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What did the national labor relations board decide?
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Certain actions on social networking sites can be considered Union communication
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Are businesses allowed to create a fake account in order to view a possible employees social networking page?
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What is Protected Concerted Activity?
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Activities workers may partake in without fear of employer retaliation
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What is the Fair Labor Standards Act about?
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Labor rights in regard to minimum wage, no child labor, max hours, and lay offs.
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What is the only protection of a trade secret?
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Keeping it a secret
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How much notice must someone get before being laid off?
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Sixty days notice
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What are some elements of the Family Medical Leave Act?
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You can get up to twelve weeks unpaid time/leave.
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For serious injuries and military duty you can have leave for 26 weeks
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The occupational safety and health act:
Federal Law focused on making the work place safe.
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Who are social security and Medicare for?
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The elderly over sixty five and those who are disabled.
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Who creates private pension plans?
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What is Unemployment Insurance?
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When you are fired, or laid off, and you are actively looking for work, you can be compensated.
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What is COBRA?
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You can get health insurance even when you are unemployed.
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Can employers have an employee use a lie detector test?
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What does an actuary do?
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Predicts people's life spans through life span analysis calculations
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What do privacy rights concern?
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No lie detectors,
No genetic testing,
No monitoring personal accounts
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What does the IRCA do?
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Makes it illegal to hire, recruit, or refer for money, undocumented workers.
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What is the H1-B Visa used for?
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To bring over foreign individuals, for their technical ability either for careers or education.
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What does the Norris Leguardia Act do?
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Protects Peaceful Strikes
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What did the NLRB do?
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Established the right of workers to strike and engage in collective bargaining.
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What did the Labor Management Relations Act Do?
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Prohibit unions from having a closed shop
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What is a closed shop?
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A job where everyone is in a union, mandatorily.
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What does the Labor management and disclosure act do?
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Employee Bill of Rights
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Requires Union Disclosure
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Employers during a strike don't hire new employees, who must they hire?
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The employees that went on strike
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You can order workers back in cases of what?
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