HRER 313 - Final

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How many weeks of leave does the Family Medical Leave Act (1993) mandate for all workers at companies that employ 50 or more people?

12 weeks

A benefit plan that allocates a set dollar amount to employees and allows them to select benefits is called a ______ plan.

A flexible benefit or cafeteria benefit plan

If you had repair work done on your car, the shop most likely used ___________ to pay the mechanic

A standard hour plan

In situations where the nature of the task is so uncertain that it may be difficult to specify expected goals, the most appropriate rating format is:

A standard rating scale

Paying a dime for every bottle collected and turned to a collection center is an example of:

A straight piecework system

When employee performance is easily measured and the organization's performance is fairly stable over time, the most effective type of compensation is to offer

A variety of rewards with significant incentive pay

The purpose of equity incentive programs such as restricted stock or stock options is:

Align employee goals with goals of the shareholders

It is legal to pay women less than men if:

All of the above are legal reasons why women can be paid less than men

In which of the following jobs is it most appropriate to use behaviorally anchored rating scales?

An assembly line job that involves tightening nuts on an engine

One common feature of all types of incentive plans is:

An established standard of performance that is used to determine the magnitude of the incentive pay

Total compensation or total rewards typically refers to

Base-pay, incentive pay, and employee benefits

When a job involves very routine, mechanistic tasks, the most appropriate appraisal format is:

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales

Which of the following is the best appraisal format in terms of legal defensibility?

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales

Which of the following groups can qualify for the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Computer employees

In which of the following types of cases is the focus on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

Disparate impact

The amount of fairness, in this case amount of pay, given to employees refers to

Distributive justice

__________ is a variable pay plan where payout depends not on company level performance such as labor cost saving, but rather on performance at some subunit; plant or facility.

Gain sharing or Scanlon Plan

Which statement is true for tipped employees according to the Fair Labor Standards Act

If an employee tips do not get the employee up to the minimum wage, the employer makes up the different

Which of the following is a negative outcome of the management by objectives method?

Increase in performance pressure and stress

Why don't employees share pay information with employees?

Informs employees as to how to direct their efforts and priorities; Violates employee privacy; Exposes inconsistent pay decisions made by managers and supervisors

Who among the following has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Jeremy, who employs his 16-year-old cousin in his meat-packing plant

In the context of the performance evaluation process, which of the following ensures that raters are motivated to rate accurately?

Making sure that managers are graded on how well they utilize and develop human resources

The most common form out outcome-based appraisal is:

Management by objectives

Susan works for a landscaping company. Is her employer required to pay her for travel?

Only when she travels between jobs during the workday.

The ________ provides an alternative to employer provided healthcare insurance.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Jennifer is hurt at work while driving a forklift. Her employer claims that she was injured as a result of her careless driving and its therefore not eligible for workers' compensation. What will be the outcome of the employer's challenge to her worker's compensation claim?

She will likely receive workers' compensation benefits

Which of the following benefits is a federally administered program designed to help workers when they retire?

Social Security

Which of the following is a test that must be met to qualify for the administrative employee exemption?

The employee must be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455 per week.

Deming's major argument regarding performance appraisals is that:

The work situation is the major determinant of performance

Which of the following is an advantage of team incentives?

They are effective in stimulating ideas and problem solving

Which of the following is a feature of defined contribution plans?

They are faster to vest than defined benefit plans

Which of the following statements is true of individual spot awards?

They are given to employees for exceptional performance as an add-on bonus

Which of the following statements is true of merit bonuses?

They are viewed as less of an entitlement than merit pay

Which of the following is an advantage of gain-sharing plans?

They increase employees' knowledge of business

Which of the following is an advantage of flexible benefit plans?

They increase the involvement of employees in choosing benefit plans

__________, a software package, allows workers to make health-care choices, allocate savings to 401(k)s or other savings vehicles, and access vacation schedules.

Employee self-service

Experts attribute the stabilization in the dollar cost of workers' compensation since 2010 to:

Employer safety programs

In the majority of states, unemployment insurance is financed exclusively by:

Employers that pay federal and state unemployment insurance

Which of the following is a factor to control in order to manage labor costs in a simple labor cost model?

Employment

Under the ____________, employers must pay men and women equally for the same work.

Equal Pay Act

According to ________ theory, relative pay is important as employees evaluate the adequacy of their pay via comparisons with other employees.

Equity

The _______ theory of motivation states that employee motivation is the product of instrumentality and valence.

Expectancy

Which of the following statements is true of merit pay?

Merit programs are commonly designed to pay different amounts depending on the level of performance

Which of the following is a disadvantage of gain-sharing plans?

Payouts can occur even if a company's financial performance is poor

Various studies have found that only two specific benefits curtailed employee turnover, namely _______ and _________.

Pensions; medical coverage

A major criticism of standard rating scales is that:

Raters have different definitions of scale levels

When employees are paid more than the maximum of their pay grade, these rates are called

Red circle rates

A major advantage of a ________ is that it reduces benefits costs, something that the other cost-cutting options ordinarily do not achieve.

Reduction in force

Which of the following motivational theories states that performance-based payments work best when they closely follow performance?

Reinforcement theory

A compa-ratio reflects the

Relationship of the average actual salary in each ranch to the midpoint of the range

A survey shows that most employers are responding to increased benefit costs by

Requiring employees to pay higher deductibles and copays

Evaluating pay programs is important; which one is not an evaluation perspective

SWAT analysis

Which of the following includes a provision that requires public companies to set policies to allow executive compensation to be taken back if it was based on inaccurate financial statements that did not comply with accounting standards?

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

An exempt employee (from the Fair Labor Standards Act) must be paid.

When they go to dental appointment during the workday

Which of the following benefits is NOT mandated by either the state or federal government?

Work/life balance

Replacing merit grids with __________ eliminates the link between the pay increase and the employees' salary position in the range and performance rating.

Bonuses

Financially healthy employers may wish to share financial success without permanently increasing labor costs.

Bonuses and profit sharing

________ has produced more comparable-worth pay increases than any other approach

Collective bargaining

In the context of evaluation formats, which of the following is true of the alternation ranking method?

It recognizes that raters are better at ranking people at extreme ends of a distribution

The determination of pay discrimination on jobs of dissimilar content requires a standard that allows jobs of dissimilar content to be declared comparable and that allows pay differences for jobs that are not comparable. This standard is

Job evaluation

Survey show that the most highly valued employee benefit is:

Medical insurance

The Equal Pay Act requires

Men and women to be paid the same for the same job

Which of the following is a reward that recognizes outstanding past performance?

Merit Pay

__________ have indirect pay-performance links and require employees to put up money to exercise grants

Stock options plans

Which of the following is an objective of the unemployment insurance program?

To provide an incentive for employers to stabilize employment

Which of the following statements is true regarding rater training?

Training to reduce halo errors and improve accuracy has been most successful

_________, designed for employees or managers, explain compensation policies and practices, answer frequently asked questions, and explain how these systems affect their pay.

Communication portals

Which of the following is a measure of changes in prices of goods and services in the product and service markets over time?

Consumer price index

Regarding pay differences for different jobs,

Courts continue to uphold the use of market data to justify differences

Jacob, and 18-year-old, has been working at HoldVille Corp. for over a year. If HoldVille offers full vesting after one year, which of the following statements is true?

Jacob is not eligible for pension as he is not over 21

What factors changes are transforming the workplace?

Technology; Globalization; Workforce demographics

The __________ recognizes the fact that when people leave an organization, they typically are replaced by employees who earn a lower wage.

Turnover effect

Which of the following ratings formats has the lowers rating errors?

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales


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