Exam 3: Regulating Employee Benefits

This federal law was established to regulate the establishment and implementation of discretionary benefits practices.(The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

According to ERISA guidelines,companies can deduct benefit costs when they meet its nonqualification rules.(The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

In 2015,the PBGC paid total benefits of approximately how much? (Title IV: Plan Termination Insurance)

According to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978,employers must not treat pregnancy less favorably than other conditions covered under employee benefit plans,including health insurance and disability insurance.(The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978)

FLSA applies to all types of employees across all industries.(The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938)

This equal employment opportunity law prohibits illegal discrimination against protected class individuals in employment.(Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

Health care reform aims to reduce the uninsured U.S.residents by how much in 2016? (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010)

ERISA regulates paid time off programs.(The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

Determining whether jobs are exempt from the FLSA overtime pay provision has become even more complex since the U.S.Department of Labor introduced revised guidelines,known as the: (The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938)

COBRA is an amendment to which federal law (Title I: Protection of Employee Rights)?

Workers were at a disadvantage after the Great Depression.(Labor Unions and Employee Benefits: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935)

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 was enacted,in part,to overturn several Supreme Court rulings that limited employee rights.(The Civil Rights Act of 1991)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a substantial amendment to the Internal Revenue Code.(The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)

Give a brief overview of the main provisions of HIPAA.(The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)

Benefits qualify for tax deductibility when _______ are followed.(The Internal Revenue Code)

The NLRA applies to private sector companies,except for companies whose main business is passenger or freight rail or air carrier.(Labor Unions and Employee Benefits: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935)

ERISA,Title I,contains provisions for all of the following,except: (Title I: Protection of Employee Rights)

Under NLRA,subjects for collective bargaining fall into one of which three categories? (Labor Unions and Employee Benefits: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935)

According to FLSA guidelines,employees are entitled to pay at a rate of one-and-one-half times their regular pay,when they work over 8 hours in a work day.(The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938)

Title II of GINA restricts the deliberate acquisition of genetic information by employers and others covered by Title II and strictly limits such entities from disclosing genetic information.(Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008)