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HRM/324
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
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HRM 324 Week 1 Quiz
Attached, you will find a multiple-choice quiz. You can either highlight the correct response, record your response on a separate sheet of paper, but just make sure your answer selection is clear. I do ask that you do not delete responses because this might change the numbering and I could inadvertently mark your response wrong.
Upon completion, submit through the assignment link.
If you have a question regarding the quiz, you can post them in the discussion area or send me a private message.
Passage of this Act requires compensation professionals to demonstrate that alleged discriminatory pay practices are a business necessity.
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Equal Pay Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
Which of the following laws set prevailing wage rates for companies that provide services to the U.S. Government?
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Equal Pay Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
Compensation professionals use compensable factors to determine whether jobs are the same, in order to comply with which federal legislation?
Davis – Bacon Act of 1931
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 addresses which three issues?
minimum wage, overtime pay, & child-labor
minimum wage, overtime pay, pay discrimination
minimum wage, child-labor, pay discrimination
overtime pay, child-labor, pay discrimination
Construction contractors, working on government contracts, must pay their laborers and mechanics what type of wage?
minimum wage
prevailing wage
prevalent wage
discretionary wage
Which of the following are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
fringe benefits, minimum wage, child labor provisions
minimum wage, overtime wage rates, child labor provisions
overtime wage rates, fringe benefits, minimum wage
child labor provisions, fringe benefits, overtime wage rates
Discrimination based on which of the following is protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
race, sexual preference, national origin
sexual preference, color, national origin
color, race, sexual preference
national origin, race, color
Which part of the U.S. Constitution granted Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations?
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The First Amendment
Article I, Section 8
Compensation differentials between men and women performing substantially similar work fall under the purview of which piece of legislation?
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which legislation removed barriers to free commerce and restored equality of bargaining power?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
According to the Equal Pay Act, which of the following are acceptable defenses for unequal work?
a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
a differential based on any factor other that race, a merit system
a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, merit system
Which Act extends coverage to all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors with federal contracts?
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act of 1962
According to the Civil Rights Act of 1991, when are employees required to file challenges to the seniority system?
within 180 days
within a year
within 6 months
when the system is implemented or when it negatively affects them
Which Act established guidelines prohibiting age-related discrimination?
The Equal Pay Act of 1991
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
The Equal Pay Act of 1963
The equal protection clause is found in which part of the U.S. Constitution?
The First Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
Article I, Section 8
The increasing acceptance of “paternity leave” is found with the passage this Act.
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
What kind of accommodation involves modifying work schedules, job restructuring, and making existing facilities readily accessible for those covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
disability accommodations
reasonable accommodations
regulated accommodations
mandatory accommodations
This type of job is subject to the FLSA overtime provisions?
exempt
nonexempt
equal
nonequal
Discriminatory seniority systems were addressed with passage of which Act?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Which Act is an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
This occurs whenever an employer applies an employment practice to all employees, but the practice leads to unequal treatment of protected employee groups.
disparate impact
disparate treatment
discriminatory impact
discriminatory treatment
Treating pregnancy like any other disability falls under the realm of which piece of legislation?
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
What are the revised guidelines for determining whether jobs are exempt from FLSA overtime pay provisions called?
Glass Ceiling Act
Overtime Nonexempt Rules
Bennett Amendment
FairPay Rules
ADA applies to companies that employ at least how many workers?
50
25
15
100
The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 pertains to companies with federal contracts of at least what value?
$20,000
$2,000
$10,000
$5,000
HRM 324 Week 2 Quiz
Attached, you will find a multiple-choice quiz. You can either highlight the correct response, record your response on a separate sheet of paper, but just make sure your answer selection is clear. I do ask that you do not delete responses because this might change the numbering and I could inadvertently mark your response wrong.
Upon completion, submit through the assignment link.
If you have a question regarding the quiz, you can post them in the discussion area or send me a private message.
1. Which type of compensation program is based, in part, on the human capital theory?
a) merit pay
b) seniority pay
c) incentive pay
d) skill-based pay
2. Passage of this Act requires compensation professionals to demonstrate that alleged discriminatory pay practices are a business necessity.
a) Civil Rights Act of 1991
b) Equal Pay Act of 1938
c) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
d) Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
3. What represents employees’ critical psychological states that result from performing their job?
a) fringe compensation
b) core compensation
c) intrinsic compensation
d) extrinsic compensation
When designing pay-for-knowledge programs, which of the following would be considered part of the transition matters phase?
grouping skills
aligning pay with the knowledge structure
training
skill types
6. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 addresses which three issues?
minimum wage, overtime pay, & child-labor
minimum wage, overtime pay, pay discrimination
minimum wage, child-labor, pay discrimination
overtime pay, child-labor, pay discrimination
7. According to the Equal Pay Act, which of the following are acceptable defenses for unequal work?
a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
a differential based on any factor other that race, a merit system
a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, merit system
8. What kind of accommodation involves modifying work schedules, job restructuring, and making existing facilities readily accessible for those covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
disability accommodations
reasonable accommodations
regulated accommodations
mandatory accommodations
9. These are the four core characteristics of the job characteristics theory.
feedback, task variety, skill-variety, autonomy
knowledge, skill identity, autonomy, feedback
skill variety, task identity, autonomy, feedback
skill identity, autonomy, task variety, feedback
10. Which of the following are the main reasons for the increased costs associated with pay-for-knowledge programs?
increased compensation benefits, higher training costs, increased overhead costs
higher payroll costs, increased overhead costs, higher training costs
increased overhead costs, increased compensation benefits, higher payroll costs
increased compensation benefits, higher training costs, higher payroll costs
11. This is the systematic process for recognizing differences in the relative worth among a set of jobs and for establishing pay differentials accordingly.
job analysis
job content
job evaluation
job-relatedness
12. Which of the following are typically included in a job description?
job specification, job title, job summary
job summary, job salary, job specification
job title, job salary, job summary
job salary, job title, job specification
13. In compensation surveys, how are relevant labor markets defined?
employment numbers, occupational classification, geography
occupational classification, market competition, employment numbers
occupational classification, geography and market competition
geography, employment numbers, market competition
HRM 324 Week 3 Quiz
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HRM 324 Week 3 Quiz
1. Which of the following is true concerning merit pay programs?
cost-of-living adjustments are considered merit increases
are most popular with public sector employers
accurate performance appraisals are key to effective programs
appraisals are based on objective criteria only
Management by objective is part of which type of performance appraisal system?
goal-oriented system
trait system
behavioral observation scale
behaviorally-anchored rating scale
3. Which comparison system requires the rater to place a specific number of employees into groups that represent the entire range of performances?
forced distribution
hierarchical
paired comparison
the critical incident technique
4. This performance appraisal system is highly defensible in court because it is based on actual observable job performance behaviors.
behaviorally-anchored rating scales
behavioral observation scales
behavior-assessment rating scales
behavior incident scales
5. This type of behavioral performance appraisal system requires the employee and the supervisor to identify past performance behaviors and outcomes as either successful or unsuccessful.
management by objective
behavioral observation scales
behaviorally anchored rating scales
critical incident technique
Which pay system is most widely used in America today?
skill based pay
longevity pay
merit pay
seniority pay
The halo effect and similar-to-me effects are considered examples of which type of rating error?
trait system errors
contrast errors
illegal discrimination errors
bias errors
This performance appraisal system relies on many appropriate sources of information and works well for team-based work teams.
trait systems
360-degree performance appraisal
comparison system
critical incident technique
9. Which type of individual incentive plan rewards employees based on their individual hourly production against an output standard?
management incentive plans
behavior encouragement plans
referral plans
piecework plans
10.Which of the following is true concerning incentive pay?
the award is earned only when the predetermined work objective is totally completed
motivates employees to be more productive, but does little to control payroll costs
awards are granted in one-time pay-outs
incentive levels are generally subjective in nature
11.This incentive plan uses a value-added formula to measure productivity.
Improshare
Rucker Plan
Scanlon Plan
piecework plan
12.This group incentive system was designed to provide employees wit financial incentives for increasing customer satisfaction, increasing productivity, lowering costs, or improving safety.
gain sharing
team based
small group
profit sharing
List and discuss four possible limitations of merit pay programs.
Under what conditions is it appropriate for companies to adopt individual incentive pay plans?
HRM 324 Week 3 Frequently Asked Questions
Each team member will develop a three questions that they, and what they have heard most of their fellow co-workers ask about the material presented in this week’s learning activities (i.e. indirect and direct compensation).
You will then take these questions and develop a response explaining it to the employee. Your response must be at least 100 words but no more than 300 words for each response and supported with research.
The Team Lead will only need to do one question, as well as put the document together.
The only APA requirements are for your citations and references. You want to prepare a document you would share with employees. You make this a Word document, a brochure, a PowerPoint, a video, etc. There is no restrictions.
To succeed at this assignment, the information must be…
(1) covered in our activities this week (i.e. chapters and library articles);
2) original – it is okay to use directly quoted material but it needs to support your work and not replace it;
3) you must provide a viable direct response to the question. Do not use broad statement and generalities. You need specifics.
4) the presentation of your work must be clean, professional, and have no mechanical or spelling errors.
Sumbit your completed project to the assignment link.
HRM 324 Week 4 Retirement Plan Proposal
The CEO of your company would like to revamp the retirement options offered to employees.
Create a proposal that describes two to three retirement plans that could be offered. In the proposal, you must identify specific requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 that the organization would need to fulfill.
In addition to the proposal, management has asked the HR Department to design a communication plan that encourages employee participation for one of the proposed retirement plans.
In your communication plan, include components that encourage participation in the retirement plan.
You will be submitting 1 document and the outline might look like the following:
Introduction
Retirement Plan 1
III. Retirement Plan 2
III. Retirement Plan 3
ERISA Compliance
Recommendations
Communication Plan in which you address the following topics:
How will you communicate information to employees?
How often will you communicate information to employees?
What tools or methods will you use to communicate the plan?
How will you overcome resistance to participation?
How will you get employees to enroll?
How will you communicate the plan to make it attractive
VII. Conclusion
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your paper.
HRM 324 Week 4 Quiz
Attached, you will find a multiple-choice quiz. You can either highlight the correct response, record your response on a separate sheet of paper, but just make sure your answer selection is clear. I do ask that you do not delete responses because this might change the numbering and I could inadvertently mark your response wrong.
Upon completion, submit through the assignment link.
If you have a question regarding the quiz, you can post them in the discussion area or send me a private message.
Management by objective is part of which type of performance appraisal system?
goal-oriented system
trait system
behavioral observation scale
behaviorally-anchored rating scale
2. This performance appraisal system is highly defensible in court because it is based on actual observable job performance behaviors.
behaviorally-anchored rating scales
behavioral observation scales
behavior-assessment rating scales
behavior incident scales
3. This incentive plan uses a value-added formula to measure productivity.
Improshare
Rucker Plan
Scanlon Plan
piecework plan
4. These are three methods companies can use to distribute company profits to its employees.
a graduated first-dollar-of-profits formula, proportional payments based on contribution to profits, equal payments
equal payments, proportional payments based on annual salary, proportional payments based on contribution to profits
a graduated first-dollar-of-profits formula, proportional payments based on annual salary, equal payments
proportional payments based on contribution to profits, a graduated first-dollar-of-profits formula, proportional payments based on annual salary
5. This type of flexible work schedule allows employees to work four 10-hour days a week.
flextime
compressed work week
job sharing
reduced work week
6. This type of discretionary benefit would allow an employee to get help dealing with the affects of domestic violence.
family assistance program
employee assistance program
wellness program
employer assistance program
7. Marty’s employer has a prescription drug plan that will only make him pay 20% of cost of his prescription, if he goes only to certain pharmacies. What type of prescription drug plan does he have?
prescription reimbursement plan
medical reimbursement plan
mail order prescription drug plan
prescription card program
Companies establish retirement plans following which of these three design configurations?
Defined benefit, defined contribution, hybrid
Qualified benefit, qualified contribution, hybrid
Qualified benefit, nonqualified benefit, hybrid
Funded, unfunded, hybrid
9. This Medicare Plan was established with the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
Medicare Select
Medicare Prescription Drug Program
Medicare Advantage
Medigap
10. Which type of contingent worker is most likely to be involved in a job sharing arrangement?
part-time employees
temporary employees
leased employees
independent contractors
11. A golden parachute clause can be triggered by which of the following?
corporate takeover
disability
retirement
resignation
12. To be covered by FLSA overtime and minimum wage provisions, seasonal employees must work for a company that is open how many months in a year?
6
7
11
12
HRM 324 Week 5 Total Compensation Plan
Design a total compensation plan (written in the third person voice) for an imaginary competitor of Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, FedEx Corporation, or Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Address the following details in your plan:
How your plan supports key objectives
An evaluation of current trends and issues in total compensation and a prediction of future trends
Internal and external equity
A wage management process and rationale
A retirement plan and how participation will be driven
The influence of the organization’s financial condition on the total compensation plan
How your plan will be communicated to leadership and employees
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Cite all sources according to APA formatting guidelines.
HRM 324 Week 5 Final Exam
Attached, you will find a multiple-choice final exam. You can either highlight the correct response, record your response on a separate sheet of paper, but just make sure your answer selection is clear. I do ask that you do not delete responses because this might change the numbering and I could inadvertently mark your response wrong.
Upon completion, submit through the assignment link.
If you have a question regarding the quiz, you can post them in the discussion area or send me a private message.
1) These are the four core characteristics of the job characteristics theory.
feedback, task variety, skill-variety, autonomy
knowledge, skill identity, autonomy, feedback
skill variety, task identity, autonomy, feedback
skill identity, autonomy, task variety, feedback
2) Passage of this Act requires compensation professionals to demonstrate that alleged discriminatory pay practices are a business necessity.
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Equal Pay Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
3) Which pay plan generally rewards employees for acquiring job-related competencies, knowledge, or skills rather than for demonstrating successful job performance?
pay-for-knowledge
incentive
merit
person-focused
4) This is the systematic process for recognizing differences in the relative worth among a set of jobs and for establishing pay differentials accordingly.
job analysis
job content
job evaluation
job-relatedness
5) Which of the following are typically included in a job description?
job specification, job title, job summary
job summary, job salary, job specification
job title, job salary, job summary
job salary, job title, job specification
6) This is a systematic process for gathering, documenting, and analyzing information in order to describe jobs.
job characterization
job description
job evaluation
job analysis
7) In the job analysis process this term represents a group of positions that are identical with respect to their major tasks.
job
element
job family
occupation
8) Which of the following laws set prevailing wage rates for companies that provide services to the U.S. Government?
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Equal Pay Act of 1938
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
9) Compensation professionals use compensable factors to determine whether jobs are the same, in order to comply with which federal legislation?
Davis – Bacon Act of 1931
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1964
10) These are the three most common sources of job analysis data.
job analysts, supervisors, benchmark jobs
job incumbents, benchmark jobs, job analysts
job incumbents, supervisors, job analysts
benchmark jobs, job incumbents, supervisors
Management by objective is part of which type of performance appraisal system?
goal-oriented system
trait system
behavioral observation scale
behaviorally-anchored rating scale
12) What is a systematic process for gathering, documenting, and analyzing information in order to describe jobs?
job evaluation
internal consistency
job analysis
strategic analysis
13) Which theory states that employees’ knowledge and skills generate productive capital?
job characteristics theory
expectancy theory
equity theory
human capital theory
14) How are compa-ratios calculated?
Dividing the pay range mid-point by the employee’s pay rate
Dividing the employee’s pay rate by the market line rate
Dividing an employee’s pay rate by the pay range mid point
Dividing the market line rate by the employee’s pay rate
15) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 addresses which three issues?
minimum wage, overtime pay, & child-labor
minimum wage, overtime pay, pay discrimination
minimum wage, child-labor, pay discrimination
overtime pay, child-labor, pay discrimination
16) Construction contractors, working on government contracts, must pay their laborers and mechanics what type of wage?
minimum wage
prevailing wage
prevalent wage
discretionary wage
17) Which of the following are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
fringe benefits, minimum wage, child labor provisions
minimum wage, overtime wage rates, child labor provisions
overtime wage rates, fringe benefits, minimum wage
child labor provisions, fringe benefits, overtime wage rates
18) Which pay structure reflects the increasing organizational trend toward flatter, less hierarchical corporate structures?
two-tier pay structure
broadbanding
market-competitive pay structure
internally consistent pay structure
19) Midpoint, minimum, and maximum are values used to define which of the following?
pay grades
pay ranges
pay structures
pay levels
20) Which term is used to describe the situation where the pay spread between newly hired employees and more qualified job incumbents is small?
pay structures
pay compression
red circle pay rates
green circle pay rates
21) Jasmine Black believes that the company should share part of the risk for her sales position. Which sales compensation plan should she pursue?
salary-plus-bonus plan
salary-plus-commission plan
commission-plus-draw plan
commission-only plan
22) This type of flexible work schedule allows employees to work four 10-hour days a week.
flextime
compressed work week
job sharing
reduced work week
23) The equal protection clause is found in which part of the U.S. Constitution?
The First Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
Article I, Section 8
What kind of accommodation involves modifying work schedules, job restructuring, and making existing facilities readily accessible for those covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
disability accommodations
reasonable accommodations
regulated accommodations
mandatory accommodations
25) This type of discretionary benefit would allow an employee to get help dealing with the affects of domestic violence.
family assistance program
employee assistance program
wellness program
employer assistance program
26) Discretionary benefits are generally divided into which three categories?
Health benefits, pension benefits, paid time-off
Pension benefits, protection programs, services
Services, paid time-off, protection programs
Paid time-off, health benefits, services
27) During the human resources departmental meeting, one of the new employees wanted to know what was in the company’s cafeteria plan. What did he want to know?
the lunch break schedule
the lunchroom floor plan
the company’s benefits choices
the list of approved doctors in the health plan
28) You broke your neck at work. The company called to inform you that they had to switch your benefits from the short-term disability account to the long-term account. That means you’ve probably been off work around how long?
6 months
12 months
1 month
18 months
Which of the following is NOT a type of paid time off benefit?
sick leave
compressed work week
lunch period
travel time
Which of the following is a characteristic of integrated paid time off policies?
such policies distinguish among reasons for absence
individuals have to justify reason for taking time off
holiday, vacation, sick leave, and personal leave are combined
can lead to increased unscheduled absences
This policy allows employees to schedule time-off without having to justify the reasons.
personal paid time off
personal leave
integral paid time off
integrated paid time off
32) This federal law addresses overtime pay.
FLSA
COBRA
ERISA
HIPPA
33) Temporary employment agencies are responsible for complying with all federal employment legislation except which one?
ADA
FLSA
workers’ compensation
ERISA
34) What is it called when Tanesha and Jaunita both work part-time to complete the duties of one full-time position?
job sharing
freelancing
dual staffing
safe harboring
35) Since temporary workers are employees of both the temporary employment agency and the client company, the dual employer common law doctrine establishes temporary workers right to receive which of the following?
retirement benefits
workers’ compensation
health insurance
employee benefits
36) The safe harbor rule requires that the contingent worker be covered by whose pension plan?
the leasing company
the client company
depends on the contractual arrangement between the leasing company and the employer
the employee is responsible for his or her own pension
37) To be covered by FLSA overtime and minimum wage provisions, seasonal employees must work for a company that is open how many months in a year?
6
7
11
12
38) Employers only have to provide protective insurance to part-time employees covered by which federal law
FLSA
COBRA
ERISA
HIPPA
39) This term reflects an approach to job design that results in the development of more intrinsically motivating and interesting work.
job security
job enrichment
job variety
job identity
40) This type of pay system rewards employees for successfully acquiring new job-related knowledge
person-focused pay
competency-based pay
merit pay
incentive pay
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