Question 1

The _____ specifies the number of breaks that must be provided in an eight-hour workday.

Accepted Answer

A) Portal-to-Portal Act 
B) Occupational Safety and Health Administration legislation 
C) Walsh-Healey Public Contracts legislation 
D) Equal Pay Act 
A) Portal-to-Portal Act 
B) Occupational Safety and Health Administration legislation 
C) Walsh-Healey Public Contracts legislation 
D) Equal Pay Act

Question 2

What are the definitions of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions according to the Department of Labor? What are the conditions that must be met for an employer to support a claim of unequal work?

Accepted Answer

The Department of Labor provides these d

Question 3

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments without exemptions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In which of the following types of cases is the focus on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

Accepted Answer

A) Disparate treatment 
B) Access discrimination 
C) Disparate impact 
D) Valuation discrimination 
A) Disparate treatment 
B) Access discrimination 
C) Disparate impact 
D) Valuation discrimination

Question 5

_____ has produced more comparable-worth pay increases than any other approach.

Accepted Answer

A) Integrative bargaining 
B) Win-win bargaining 
C) Interest-based bargaining 
D) Collective bargaining 
A) Integrative bargaining 
B) Win-win bargaining 
C) Interest-based bargaining 
D) Collective bargaining

Question 6

The determination of pay discrimination on jobs of dissimilar content requires a standard that allows jobs of dissimilar content to be declared comparable and that allows pay differences for jobs that are not comparable.This standard is _____.

Accepted Answer

A) job evaluation 
B) comparable worth analysis 
C) disparate impact analysis 
D) point factor market comparison 
A) job evaluation 
B) comparable worth analysis 
C) disparate impact analysis 
D) point factor market comparison

Question 7

One objective of the overtime provision of FLSA is to share available work by making the hiring of additional workers a less costly option than the scheduling of overtime for current employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Meltrop Corp.employs two store clerks, Sam and Stella.Stella sues Meltrop claiming unequal pay as she earns $500 a week less than Sam does despite doing the same work as Sam.Which of the following is most likely to be the result of the litigation?

Accepted Answer

A) Meltrop will win the litigation as blue-collar workers are exempt from the Equal Pay Act. 
B) Meltrop will win the litigation if it can prove that Stella is Sam's senior. 
C) Meltrop will lose the litigation as it has committed access discrimination. 
D) Meltrop will lose the litigation as it has committed valuation discrimination. 
A) Meltrop will win the litigation as blue-collar workers are exempt from the Equal Pay Act. 
B) Meltrop will win the litigation if it can prove that Stella is Sam's senior. 
C) Meltrop will lose the litigation as it has committed access discrimination. 
D) Meltrop will lose the litigation as it has committed valuation discrimination.

Question 9

Which of the following groups can qualify for the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Accepted Answer

A) Computer employees 
B) Police and other first responders 
C) Paramedics 
D) Fire fighters 
A) Computer employees 
B) Police and other first responders 
C) Paramedics 
D) Fire fighters

Question 10

Of the four affirmative defenses for unequal pay for equal work, "a factor other than sex" has prompted the most court cases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A higher proportion of women are employed by small firms compared to large firms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The _____ Act extends the prevailing-wage concept to manufacturers or suppliers of goods for government contracts.

Accepted Answer

A) Sarbanes-Oxley 
B) Walsh-Healey Public Contracts 
C) Fair Labor Standards 
D) Davis-Bacon 
A) Sarbanes-Oxley 
B) Walsh-Healey Public Contracts 
C) Fair Labor Standards 
D) Davis-Bacon

Question 13

Susan works in a sterile laboratory that requires her to scrub and put on protective clothing.Which of the following acts determines whether she should be paid for this time?

Accepted Answer

A) The Fair Labor Standards Act 
B) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration legislation 
C) The Portal-to-Portal Act 
D) The Health Care Workers Protection Act 
A) The Fair Labor Standards Act 
B) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration legislation 
C) The Portal-to-Portal Act 
D) The Health Care Workers Protection Act

Question 14

Which of the following includes a provision that requires public companies to set policies to allow executive compensation to be taken back if it was based on inaccurate financial statements that did not comply with accounting standards?

Accepted Answer

A) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARR
A)  
B) The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) 
C) The Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 123 R 
D) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
A) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARR
A)  
B) The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) 
C) The Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 123 R 
D) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Accepted Answer

A) It requires that employers provide 15 weeks of medical leave to employees. 
B) It sets minimum wage standards. 
C) It prohibits child labor. 
D) It requires payment at one-and-a-half times the standard for working more than 40 hours per week. 
A) It requires that employers provide 15 weeks of medical leave to employees. 
B) It sets minimum wage standards. 
C) It prohibits child labor. 
D) It requires payment at one-and-a-half times the standard for working more than 40 hours per week.

The _____ specifies the number of breaks that must be provided in an eight-hour workday.

What are the definitions of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions according to the Department of Labor? What are the conditions that must be met for an employer to support a claim of unequal work?

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments without exemptions.

In which of the following types of cases is the focus on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

_____ has produced more comparable-worth pay increases than any other approach.

The determination of pay discrimination on jobs of dissimilar content requires a standard that allows jobs of dissimilar content to be declared comparable and that allows pay differences for jobs that are not comparable.This standard is _____.

One objective of the overtime provision of FLSA is to share available work by making the hiring of additional workers a less costly option than the scheduling of overtime for current employees.

Meltrop Corp.employs two store clerks, Sam and Stella.Stella sues Meltrop claiming unequal pay as she earns $500 a week less than Sam does despite doing the same work as Sam.Which of the following is most likely to be the result of the litigation?

Which of the following groups can qualify for the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Of the four affirmative defenses for unequal pay for equal work, "a factor other than sex" has prompted the most court cases.

A higher proportion of women are employed by small firms compared to large firms.

The _____ Act extends the prevailing-wage concept to manufacturers or suppliers of goods for government contracts.

Susan works in a sterile laboratory that requires her to scrub and put on protective clothing.Which of the following acts determines whether she should be paid for this time?

Which of the following includes a provision that requires public companies to set policies to allow executive compensation to be taken back if it was based on inaccurate financial statements that did not comply with accounting standards?

Which of the following is NOT a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Pay-For-Performance: The Evidence

Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Defining Internal Alignment

R: Job Analysis

Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

Person-Based Structures

Defining Competitiveness

Designing Pay Levels, Mix, and Pay

Pay-For-Performance: the Evidence

Pay-For-Performance Plans

Performance Appraisals

The Benefit Determination Process

Benefit Options

Compensation of Special Groups

Union Role in Wage and Salary Administration

International Pay Systems

Management: Making It Work

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Exam 17: Government and Legal Issues in Compensation

The _____ specifies the number of breaks that must be provided in an eight-hour workday.

What are the definitions of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions according to the Department of Labor? What are the conditions that must be met for an employer to support a claim of unequal work?

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments without exemptions.

In which of the following types of cases is the focus on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

_____ has produced more comparable-worth pay increases than any other approach.

The determination of pay discrimination on jobs of dissimilar content requires a standard that allows jobs of dissimilar content to be declared comparable and that allows pay differences for jobs that are not comparable.This standard is _____.

One objective of the overtime provision of FLSA is to share available work by making the hiring of additional workers a less costly option than the scheduling of overtime for current employees.

Meltrop Corp.employs two store clerks, Sam and Stella.Stella sues Meltrop claiming unequal pay as she earns $500 a week less than Sam does despite doing the same work as Sam.Which of the following is most likely to be the result of the litigation?

Which of the following groups can qualify for the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Of the four affirmative defenses for unequal pay for equal work, "a factor other than sex" has prompted the most court cases.

A higher proportion of women are employed by small firms compared to large firms.

The _____ Act extends the prevailing-wage concept to manufacturers or suppliers of goods for government contracts.

Susan works in a sterile laboratory that requires her to scrub and put on protective clothing.Which of the following acts determines whether she should be paid for this time?

Which of the following includes a provision that requires public companies to set policies to allow executive compensation to be taken back if it was based on inaccurate financial statements that did not comply with accounting standards?

Which of the following is NOT a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Pay-For-Performance: The Evidence

Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Defining Internal Alignment

R: Job Analysis

Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

Person-Based Structures

Defining Competitiveness

Designing Pay Levels, Mix, and Pay

Pay-For-Performance: the Evidence

Pay-For-Performance Plans

Performance Appraisals

The Benefit Determination Process

Benefit Options

Compensation of Special Groups

Union Role in Wage and Salary Administration

International Pay Systems

Management: Making It Work

Filters