Take this five question quiz for managers and supervisors and find out how well you know Employment Law.

1. How Well Do You Know
Employment Law
W h a t w o u l d y o u d o ? Ta k e t h i s Q u i z ?

2. Interviewing &
Hiring
1

3. Your success as a manager or supervisor
depends on your hiring and interviewing
success. It’s challenging enough to find
the right candidate who has the best
qualifications, but when you consider
your legal responsibilities, it gets even
tougher.

4. Choose any question below that
is legally safe for you to ask a
job candidate.
A. When do you think you’ll retire?
B. Is English your second language?
C. Do you have any religious beliefs that prevent you from working
on Saturdays or Sundays?
D. Our employees must be over the age of 18. If hired, can you
provide proof that you meet this requirement?
v
b

5. Answer
If being over the age of 18 is a bona
fide occupational and legal
requirement, you have the right to
ask.
D.

6. Workplace
Harassment &
Discrimination
2

7. Sexual harassment continues to be an
issue in today’s workplaces. Workplace
leaders need to understand when it is
occurring and what to do about it.

8. True or False
If an employee complains about a co-worker giving her
hugs at work, you are not required to do anything about it
since hugs are not the kind of touching that can violate
any law or an organization’s harassment policy.

9. Answer
A simple hug to some people can feel
like an unwelcome advance. Unless
it’s clear that a hug is welcome,
touching at work should be avoided .
False

10. True or False
One of your male employees asks one of your female
employees for a date. The female is annoyed and says she
is being harassed. This would be considered sexual
harassment.

11. Answer
If he only asks her once, it would not be
considered sexual harassment with the exception
of serious acts that typically threaten continued
employment or safety. If he continues to bother
her by asking for a date after she says no, it can
be considered sexual harassment .
False

12. Compensation
Basics
3

13. Employees are paid for their labor. As simple
as that seems, the legal rules governing pay
can get confusing. Every day supervisors and
managers deal with pay and work situations
that if not handled responsibly and legally,
can result in consequences, penalties and law
suits.

14. True or False
A manager can change an employee’s time card/sheet and
deny payment of overtime for work not authorized .

15. Answer
Be very careful about changing a time card or
denying payment of OT. According to the Fair
Labor Standards Act, employees must be paid for
all work "suffered or permitted ."
False

16. Discipline &
Termination
4

17. Despite your efforts and positive intentions,
performance problems will still happen.

18. Choose the supervisor’s documented
statement(s) below describing an
employee’s performance problem that can
be challenged, argued and difficult to
defend.
A. He’s not getting his reports in on time.
B. She always has a bad attitude.
C. His production is 10% below the standard.
D. She’s not motivated.
v
b

19. Answer
"Always" is exaggerated; "bad attitude" and "not
motivated" are subjective and judgmental; better
to focus on behavior and results.
B & D

20. Were You Correct?

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