Exam 13: Managing Employee Benefits

A problem with flexible benefits plans is ____,a situation in which only higher-risk employees select certain benefits,such as health insurance,and lower-risk employees do not select these benefits.

An advantage of unemployment compensation is that because it is funded by a tax on employers,state unemployment funds are able to remain solvent during economic downturns.

____ refers to a feature that allows employees to move their pension benefits from one employer to another.

The Older Worker Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)sets forth some very specific conditions that must be met when older workers

If HR experts suggest that a solution for "presenteeism" is employee health-and-wellness programs,this means that these HR experts attribute presenteeism to

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Although no federal law requires this,most states have laws that require employers not discriminate against domestic partners and provide them the same benefits as traditional married couples.

Angela,who lives in Alabama,recently turned down an attractive job offer as director of marketing from a firm in Oregon because it would not provide assistance in finding a job for her husband or assistance in buying a new home in Oregon,where house prices are much higher than in Alabama.It appears that the Oregon firm

In the U.S.,Japan,Germany,France and other countries,____ is/are placing significant financial pressures on government-provided retirement security plans.

Which of the following is NOT a typical offering of a company child-care benefit?

Betty is interviewing for a job with two different firms in the same industry and city.The job description and salary are identical.In one company the job will be unionized.The other company is non-union.Betty can expect that

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)defines a ____ as one requiring in-patient,hospital,hospice,or residential medical care or continuing physician care.

A long-time assembly line worker,Ed,and his wife have divorced.Under COBRA rules,who must HR notify of their opportunities for extended health benefits?

To prevent employees from making inappropriate benefits choices in a flexible benefits plan it is recommended that

What are the requirements of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)with respect to health care?

Maxine is a single mother with an entry-level management job.She needs to consider her 3-year-old child's future welfare if she should die before her child is self-supporting.Maxine has learned that her company offers group life insurance at the typical level of coverage most companies offer.Maxine will be ____,because the typical level of coverage is ____.

Colossus Solar Enterprises is moving its headquarters from Los Angeles to Austin.The HR department has been charged with retaining as many of the LA employees as possible by using relocation benefits.The following are all typical relocation benefits EXCEPT

A group of employees has approached the HR manager with a request that the company sponsor a softball league.The HR manager thinks this is a good idea because a company softball team will

Roger's mother is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease,and Roger's father also died of Alzheimer's.Roger,who is 55,is very concerned that he will develop this disease as well.Roger would be most pleased if his company offered

When promoting family-friendly benefits to top management,the director of HR's most accurate argument for their effectiveness is in