Exam 8: Paid Time-Off and Flexible Work Schedule Benefits

This provision pays employees an amount equal to the unused vacation days based on regular daily earnings.(Vacation)

The EEOC requires employers to pay employees for time-off to observe religious holidays.(Holidays)

When companies determine vacation time according to hours worked,it usually applies to workers who are exempt to FLSA regulations.(Vacation)

NOT allowing a Jewish employee to observe Hanukah would be a direct violation of which law? (Holidays)

Examples of compensable nonproduction time include cleanup and preparation time.(Nonproduction Time)

In 2015,on average,holiday benefit costs were higher than vacation benefits costs.(Defining and Exploring Paid Time-Off Programs)

Almost all small companies,defined as having fewer than 100 workers,offer paid sick leave as an employee benefit.(Sick Leave)

In unionized setting,the collective bargaining agreement or contract details employee entitlements to paid time-off benefits.(Defining and Exploring Paid Time-Off Programs)

List and briefly define the three most common flexible work arrangements.(Flexible Work Arrangements)

According to FMLA guidelines,employees must give how much notice for a scheduled unpaid leave? (Key Provisions)

According to the Fair Labor Standards Act,employers must compensate employees for duties and activities indispensable to performing principal work activities.Which of the following is not a compensable nonproduction time? (Nonproduction Time)

Private-sector U.S.companies offer most paid time-off benefits to employees on a discretionary basis.(Defining and Exploring Paid Time-Off Programs)

Passage of the FMLA bestowed rights upon workers to take substantial unpaid time off work to attend to serious personal illness or qualifying family events,and it created return-to-work protections.(Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)

Concerning holiday pay,if an employee feels they are being discriminated against on religious grounds,they may file a complaint with the U.S.Labor Department.(Holidays)

Which of the following statements is not true of unscheduled absences?

The FLSA of 1938 guidelines state that employers must compensate employees for duties and activities that are indispensable to performing principal activities.(Nonproduction Time)

Under the Jury Systems Improvement Act,being paid to serve on a jury in federal cases,is a protected right.(Jury Duty and Witness Duty Leaves)

Which of the following is not a major revision to the FMLA? (Revisions to the FMLA)

Federal government employees are granted 12 paid holidays in a year.(Holidays)

When an employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition,they must take personal leave or sick leave as they are unable to utilize the FMLA.(Key Provisions)