Explanation: OSHA's requirements apply almost universally to businesses with at least 11 employees. (A business with 10 or fewer employees is not expected to complete OSHA forms or even assemble an Injury and Illness Prevention Plan.) Businesses with 15 or 17 employees certainly fall within OSHA's regulations.

Explanation: The supervisors at Flanders Company are practicing extinction, though they are most likely unaware of doing so. Extinction occurs when the positive reinforcement that followed a behavior ceases, and the behavior gradually ceases as well. Punishment is a negative consequence to a behavior. The absence of positive reinforcement is not considered punishment. Positive reinforcement is a reward, while negative reinforcement is the removal of a punishment. Positive and negative reinforcement are both used to encourage certain behaviors.

Explanation: In School Board of Nassau v. Arline, the Supreme Court ruled that contagious diseases should be treated as handicaps under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This case was based on a schoolteacher who had tuberculosis and was unable to work for a long while, during which time she was fired. The Supreme Court ruled that employers are responsible for making reasonable accommodations for employees with contagious diseases.

Explanation: The ERG Theory of 1969, which looks at the levels Existence, Relatedness, and Growth among employees, is attributed to Clayton Alderfer. Fredrick Herzberg is credited with the Motivation/Hygiene Theory of 1959; Victor Vroom is credited with the Expectancy Theory of 1964; Abraham Maslow is credited with the Hierarchy of Needs Theory of 1954.

Explanation: The Walsh Healy Public Contracts Act of 1936 determines that for any government contract over $10,000 the local minimum wage requirement applies to workers. The other answer choice options ($5,000; $15,000; and $20,000) are either too low or already fall within the minimum requirement of $10,000.