1. As a condition of being allowed to apply for a job with Joe's Pizza Restaurant. James is asked to waive his right to object to a credit check. After signing this consent, James is denied the job because of his bad credit. If James seeks legal redress on the grounds that the search violated his privacy rights, Joe's pizza Restaurant:

A. will be unable to successfully assert the waiver as a defense because it was not given voluntarily.

B. will be able to successfully assert the waiver as a defense because insurance sales requires handling premium payments.

C. will be able to successfully assert the waiver as a defense because it was given by James who had bad credit.

A. will be unable to successfully assert the waiver as a defense.

2. Bernard has been working as a salesman at Flipper Pools, a company with close to 55 employees, for the past five years. He becomes the legal guardian of his six-year-old nephew after his sister and her husband die in a car crash. He informs his supervisor that he would need the next couple of weeks off to arrange for his nephew's care. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Flipper Pools:

A. is required to grant the leave because the act extends the right to care for a child to an employee who is acting as a parent.

B. does not have to grant the leave because Bernard did not give 60 days' notice.

C. is required to grant the leave only if Bernard agrees to work overtime without any compensation after he returns to work from his leave.

D. does not have to grant the leave because the act applies to employers with more than 100 employees.

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