Exam 9: Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits

Scholarship programs extend to all members of an employee's family.(Scholarship Programs)

Staff members on in-house EAPs are employees of the company.(Employee Assistance Programs)

COBRA applies to EAPs if these two conditions are met.(Employee Assistance Programs)

Employers and employees receive tax benefits on weight-control and nutrition programs.(Wellness Programs)

Both employers and employees can receive tax benefits through employer-sponsored adoption assistance programs.(Adoption Assistance Programs)

In 2016,the EEOC issued rulings to clarify the relationship between wellness programs and Title I of the Civil Rights Act.(Wellness Programs)

In the 1940s,companies adopted a rehabilitative rather than punitive approach towards alcohol consumption.(Origins of Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits)

Employees experiencing difficulties that interfere with job performance is estimated to cost more than $44 billion in lost work productivity each year.(Employee Assistance Programs)

This involves discussing incidents of poor performance with the troubled employee,citing the necessity of improving job performance within a designated period.(Employee Assistance Programs)

EAPs service providers must universally release information about employees concerning what? (Employee Assistance Programs)

Employers that use referral EAPs usually do NOT have a contractual relationship with service providers.(Employee Assistance Programs)

Employers can deduct a smoking cessation program as a business expense,but employees do NOT get any tax benefit.(WellnessPrograms)

Most smoking cessation programs operate on a reimbursement basis.(Wellness Programs)

For employer-subsidized parking,employees may deduct a monthly maximum of what amount for the 2016 tax year? (Transportation Services)

According to the IRS,educational assistance programs may qualify for tax benefits if the employer meets three additional requirements.Which of the following is not one of those requirements? (Educational Assistance)

An EAP is considered an excepted benefit if it meets four criteria; two of which are no employee premiums are required for the EAP and there is no cost sharing,such as copayments,under the EAP.(Employee Assistance Programs)

Which Section of the IRC pertains to educational assistance programs? (Educational Assistance)

Which of the following is not an example of a personal problem covered under EAP programs? (Employee Assistance Programs)

Which of the following is not a condition that led to the inclusion of outplacement programs in EAPs? (Employee Assistance Programs)

EAPs are important because the percentage of American workers who use illegal drugs had increased from 4.7% in 2008 to 13.6% in 2014.(Employee Assistance Programs)