HR Management

47) Minimum salary for HCE or highly compensated employee

$134, 004.

46)Minimum salary for a regular exempt employee

$47, 476.

14)Minimum wage

$7.25 is FEDERAL minimum wage

21)Progressive discipline- discipline involved successively more serious consequences for employees who continue to engage in undesirable behavior

TRUE

50) An employee who quits for a good cause may be eligible for unemployment

TRUE

51) A good HR professional is an employee advocate, hires employees, and conducts paid surveys

TRUE

52) Every employee who is disciplined is entitled to due process

TRUE

4) An examination of the causes of performance deficiencies in a group or individual is called a. organizational analysis b. task analysis c. person analysis d. needs analysis

c. person analysis

53) Oral documentation and employee discipline is just as good as written

FALSE

37)S.W.O.T.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

20)Unlimited hours of work for adult, can work as many hours as they want

TRUE

31) Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959

- Right to equal rights by all members to vote -Fee must be voted on -Right to participate in union meetings -Prevents corruption

5) Training Linked to Organizational Needs

-- the nature of the modern business environment makes training important -- rapid change requires that employees continually learn new skills -- growing reliance on teamwork creates a demand for the ability to solve problems in teams, an ability that often requires formal training

What are the FLSA standards for Overtime?

--For all hours worked in excess of 40 during a work week, employees will receive overtime at the rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular rate --paid leave --$7.25 is FEDERAL minimum wage

Steps of Progressive Discipline

1) Verbal 2) Written warning 3) Suspension 4) Dismissal

Outside of Fair Labor Standards Act, courts ask the following questions to determine work relationship in addition to both an economic and an agency test

1) what is the degree of control over work and who exercises that control? 2) what is each party's level of loss in the relationship? Who has paid for materials, supplies and/or equipment? What type of skill is required for work?

Right to work states

24

Non-right to work states

26

23) Instructional design and intent

A process of systematically developing training needs to meet specified needs, designed to teach skills that will help the organization achieve its goals

29) Health Savings account

A savings account used in conjunction with a high-deductible health insurance policy that allows users to save money tax-free against medical expenses

54) Several guest speakers discussed the importance of culture in organizations, recruiting, hiring, and training

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Who is affected by the Fair Labor Standards Act?

ALL employees that hold positions determined to be covered under the mandatory overtime provisions of the FLSA are covered. -- Overtime-eligible employees must be compensates with overtime pay or compensatory time for all hours worked over 40 in a single week --Established minimum wage, overtime eligibility, child labor standards, TEST ANSWER IS ALL OF THE ABOVE

17)Interview skills

All candidates should receive a face to face interview before receiving

34) ADA

American disability act, The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else.

30)Hostile work environment

Anything that keeps an employee from performing at their best

25) Personal analysis

Examination of group needs or individuals

24) Needs assessment

Determining what we need for the future

40)Mandatory benefits

Family medical leave act and affordable care act, social security NOT needed

18)Population Trends

Fasting growing US population coming back to workforce is people ages 55 and above

28) EEOC

Federal agency responsible to oversee, investigate, and litigate claims of employment discrimination

13) What is the FLSA (fair labor standards act)? (ON TEST)

Federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping ,and child labor standards effecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

8) Selection criteria

Find someone who fits the job and reduce turnover

44)Job Based Fit

Finding the right skills of an employee and the right job in the company for them

19) Economic Realities Test (ERT)

It was created as a way to understand the dependence of the worker on the business for which he or she works. If a person gains a large portion of their salary from that business, changes are the person qualifies. (way to understand if an employee or contractor)

42)Exempt employees and wages

Originally 25 employees, currently 15 employees, religious institutes, and churches

15)Overtime

Overtime paid earned in a particular workweek must be paid on the regular payday for the pay period in which the wages were earned

32) Civil Rights 1866

Provides protection to people based on certain areas, protects against race, color, national origin, religion, and sex

43)Drug testing

Random drug testing is legal for all employees, FALSE

27) Affirmative action

Representation of employees that have been victims of discrimination

33) FMLA

Requires that employer's provide unpaid leave for an eligible employee when they are faced with leave of 12 workweeks in a 12-month period or leave of 26 workweeks.

35)Long and Short Term Generalists

Short term provide a variety of different inputs but do not have areas of special skill or ability. Long term are individuals who have developed skills and knowledge concerning how things are done in a specific organization.

36)Short Term Specialists

Someone who specializes in one area that only works for a short period

49) If I file for employment, is it based on past wages?If I file employment, is it based on Job separation? If I file employment, is it based on Eligible for unemployment?

Yes. ANSWER IS ALL OF THE ABOVE

16)Hiring and Firing

You can't fire someone because you don't like them

11) Readiness for training

a combination of employee characteristics and positive work environment that permit training

3) Learning Management Systems

a computer application that automates the administration, development, and delivery of training programs

12)Personnel analysis

a process of determining individual's needs and readiness for training

2) Instructional Design

a process of systematically developing training to meet specific needs

9) the most effective way to measure employee satisfaction with training is ________ and learning acquired is _______________ a. Survey; pre-post test with control group b. Post-test; survey c. Cost-benefit analysis; pre-post test d. Interview managers; cost-benefit analysis

a. Survey; pre-post test with control group

1) Training

an organization's planned efforts to help employees acquire job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors, with the goal of applying these on the job

38) Independent Contractor

are workers with economic independence who are in the business for themselves.

45)Contractor Employees

are workers with economic independence who are in the business for themselves. Contractors don't get benefits or social security. Requirements: Provide own tools, set own hours, hired for specific reason, no supervisor or management

22)Hiring/firing fatal mistakes

attack vs. flights, stealing, sexual assaults, NON FATAL MISTAKES INVOLVE SPEAKING AND WORDS

6) Training most effectively addresses a. motivation problems b. skill and ability deficiencies c. lack of performance feedback d. lack of resources to do job

b. skill and ability deficiencies

10)Which of the following comments from a manager would support training? a. " you can attend the course but you'll have to make up the work you missed on your own time." b. "I'm glad you were trained on X but I need you to keep working on Y for the next few months." c. Good luck with your training next week, what is it about again? d. " Your performance has improved, especially with regard to the aspects you have been trained on."

d. " Your performance has improved, especially with regard to the aspects you have been trained on."

48)Regular Employee

in order for the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime provisions to apply to a worker, the worker must be an "employee" of the employer. (FLSA defines "employ" as including to "permit to work")

7) What is the philosophy behind Performance Based Interviews (PBI)?

past actions are the best predictors of future performance

41)Unemployment benefits

provides workers who lose their jobs with continuing subsistence payments from their state for a specified period of time. // Federally mandated program; administered separately by each state // This is an employer tax 47 states; this is an employee tax in Alaska, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania // The tax rate can be affected by the company's experience rating // Ordinarily unemployment payments are capped at 26 weeks, but within the last 5 years, some individuals received up to 2 years worth of unemployment benefits.