Quiz 5

A wage paid for the first 90 days of employment when the employee is younger than 20 years old

Youth minimum wage

A manager discovers a cartoon depicting a person being humiliated in an act of a sexual nature. What should the manager do?

Remove the cartoon and replace it with a notice that nothing may be posted without approval and that offensive material will not be tolerated in the workplace in any form

Which of the following persons would be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act as a person with a disability?

An 18-year-old with a mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities who is applying for a dishwasher job

What is the proper response from the employee answering the telephone when a threatening call such as a bomb threat is made to an operation?

Ask if the manager can take the call; if not, listen very carefully and remember details

A person who is entitled to receive a benefit under an employee benefit plan because of his or her relationship with the participant in the plan

Beneficiary

Where should OSHA and other legally required compliance posters be posted in the workplace?

Common areas where employees have easy access, such as break rooms or bulletin boards

What is the safe and proper response of the food service manager when an employee with food handling duties reports that he or she is HIV positive?

Confidentiality and normal precautions for safe food handling

What circumstances can occur that cause overtime pay to be seen as an unavoidable necessity rather than supervisory oversight?

Emergency coverage is needed for unforeseen increase in volume of business

A referral system within a company that can provide counseling to employees and their families for various types of issues

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

What is the most common problem cited by OSHA for eating and drinking establishments?

Hazard communication standard or the employee's right to know

Is an employee within their rights to refuse to hire an obviously pregnant woman for a server position?

If she is able to perform the major job functions, she is protected by the pregnancy discrimination act

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act gives people the right to add family members to their group healthcare insurance plans. What other important rights does it add?

It protects denial or discriminatory pricing due to preexisting conditions

What is the difference between the deductions from employee paychecks termed levies and garnishments?

Levies are ordered by the federal government and garnished by the courts

A payment taken by a government agency such as the IRS from the employee's wages

Levy

A document that provides information about the chemical content of a material

MSDS

What forms of information is used to communicate potential hazards of chemical materials to food service employees?

MSDS

Under what circumstances must an employer pay an employee overtime pay of one-and-one-half times the normal rate of hourly pay?

Nonexempt employees who work over 40 hours in one week

Ensures safe working conditions and helps prevent workplace injuries

OSHA

What procedures should supervisors follow regarding emergency management?

OSHA requirements provide a framework for the components of an emergency plan

A period of time when an employee can make changes to their health care or other benefit provided by their employer

Open enrollment

In which type of healthcare plan do service providers discount their changes in exchange for more patients and timely payments?

PPO -- Preferred provider organization

Which blood-borne pathogen prevention measure refers to gloves, waterproof aprons, eyewear, protection, and disposable CPR devices?

Personal protection equipment

A person or company or department that handles the task of overseeing health plans

Plan Administrator

How do employee assistance programs (EAPs) enhance employee effectiveness?

Prevention, identification, and resolution of personal concerns

How can management lower the risk of crime to food service workers?

Provide drop safes so that there is a limited amount of cash on hand, particularly after normal hours

A federal government program that provides retirement and disability income to those who qualify

Social Security

What is the basis for determination of an employee's exempt status?

Specified level of pay and job duties of supervisor/management

A lower wage paid to certain people who may be part of a vocational program

Subminimum wage

If inequity is found in wages between men and women performing equal work in the same workplace, what must be done to remedy this situation?

The lower wage must be raised to match the higher wage

A female supervisor informs a male subordinate that she will promote him from busser to server if he will be her "secret boyfriend." What is the legal stand on this situation?

The male employee is being sexually harassed in a quid pro quo situation and has legal grounds for filing a complaint

What is the main purpose of USERRA (uniformed services employment and reemployment rights act)?

To ensure that employees are not penalized in the workplace when they return from active duty

What is the intention of COBRA?

To extend healthcare coverage at group rates for people who would otherwise lose it if they resigned

What is the goal of an employee wellness program?

To improve employee health and productivity and reduce medical expenses for employer and employees

Why are restaurants and food service operation workers at an increased risk for workplace violation?

They exchange money with the public, provide delivery, and work late or very early hours alone or in small groups and in high-crime areas

A gay male supervisor displays graphic nude photographs of men in his office. He reasons that most servers are straight females and will like the photos and that the males will likely live and let live. Are there any flaws in his reasoning?

Yes; the photos could be seen as creating a hostile work environment and thus constitute sexual harassment