WGU C233 Employment Law Quizzes (2022/2023) Already Passed
What is judicial review? ✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider whether a law comports with the Constitution
Which of the following is NOT a purpose or function of law?
*Settle private and public disputes *Determine procedures for changing the law *Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable behavior *Facilitate for private arrangements between individuals ✔✔Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable behavior
What is a precedent? ✔✔A controlling rule, example, or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier court is knows as: ✔✔Stare decisis
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What is a judicial view? ✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider whether a law comports with the Constitution.
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the Supremacy Claus?✔✔State Laws
Agency is a ________ relationship (a legally binding agreement) between a principal and an agent whereby the principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent to work on his behalf and with the power to bind the principal. ✔✔Contract
An employer can be exposed to liability in tort (a civil wrong which causes someone harm) for the acts or omissions of the employee. This employment law is best known as: ✔✔Vicarious Liability
Employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and foreseeable by the employer as part of the job description is referred to as: ✔✔Scope of Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of frolic and detour?✔✔An employee runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company branch office. 2 / 4
"Let the master answer for the servant" applies to which vicarious liability doctrine?✔✔Respondeat superior
Of the following classifications of worker, which causes smallest obligation to the employer?✔✔Independent Contractor
Which of the following is NOT one of the three different tests commonly used to determine if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor?
*The economic realities test *The IRS 20-factor analysis *The common law agency test *The working description test ✔✔The working description test
What is the main purpose of the economic realities test? ✔✔Determine whether the worker has little freedom to exit the relationship because they are economically dependent on the business
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The IRS has adopted the 20-factor analysis as a guide to employers in determining if workers are indeed independent contractors. Which of the following is NOT a factor?
*Integration: How closely the employer's business processes linked to a worker's performance?*Relationship: How many hours per year do the employee and employer spend time together outside of work?
*Training: How much training does the employer give?
*Instructions: Who controls what, when and how work is to be done? ✔✔Relationship: How many hours per year do the employee and employer spend time together outside of work?
TRUE or FALSE: Generally, partners, directors and major shareholders are not employees.
✔✔TRUE
What is the definition of an employer? ✔✔An entity that employs another to work on his or her behalf for pay.
Operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they can considered a single employer for purposes of both federal statutory coverage and liability. This is knows as: ✔✔Integrated Enterprise
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