does the 2023 NLRB decision expand? - ✅✅The number of workers who qualify as employees
under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Why is employee classification important under the NLRA? - ✅✅Employees have rights, while
independent contractors do not have rights under federal labor law.
List three rights that employees have under the NLRA. - ✅✅Unionizing, collective bargaining,
protesting unsafe working conditions.
What is the impact of reclassifying contractors as employees? - ✅✅It expands employee rights to
more workers.
What factors traditionally determine employee vs. contractor classification? - ✅✅Employer's control
over work, who provides tools/equipment, level of supervision, extent worker is in business for
themselves.
What did the 2019 Trump-era ruling prioritize? - ✅✅Elevated entrepreneurial opportunity above
other factors.
What is meant by 'entrepreneurial opportunity' in the context of worker classification? - ✅✅A
worker's chance to increase profits through business decisions.
What was a consequence of the 2019 ruling for gig companies? - ✅✅Companies could argue workers
were contractors if they had freedom to choose work conditions.
What standard does the 2023 ruling return to? - ✅✅The Obama-era standard, which uses a balanced
multi-factor test.
