MGT/434T: Employment Law
Week 2 Apply Assignment
Choose the best answer for each question. You will have two attempts for this
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105
Graded on Feb 28 at 19:54
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1. Neil works at a small print shop. He converts to a new religion that requires
members to pray at specific times of the day. Neil requests time from his employer
to conduct the prayers, and his employer tells him he can switch his break time to
coincide with prayer time. Which of the following is true?
o Neil’s employer has offered a de minimus
accommodation. If this accommodation is not
sufficient for Neil, however, he can demand a different
one.
o Neil’s employer can fire Neil for requesting
time off to pray.
o Neil’s employer has offered a de minimus
accommodation. The accommodation is legal, and
Neil’s employer has met its duty.
o Neil’s employer has offered too little to qualify
as a reasonable accommodation.
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2. Pedro asks his employer if he can leave brochures from his church on the front
desk of the office in case anyone may be interested in learning about the church.
Based on the objective rules in the text concerning the appropriateness of
advocacy activities, which of the following would be true?
o The brochures are not disruptive to work and
could be allowed.
o The brochures would be too disruptive to work
and should not be allowed.
o The brochures are disruptive to work, but they
must be allowed by law.
o The brochures are not disruptive to work, but
they are not allowed under the First Amendment.
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3. Adrian applies for work as a janitor at a church hospital. Which of the following is
false?
o The church hospital has the right to refuse
Adrian a job if he is not the same religion as that
which runs the hospital.
o The church hospital has the right to hire Adrian
even if he is a different religion than that which runs
the hospital.
o The church hospital will be guilty of religious
discrimination if it does not hire Adrian.
o The church hospital may not discriminate in
hiring practices based on other Title VII protected
characteristics aside from religion.
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4. Beverly wants to take a week off to go on vacation, so she tells her boss that she
just joined the Royal Church of R&R and needs a week off to relax in observance
of her new religion. Which of the following is true?
o Beverly has the right to claim religious
protection for her belief, and her employer must let her
take the vacation.
o Beverly doesn’t have a right to claim religious
protection because the Royal Church of R&R isn’t a
real church.
o Beverly doesn’t have a right to claim religious
protection because her views are not likely held with
the sincerity and strength of traditional views.
o Beverly has the right to claim religious
protection for her belief. The employer doesn’t have to
offer the vacation, but it must offer some form of
accommodation.
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5. Esmerelda works at a school district. She is becoming irritated with a coworker,
Wendy, who continually interrupts Esmerelda by trying to read scriptures to her,
asking her to attend church, and asking to pray with her. Esmerelda has
complained to her boss about the issue. Which of the following is true?
o Esmerelda’s employer cannot interfere in
religious discussions between the two coworkers.
o Esmerelda has the right to make Wendy cease
the religious speech directed at her.
o Wendy is free to direct her religious speech at
Esmerelda because she is a public employee, but she is
subject to time, manner, and place restrictions.
o Wendy is free to direct her religious speech at
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