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Independent Contractors
Employment Contracts
100
An employer must pay an employee the agreed-upon wage, subject to company policy, union contracts, and government mandates, for his or her services.
What is true?
100
Th test that includes items such as who provides instruction, training, and tools; who sets hours; who determines where the work is performed and the sequence of work; and how payment is made to the worker.
What is the Internal Revenue Service test?
100
The employer owes several duties to his or her employee. These duties are mostly:
What is legal in nature?
100
The federal government service publishes a test that is used to aid individuals in determining whether or not a worker fits the status of an employee or an independent contractor.
What is the Internal Revenue Service?
100
A contract that specifies that the employer agrees to pay, and the employee agrees to work, for a specified period of time at a specified salary is known as a(n)
What is employment contract?
200
The acts of an employee committed while performing duties are not considered as the acts of the employer?
What is false?
200
According to this, only the employer may choose to terminate the employee from an employment at any time.
What is the doctrine of employment at will?
200
The acts of an employee commtted while performing duties are considered the acts of the...
What is the employer?
200
The individual to whom a W-2 tax form is provided is:
What is the employee?
200
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that arbritration clauses in employment contracts are enforceable provided the employee fulfills the following conditions, except: a. signing the agreement b. giving a reasonable time to file a claim c. giving the right to be represented by an attorney d. appointing the arbitrator
What is D. appointing the arbitrator?
300
The employee is personally liable for wrongful acts that result in injuries to a third party, whether they are intentional or the result of negligence?
What is true?
300
These frequently have clauses related to maintaining confidentiality with respect to trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and agreements to arbitrate in the event of a dispute between the parties.
What are employment contracts?
300
A legal doctrine that is a Latin term meaning "let the master answer" is known as
What is respondeat superior?
300
The individual to whom a 1099 tax form is provided is:
What is a(n) independent contractor?
300
The termination procedures of a company include exit interviews and the requirement that employees must return:
What is all company property?
400
An employee and an independent contractor are one and the same?
What is false?
400
True/False: An employee handbook should contain the information relating to the history of the company, including its mission and philosophy.
What is true?
400
A perso or firm that performs services for another is known as
What is a(n) independent contractor?
400
This doctrine states that just as an employee may choose to terminate his or her employment at any time he or she wishes, so too an employer may terminate an employee's employment at any time for a good reason, a bad reason, or not reason at all.
What is employment at will?
400
Disclosing personal, irrelevant information about a former employee amounts to:
What is invasion of privacy?
500
Independent contractors are under the direct control of the person who engages them.
What is false?
500
True/False: Information on leaves of absence, jury duty, military leave, and leaves for marriage or religious purposes are not part of the employee handbook.
What is false?
500
Freelance writers and photographers, private-duty nurses, painters and plumbers are considered as:
What is independent contractors?
500
The doctrine of employment at will has been eroded by federal, state, and local statutes; by court decisions, and by:
What is public policy?
500
If the employer provides information to a third party that is untrue, then a current or former employee may sue his or her employer for:
What is defamation?