Question

BUSINESS LAW 1 (3 Questions)

22 . An employer that does not want to be bound by provisions in its

employee handbook, but instead intends them to be only nonbinding

guidelines , can:

a) make the terms of its handbook vague

b) clearly state in the handbook that it does not create any enforceable

contractual obligations on the part of the employer.

c) tell its employees that the handbook’s terms do not require the

employees to perform any new duties

d) tell its employees that the handbook’s terms do not entitle the

employe es to any additional pay ____

23 . When an administrative agency conducts a hearing before an administrative

law judge or hearings officer, it is exercising which of its functions?

a) rulemaking

b) enforcement

c) adjudication

d) governance ____

24 . Courts will pierce the corporate veil when they find that the corporate form

is a fiction and the owner has used the corporation for his own purposes.

Courts sometimes say that such a corporation is merely the owner’s:

a) subsidiary

b) undisclosed agent

c) undisclosed principal

d) alter ego ____

Answer 1

22) Clearly state in the handbook that it doesn't create any enforcable contractual obligations on the part of the employer.

(Since an employee handbooks can be considered as contracts, employer will have to state it clearly if he doesn't want to be bound by provisions)

23.) Adjudication

(Hearing is taking place , which means that administrative agency is exercising judicial power.Exercise of judicial powers by administrative agency is called adjudication.

24) Alter ego

( corporate veil will be pierced only if a party is able to prove that corporation at issue is the mere instrumentality or alter ego of its shareholders.)