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What is generally the effect when an exception to the employment at will doctrine applies



1) Which of the following people is protected from employment discrimination on the basis of age? 
A.  A 50-year-old person who wants a job as an accountant
B.  A 10-year-old person who wants a job as a bartender
C.  A 90-year-old person who wants a job as an airline pilot
D.  A 30-year-old person who wants a job as a waitress
2) What is the primary purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act? 
A.  Its purpose is to reduce the application of industry standards to workplace conditions.
B.  Its purpose is to promote the provision of healthcare benefits by employers having more than 15 employees.
C.  Its purpose is to protect the safety of workers and the safety of those who purchase the employer- products or services.
D. Its purpose is to compel employers to provide a work environment that is free from recognized hazards that could cause death or serious injury.
3) Which of the following rejected applicants may have a valid claim for discriminatory hiring practices? 
A.  A Catholic school did not hire a teacher because he was not Catholic.
B.  A university did not hire a 22-year-old woman to be a director of faculty because she was too young.
C.  A public health service did not hire a registered nurse because his shaking hands prevented him from administering injections.
D.  A trucking company did not hire a truck driver because she was pregnant.
4) What is generally the effect when an exception to the employment at will doctrine applies? 
A.  There is some sort of limitation on at least one party- ability to terminate the employment relationship.
B. Employees can be prohibited from quitting a job.
C.  The employer is required to hire a certain employee.
D.  The Fair Labor Standards Act will set the terms, such as pay, for the employment relationship.
5) Company employee handbooks have been found to amount to a(n) ______________ exception to the employment at will doctrine. 
A.  tort 
B.  contract 
C.  apparent 
D.  public policy 



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