Exam 11: Employee Benefits

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act provides all of the following except:

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act,a convenience store owner with 20 employees is required to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to an eligible employee for medical reasons.

A typical unemployment insurance program does not require that:

Health care plans only cover medical,surgical,and hospital expenses.

Groups of physicians that contract with an employer to provide medical resources on a more cost-efficient basis in exchange for a greater share of patients are known as:

A major objective of the Pension Protection Act is to _________________ 401(k)pension plans.

Workers' compensation laws provide for uniform compensation to disabled workers regardless of the state in which they work.

The communication of employee benefits information improved significantly with the passage of _____.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:

A standard definition of domestic partnership includes all of the following except:

Which of the following benefits are not legally required employee benefits?

Child-care,elder-care,and extended leave policies are all examples of work/life benefits.

Online benefits systems are often referred to as ______________ and can result in a significant cost savings in benefits administration.

A preferred provider organization (PPO)is a group of physicians who establish an organization that guarantees the quality of health care provided by an HMO.

In order to qualify for Social Security benefits,all individuals must be at least 65 years of age.

One of the limitations of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act is that it only applies to those companies that have ____ or more employees during 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding year.

Workers who are laid off are eligible for 52 weeks of unemployment insurance per occurrence.

Employers pay a fixed annual free to an HMO to cover a majority of their employees' medical costs.

Of the following,which is not a benefit covered under Social Security insurance?

Unlike PPOs,where employees may have little choice in the doctor they see,HMOs allow employees to select from a list of physicians (participating doctors)their doctor of choice.