Question

Fair Labor: A Firefighter is a full-time employee but responds back off-duty because she wants to help out, not because the department requires her to. She is involved in department activities for three hours. Can the employer elect to not pay her for the three hours since she came back because she wanted to? True=yes False=no True False

Americans with Disabilities: Can a condition that poses direct threat to others be a basis for not hiring the person?

True=yes

False=no

True

False

Answer 1

Though the work of a firefighter is nonprofit in nature and an employee is willing to volunteer for a good cause, the employer is bound to pay him /her because it us the same work he /she has been employed to do. Has it been some other occasional work not related to the regular duties of the person, the employer could choose not to offer compensation.

The statement is false.

2. The disability law can be ignored if the hiring decision of a person may pose threat to the existing employees.

Statement is true.