Exam 10: Social Responsibility: Legal Issues, Managing Diversity, and Career Challenges

________ refers to having two employees divide hours, responsibilities, and benefits of a full-time job.

If training is voluntary and outside of regular work hours but directly related to an employee's job, the employee would need to be paid for attending training.

Sector partnerships are designed to help individuals recycle their careers.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) provides protection for all individuals based on age.

________ involves employees transitioning from full-time employment to full-time retirement by working part-time.

List six training-related situations that may result in legal action.

Job hopping is prevalent in high-technology industries.

________ refers to an expatriate's familiarity with job tasks and work environment in the host country.

Discuss the advantages and challenges of job hopping from the employer's and the employee's perspectives

In the ________ stage, individuals are concerned with keeping their skills up to date and being perceived as someone who is still contributing to the company.

The cornerstone of the ________ system is One-Stop service delivery, which unifies numerous training, education, and employment programs into a single system in each community.

Current estimates indicate that women hold only 30% of the highest executive positions.

Virtual expatriates are more expensive than traditional expatriates.

Repatriation is the process of preparing individuals for expatriate assignments.

Copyrights protect the ideas that materials contain.

The Fair Use Act of 2017 specifies that training material on internet sites is free from copyright law as long as a company or trainer does not generate income from the use of said content.

Describe what companies can do to prepare employees for layoffs and to reduce their potential negative effects.

It is important for companies to place more emphasis on developing potential expatriates' technical skills than on preparing them to work in other cultures.

________ refer to employees who have an assignment to manage an operation abroad without being located in that country.

________ refers to employees changing jobs, usually between companies, every two to three years.