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Mary is a sheriff’s deputy with the Collin County Sheriff’s Department. Anti-abortion protesters announce that they are going to hold rallies at medical clinics where abortions are performed in Collin County. The sheriff’s department decides to assign officers to guard the clinics. Mary tells the chief of police that she has strong religious beliefs opposing abortion and cannot guard such a clinic. The chief tells Mary she can patrol elsewhere during the rallies. During one of the rallies, a riot occurs at one of the clinics, and Mary is one of the officers called to assist. She refuses to respond to the emergency call and is fired. Mary claims religious discrimination. Which of the following is most likely to be true in this case?

Mary and Bob live in Collin County, and both work for the same private company. Mary’s supervisor, Bob, asks her about her living arrangements and with whom she lives. She refuses to answer Bob, and Bob fires her. (Mary in fact lives alone.) Which of the following statements is most likely to be true in this case?

An employer will be held responsible under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) for workplace hazards or injuries even where the harm is the result of reckless behavior by an employee.

The bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) defense, which applies in some other anti-discrimination cases, does not apply in disability discrimination cases.

Mary, aged 59, is employed as a makeup artist with a local department store. The company hires a new manager, Bob. Ryan fires Mary and gives her job to Susan, aged 42. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Mary:

Mary, a trained medical secretary at Celina Hospital, suffers from a condition that causes her to have periodic severe headaches that could last anywhere between a couple of hours to a few days. There is no cure for the condition, and her pain is managed with medication that makes her drowsy. Normally, without a headache, Mary is active and productive. Her request to work on a flextime basis is denied by the hospital because it would be impossible to prepare a schedule for her department without being sure whether she will be able to work or not. Which of the following holds true in this case?

The workers’ compensation advantage for Texas employers, when they agree (or subscribe) to be bound by a no-fault system, is that the injured workers are limited in their financial recovery to what they can obtain under workers’ compensation laws.

Federal minimum wage law supersedes state minimum wage laws where the state minimum wage is greater than the federal minimum wage.

Once sufficient interest has been indicated by the employees (usually by signing union authorization cards), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issues an order that the union will represent the employees in collective bargaining

In providing reasonable accommodation, courts have found that it is an undue hardship for the employer if he or she: