The ________ Act regulates employers who hold federal government contracts of 2,000 or more for federal construction projects. It provides that employees working on these projects must be paid the prevailing wage (PW) rate.
a. National Labor Relations
b. TaftHartley
c. Selective Training and Service
d. Davis-Bacon
Question 2The ________ Act was a result of investigations into the Pullman strike. This act gave certain employment protections to union members and offered facilities for mediation and conciliation of railway labor disputes.
a. Sherman Antitrust Act
b. Erdman Act
c. Clayton Act
d. Davis-Bacon Act
Question 3The ________ industry is the only industry in the U.S. in which the union membership has increased over the past few years.
a. airline
b. hospitality
c. health care
d. manufacturing
Question 4According to the FLSA, in order to be exempt from overtime compensation requirements, an employee must be paid a minimum salary of ________ per week.
a. 275
b. 365
c. 455
d. 585
Question 5According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, under which of the following circumstances is an employee most likely to be considered eligible to receive overtime pay?
a. The employee earns over 100,000 per year.
b. The employee has the authority to recommend the hiring or firing, or promotion of others.
c. The employee directs three full-time employees.
d. The employee is paid by the hour.
Question 6According to the ________ Act, certain employees must receive overtime pay of one and a half times the normal rate when they work over 40 hours per week.
a. Selective Training and Service
b. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
c. Fair Labor Standards
d. National Labor Relations
Question 7Typically, during ________ bargaining, the union leaders choose what they perceive as the weakest companythe one most susceptible to granting wage increasesand begin negotiations.
Once negotiations are completed, the union insists that other firms in the industry agree to equal wage and benefit increases.
a. integrative
b. pattern
c. surface
d. arena
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