10

How many H-1B visas has Congress set as the maximum amount to be granted yearly?

65,000

A person can work for a U.S. employer as an H-1B employee for a maximum continuous period of ten years.

False

China is considered one of the best sources of programming skills outside Europe and North America.

False

Companies are prohibited from exporting quantities of used electronics to companies in underdeveloped countries.

False

Contingent work is a job situation in which an individual has an implicit contract for long-term employment.

False

If a particular project requires only temporary help, and the workers will not be needed for future projects, the use of contingent workers is a poor approach.

False

It is fairly simple to prevent contingent workers from passing on corporate processes and strategies to subsequent employers.

False

Outsourcing is a short-term business arrangement in which a company contracts for services with an overseas organization that has expertise in providing a specific function.

False

Temporary employees must be treated like official employees of the company and are eligible for vacation, sick pay, and retirement benefits.

False

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition established a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of 51 environmental criteria.

False

The U.S. Congress has approved the granting of an unlimited number of H-1B visas.

False

There is no evidence that the hiring of H-1B workers has affected the salaries of U.S. IT workers.

False

Unethical companies cannot use H-1B visas to exploit the average salary requirements for H-1B workers.

False

Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded.

False

Which of the following is an internationally recognized standard that companies can use to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.

Statement on Standards for Attestation and Engagements No. 16

Which of these statements about contingent workers is true?

They have neither an explicit nor an implicit contract for continuing employment.

A firm is likely to use contingent IT workers if it experiences pronounced fluctuations in its technical staffing needs.

True

A key requirement for using H-1B workers is that employers must pay H-1B workers the prevailing wage for the work being performed.

True

A qui tam plaintiff can receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovery from the defendant, depending on how helpful the person was to the success of the case.

True

Based on the data from the National Center for Education Statistics there are some 130,000 new computer and information science graduates each year to fill what the BLS projects as a need of roughly 53,000 new U.S. tech job openings per year.

True

Companies can use the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.

True

Depending on how closely workers are supervised and how the job is structured, contingent workers may be viewed as permanent employees by the Internal Revenue Service, the Labor Department, or a state's workers' compensation and employment agencies.

True

Electronics manufacturing employees and suppliers at all steps along the supply chain and manufacturing process are at risk of unhealthy exposure to potentially harmful materials.

True

Foreign professionals can convert their H-1B visas into permanent green cards.

True

If a whistle-blower wants to remain unknown, the safest course of action is to leak information anonymously to the press.

True

In a coemployment relationship, two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees.

True

The European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive restricts the use of many hazardous materials in computer manufacturing.

True

When an organization decides to use contingent workers for a project, it is making a trade-off between completing a single project quickly and cheaply versus developing people within its own organization.

True

A situation in which two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees is called which of the following?

a coemployment relationship

In which of the following practices does a business transfer all or part of its workforce to another firm, which handles all human-resource-related activities and costs?

employee leasing

What term is used to refer to a work environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements?

gig economy