BULE 303 EXAM 2 questions well
answered to pass
Davis - Bacon Act - correct answer ✔✔requires contractors and subcontractors working on
federal government construction projects to pay employees prevailing wages
Walsh-Healy Act - correct answer ✔✔requires minimum wage and overtime pay as 1.5x the
normal pay rate, paid to employees of manufacturers/suppliers entering contracts with federal
government agencies
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) - correct answer ✔✔extends wage-hour requirements to cover
all employers in interstate commerce/making goods for interstate commerce and some others;
- prohibits oppressive child labor, $7.25 minimum wage
- OT exemptions for administrative employees (some) and some executives
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act - correct answer ✔✔applies to employers
with 100+ full time employees; must give 60 days notice before mass layoff or closing
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - correct answer ✔✔allows employees to take time off for
family and medical reasons
- requires employers with 50+ employees to provide employees w/ up to 12 weeks of unpaid
family/medical leave
- military caregiver leave: care for family w/ injury from duty
- qualifying exigency leave: nonmedical emergency when fam is called to military duty
- violating employers may be required to give: damages to compensate, job reinstatement or
promotion
, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - correct answer ✔✔general duty for employers to
keep workplace safe, can deny to work because of an unsafe workplace, must report incidents
to OSH administration
Worker's Compensation Laws - correct answer ✔✔administrative procedure for compensating
injured workers, file claim with administrative agency or board instead of suing; excludes some
groups
- 2 req's to get benefits from this: 1. employment relationship exists 2. accidental injury that
occurred on the job/in course of employment
Social Security - correct answer ✔✔provides for retired, survivors, and disability insurance
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FIDA) - correct answer ✔✔require's employers and
employees to contribute to social security
Medicare - correct answer ✔✔federal health insurance program for 65+ and some disabled
Employee Retirement Income Security Act - correct answer ✔✔govern employers with private
pension funds for employees
- Created Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp: pays benefits to participants when plan cant
- Vesting: gives worker legal right to receive pension benefits in the future when stopped
working
Federal Unemployment Tax Act - correct answer ✔✔provides $ to those that lost jobs, must be
able to work and seeing employment
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - correct answer ✔✔employers can't
take away medical/optical/dental insurance after employment ends, employee pays premiums
answered to pass
Davis - Bacon Act - correct answer ✔✔requires contractors and subcontractors working on
federal government construction projects to pay employees prevailing wages
Walsh-Healy Act - correct answer ✔✔requires minimum wage and overtime pay as 1.5x the
normal pay rate, paid to employees of manufacturers/suppliers entering contracts with federal
government agencies
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) - correct answer ✔✔extends wage-hour requirements to cover
all employers in interstate commerce/making goods for interstate commerce and some others;
- prohibits oppressive child labor, $7.25 minimum wage
- OT exemptions for administrative employees (some) and some executives
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act - correct answer ✔✔applies to employers
with 100+ full time employees; must give 60 days notice before mass layoff or closing
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - correct answer ✔✔allows employees to take time off for
family and medical reasons
- requires employers with 50+ employees to provide employees w/ up to 12 weeks of unpaid
family/medical leave
- military caregiver leave: care for family w/ injury from duty
- qualifying exigency leave: nonmedical emergency when fam is called to military duty
- violating employers may be required to give: damages to compensate, job reinstatement or
promotion
, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - correct answer ✔✔general duty for employers to
keep workplace safe, can deny to work because of an unsafe workplace, must report incidents
to OSH administration
Worker's Compensation Laws - correct answer ✔✔administrative procedure for compensating
injured workers, file claim with administrative agency or board instead of suing; excludes some
groups
- 2 req's to get benefits from this: 1. employment relationship exists 2. accidental injury that
occurred on the job/in course of employment
Social Security - correct answer ✔✔provides for retired, survivors, and disability insurance
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FIDA) - correct answer ✔✔require's employers and
employees to contribute to social security
Medicare - correct answer ✔✔federal health insurance program for 65+ and some disabled
Employee Retirement Income Security Act - correct answer ✔✔govern employers with private
pension funds for employees
- Created Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp: pays benefits to participants when plan cant
- Vesting: gives worker legal right to receive pension benefits in the future when stopped
working
Federal Unemployment Tax Act - correct answer ✔✔provides $ to those that lost jobs, must be
able to work and seeing employment
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) - correct answer ✔✔employers can't
take away medical/optical/dental insurance after employment ends, employee pays premiums
