MARYLAND HOME IMPROVEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
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✔✔T or F - All minors are prohibited from employment in occupations considered
hazzrdous -✔✔True
✔✔What are hazzardous tasks -✔✔Specific tasks outlined as hazardous or detrimental
that apply to the construction industry (with the exception of apprentices as described
by law) include but are not limited to:
- operating power driven machines such as woodworking machines, power driven
circular saws, guillotine shears
- elevator or power driver hoisting apparatus
- metal forming punching or shearing machines
- driving any motor vehicle and being outside helper
- exposure to radioactive substances and ionizing radiations
- manufacturing brick, tile or related products
- roofing operations
- excavating operations
✔✔Employee documentation and files -✔✔Once an employee is hired a file should be
set up and include:
I-9
W-4
W-5
State tax form
Employment application
Policy sign off
Emergency notification form
✔✔What is in I-9 -✔✔Documents that shows that the employee has the legal
immigration status to work in the US
, ✔✔What is W-4 -✔✔Form to determine proper federal tax withholding
✔✔What is W-5 -✔✔Form to receive EIC (Earned income credit) in advance
✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which define standards for basic min wage and OT
pay covers what? -✔✔- Min wage
-- Employers must pay OT after 40 hrs
Wages must be paid on a regular payday for the pay period covered
- The act restricts the hours that children can work and prohibits some work if under the
age of 18
✔✔Exemption from OT pay -✔✔- Executives
-Administrative personnel
- Professional employees
-Outside sales
-Employees of certain computer related occupations in Dpt of Labor regulations
✔✔Define work week -✔✔a period of 168 hours during a seven consecutive 24 hour
period
✔✔What are employment practices that FLSA does not regulate? -✔✔- vacation,
holiday, severance, or sick pay
- meal or rest periods, holidays off or vacations
- premium pay for weekend or holiday work
- pay raises or fringe benefits
- reason for discharge, immediate payment of final wages, or discharge notices
✔✔What are rcord keeping requirements under FLSA? -✔✔The FLSA requires
employees to keep records on wages, hours, and other items as specified in Dept of
Labor record keeping regulation
✔✔What are the employer eligibility provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act? -
✔✔The employer eligibility provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act require
employers to verify employee eligibility of all individuals hired. Form I-9 must be kept on
file for at least 3 years from the date of hire or 1 year after employment ends, whichever
is later
✔✔What are acceptable documents for I9 -✔✔US passport
certificate of US citizenship
certificate of naturalization
permanent resident card
unexpired foreign passport with stamp
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
A+
✔✔T or F - All minors are prohibited from employment in occupations considered
hazzrdous -✔✔True
✔✔What are hazzardous tasks -✔✔Specific tasks outlined as hazardous or detrimental
that apply to the construction industry (with the exception of apprentices as described
by law) include but are not limited to:
- operating power driven machines such as woodworking machines, power driven
circular saws, guillotine shears
- elevator or power driver hoisting apparatus
- metal forming punching or shearing machines
- driving any motor vehicle and being outside helper
- exposure to radioactive substances and ionizing radiations
- manufacturing brick, tile or related products
- roofing operations
- excavating operations
✔✔Employee documentation and files -✔✔Once an employee is hired a file should be
set up and include:
I-9
W-4
W-5
State tax form
Employment application
Policy sign off
Emergency notification form
✔✔What is in I-9 -✔✔Documents that shows that the employee has the legal
immigration status to work in the US
, ✔✔What is W-4 -✔✔Form to determine proper federal tax withholding
✔✔What is W-5 -✔✔Form to receive EIC (Earned income credit) in advance
✔✔Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which define standards for basic min wage and OT
pay covers what? -✔✔- Min wage
-- Employers must pay OT after 40 hrs
Wages must be paid on a regular payday for the pay period covered
- The act restricts the hours that children can work and prohibits some work if under the
age of 18
✔✔Exemption from OT pay -✔✔- Executives
-Administrative personnel
- Professional employees
-Outside sales
-Employees of certain computer related occupations in Dpt of Labor regulations
✔✔Define work week -✔✔a period of 168 hours during a seven consecutive 24 hour
period
✔✔What are employment practices that FLSA does not regulate? -✔✔- vacation,
holiday, severance, or sick pay
- meal or rest periods, holidays off or vacations
- premium pay for weekend or holiday work
- pay raises or fringe benefits
- reason for discharge, immediate payment of final wages, or discharge notices
✔✔What are rcord keeping requirements under FLSA? -✔✔The FLSA requires
employees to keep records on wages, hours, and other items as specified in Dept of
Labor record keeping regulation
✔✔What are the employer eligibility provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act? -
✔✔The employer eligibility provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act require
employers to verify employee eligibility of all individuals hired. Form I-9 must be kept on
file for at least 3 years from the date of hire or 1 year after employment ends, whichever
is later
✔✔What are acceptable documents for I9 -✔✔US passport
certificate of US citizenship
certificate of naturalization
permanent resident card
unexpired foreign passport with stamp
