Exam 17: Government and Legal Issues in Compensation

The most frequently jobs misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees are truck drivers,home health aids and construction workers.

(True/False)

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Question 41

The Worker Economic Opportunity Act _____.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 42

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments.

(True/False)

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Question 43

Pay differences for equal work may be justified for demonstrably business-related reasons.

(True/False)

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Question 44

All of the following except _____ are provisions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 45

The executive branch of the federal government _____.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 46

The government has interests in compensation decisions related to all but _____.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 47

In Gunther v.County of Washington,the Supreme Court ruled that a wage discrimination suit could be brought under Title VII where the jobs were dissimilar.

(True/False)

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Question 48

How can a proactive compensation manager influence the nature of regulations?

(Essay)

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Question 49

Which of the following is the least likely response companies would make to legislation?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 50

In _____ type cases,the focus is on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 51

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

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 52

The purpose of prevailing wage laws is to assure that government projects do not waste tax dollars.

(True/False)

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Question 53

The best evidence of true pay discrimination are statistical studies that account for gender differences in pay using legitimate factors.

(True/False)

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Question 54

Factors such as shift differential,temporary assignment,and training programs are examples of _____.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 55

What are the sources of earnings gaps?

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Question 56

Legislation does not always achieve what it intends nor achieves what it achieves.

(True/False)

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Question 57

The agency that conducts reviews and seeks remedies where insufficient compliance to affirmative action is found is ____

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 58

(p.611The Schultz v.Wheaton Glass case ruled that for jobs to receive equal pay,they do not have to be identical but substantially equal.

(True/False)

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Question 59

Which of the following factors has not been suggested as an explanation of the earnings gap between the sexes and among minorities?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 60

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The most frequently jobs misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees are truck drivers,home health aids and construction workers.

The Worker Economic Opportunity Act _____.

All employees are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments.

Pay differences for equal work may be justified for demonstrably business-related reasons.

All of the following except _____ are provisions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.

The executive branch of the federal government _____.

The government has interests in compensation decisions related to all but _____.

In Gunther v.County of Washington,the Supreme Court ruled that a wage discrimination suit could be brought under Title VII where the jobs were dissimilar.

How can a proactive compensation manager influence the nature of regulations?

Which of the following is the least likely response companies would make to legislation?

In _____ type cases,the focus is on the discriminatory consequences rather than the intent to discriminate?

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

The purpose of prevailing wage laws is to assure that government projects do not waste tax dollars.

The best evidence of true pay discrimination are statistical studies that account for gender differences in pay using legitimate factors.

Factors such as shift differential,temporary assignment,and training programs are examples of _____.

What are the sources of earnings gaps?

Legislation does not always achieve what it intends nor achieves what it achieves.

The agency that conducts reviews and seeks remedies where insufficient compliance to affirmative action is found is ____

(p.611The Schultz v.Wheaton Glass case ruled that for jobs to receive equal pay,they do not have to be identical but substantially equal.

Which of the following factors has not been suggested as an explanation of the earnings gap between the sexes and among minorities?

The Pay Model

Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Defining Internal Alignment

Job Analysis

Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

Person-Based Structures

Defining Competitiveness

Designing Pay Levels, mix, and Pay Structures

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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