Chapter 02 Legal Compliance

1. The employer-employee relationship is the most
prevalent type of employment relationship.
True False

2. Employment contracts may be written but not in oral
form.
True False

3. The specificity of the language used in an
employment contract must be very extensive.
True False

4. The formal agreement which specifies the employment
terms and conditions for the employee and employer is called an employment contract.
True False

5. An employer does not incur any legal
responsibilities or liabilities regarding its employees.
True False

6. The common law principle of employment-at-will says
that, in the absence of any contract language to the contrary, either the
employer or employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time, but
only for certain reasons.
True False

7. There are some restrictions on employment-at-will,
such as statutory requirements for nondiscriminatory termination.
True False

8. An independent contractor is legally considered an
employee of the employer who hired him/her.
True False

9. If an employer hires an independent contractor, it
may reduce the employer’s exposure to laws and regulations governing the
employment relationship.
True False

10. A person is more likely to be considered an
independent contractor if they work without supervision or oversight from the
employer.
True False

11. Temporary employees are considered to be employees
of the temporary help agency that obtained them through its own staffing
process.
True False

12. Court cases suggest that permatemps (employees
from a staffing agency who have been with the employer for extended period of
time) are still exclusively considered employees of the staffing agency.
True False