Week 1 Knowledge Check
The material presented below is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all you need to know in the content area. Rather it is a starting point for building your knowledge and skills. Additional study materials are recommended in each area below to help you master the material.
Personalized Study Guide Results:
Score: 15 / 15 Concepts | Mastery | Questions | Employment at Will | 100% | * 1 * 2 * 15 | Major employment laws | 100% | * 3 * 4 * 5 | Fundamental Features of the U.S. Industrial Relations System (Six Factors) | 100% | * 6 * 7 * 8 | Three General Types of Third-Party Involvement in a Bargaining Impasse | 100% | * 9 * 10 * 11 | Forms of Nonunion Grievance Procedures | 100% | * 12 * 13 * 14 |
Concept: Employment at Will Mastery : | 100% | Questions : | * 1 * 2 * 15 |
Materials on the concept: * Employment at Will
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According to _____, an employee may not be fired because he or she refuses to commit an illegal act, such as perjury or price fixing. * A. public policy exception * B. social learning theory * C. retaliatory discharge * D. lifestyle discriminate
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Public policy exception protects the employee from being terminated for not committing illegal acts under the direction of management or other employees. State courts developed this policy as one of three that protect employees from being terminated and claiming employment at will for not doing what management has directed an employee to do when it relates to illegal activity.

Materials * Employment at Will
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2. A worker being fired for actions ranging from filing a workers’ compensation claim to reporting safety violations