QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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\.A supervisor is reluctant to give an employee who took FMLA leave for cancer
treatment responsibility for a major new project. The supervisor fears that the cancer will
return so he chooses to assign the project to someone else. This is an example of
retaliation.
True or False - Answer-
True
\.All employees who are entitled to leave may take a total of 480 hours of leave.
True or False - Answer-
False
\.An employee in California has worked for her employer for 11 months, working 20
hours per week. She requires an eight-week absence due to pregnancy complications.
What will be the outcome of her leave based on federal FMLA and California PDL
requirements?
1. All eight weeks will be denied under the federal FMLA and approved under California
PDL
2. The first four weeks will be denied under the federal FMLA and approved under
California PDL, and the last 4 weeks will be approved under the federal FMLA and
California PDL.
3. All eight weeks will be denied under both the federal FMLA and California PDL. -
Answer-1. All eight weeks will be denied under FMLA and approved under California
PDL
\.An employee may take FMLA leave to care for a covered service member and also for
another FMLA qualifying reason during a single 12-month period. - Answer-True
\.An employee may take FMLA leave to take a grandchild to a therapy appointment if
the child's parent is deployed on a military training in another state and the military
member is a qualified relationship to the grandparent.
,True or False - Answer-False - the qualifying exigency must arise out of the foreign
deployment of the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent.
\.An employee must have a biological relationship with or a legal responsibility for a
child in order to take FMLA leave.
True or False - Answer-
False
\.An employee worked for the same company with a four-year break. Upon return they
worked 11 months at 100 hours per month. The employee requests leave. Which
answer below best describes their circumstances?
1. The employee is eligible once they provide proof of prior employment.
2. The employee is not eligible because they do not have 12 months of service.
3. The employee is eligible to take FMLA leave.
4. The employee is not eligible because they do not have enough hours worked. -
Answer-4. The employee is not eligible because they do not have enough hours
worked.
\.An employee's medical information that is kept in their personnel file and in a locked
file cabinet is duly considered protected under the ADA.
True or False - Answer-False
\.Because jury duty is required, not optional, all employers must provide pay.
True or False - Answer-False
\.Because Patrick's three-week absence for surgery was approved and paid for under
the workers' compensation program, he does not need coverage under the FMLA. The
time will only be covered by workers' compensation.
True or False - Answer-
False
\.Benjamin's employer was within their rights to terminate his employment because
under the FMLA, an employer has the right to require employees to follow absence
policy procedures.
True or False - Answer-
False
, \.Erin is often late for work. She's been written up for this behavior previously. Today
she calls in unexpectedly, indicating that her mother fell in the shower. She's at the
hospital and says that she'll likely need several weeks off to care for her. Select the
response that is MOST LIKELY to violate the FMLA's statement that it is unlawful for an
employer to "interfere, restrain, or deny the exercise of...any right provided under" the
FMLA?
1. You've has a lot of absences recently so when this is settled, we do need to talk.
. I'm sorry to hear about your mom, but your absence puts us in a very difficult position
Answer-2. I'm sorry to hear about your mom, but your absence puts us in a very
difficult position.
2.
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\.For employees whose primary language is not English, an employer must post an
FMLA poster in a language in which the employees are literate
True or False - Answer-
False
\.If an employee requests leave to care for their qualified family member under the
military caregiver provisions, the service member must be on active duty at the time of
the initial illness or injury.
True or False - Answer-False - the illness or injury can be a result of service in the line
of duty or be a prior condition which was aggravated by service in the line of duty. The
leave may qualify if the service member has been honorably discharged within the five
year period prior to the request for leave.
\.If an employer tracks FMLA leave using the "calendar year" counting method, they
must also track the 26 weeks of military caregiver leave using a calendar year to ensure
a consistent process and treatment of employees.
True or False - Answer-False - the 12-month period for military caregiver leave is
tracked starting on the first day the employee takes leave for this reason and ends 12
months later, regardless of the 12-month period established for other FMLA leave
reasons. This method is called "Rolling Forward"
\.In order to be eligible for FMLA leave, which of the following is required?
1. An employee must have worked for at least 1,250 hours in the past 12 months.