Homework Assignment #14
This homework assignment concerns Chapter 34, Employment Law. The Chapter 34 lecture notes are HERE
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and also in the Files folder under Lecture Notes:
1. What is employment law?
2. What is the at-will employment doctrine?
3. Under what circumstances would an employer be unable to use the at-will employment doctrine to terminate an employee?
4. Please read and prepare a case brief for Caterpillar, Inc. v. Sudlow (FIND IT HERE
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and in the Files folder under Cases and Other Resources)
5. What is workers’ compensation?
6. What injuries are covered by workers’ compensation?
7. What remedy, usually, is available to workers who are injured on the job? Why?
8. What is the Federal minimum wage?
9. Which employees are entitled to the federal minimum wage?
10. Which employees are excepted from federal minimum wage rules?
11. Which employees are exempt from the federal minimum wage rules?
12. What is overtime pay?
13. When is an employee entitled to overtime pay?
14. Which employees are exempt from overtime pay?
15. What is the Family Medical Leave Act and what are its primary benefits to eligible employees?
16. Under what circumstances can employer deny an employee any of the primary benefits of FMLA?
17. What is COBRA and what are its primary benefits to eligible employees?
18. Which employees are eligible for COBRA?
19. Which employees are ineligible for COBRA?
20. What is unemployment insurance and what is its primary benefits to eligible employees?
21. Which employees are eligible for unemployment benefits?
22. Which employees are ineligible for unemployment benefits?
