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Due to the First Amendment, union funds can be used to support union office candidates in their union elections.

Workers’ compensation is a statutory scheme to provide no-fault insurance for lost wages and medical expenses resulting from work-related injuries.

An employer is privileged to make statements, unless they are likely to negatively impact a current or former employee, where the statement is made in good faith by one who has a legitimate business purpose in making the communication to one who has a business interest in learning the information.

To prove that the offered reason is pretext for an actual case of age discrimination, an employee must show that age was the only factor motivating the employment decision.

A shop steward is the intermediary between the union and an employer.

Those who use prescription medications unlawfully and who have a disability related to their unlawful drug use are not protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

A sitdown strike occurs when the employees take control of the factory to prevent it from hiring replacement workers; it is a legally protected activity.

Economic strikers are entitled to be reinstated if their jobs are occupied by replacement workers.

Bob has a mild intellectual disability and a mild form of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Though other tasks seem difficult to perform, gardening helps Bob relax and focus, so he trained to be a professional gardener during his college days. He applies for a position as a gardener at the Frisco City Hotel. He tells the interviewer that, despite his impairment, he has been able to work as a gardener in private gardens and estates, and they never have had any issues with his work. However, the interviewer does not hire him, fearing that his disability might affect others’ work. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

In Texas, an injury is covered by workers’ compensation if the employer is able to prove that his injury arose out of or in the course of his employment, even if the employer is a non-subscriber.