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Test Questions An employee within the organization has filed a charge with the EEOC that discrimination has been done by your organization against her. The EEOC has investigated the case and has found that there is no reasonable cause against your company. The person filing the charge, however, still believes that discrimination has occurred. How long does this person have, to file a lawsuit against your company? - ANS Once the EEOC has found that there is no reasonable cause, the complainant can still file a lawsuit within 90 days of the EEOC's findings. Stress is often a significant issue in workplaces. Author Ravi Tangri asserts that stress costs organizations up to $300 billion per year. Which one of the following stresses is the largest contributor to organizational cost of waste? - ANS Workplace Accidents OSHA form 301 is used to document the incident that caused the work-related injury or illness. How long is an organization required to keep the form on record? - ANS Five years following the year of the incident point factor technique - ANS Specific compensable factors are identified and then performance levels within the factors are documented. The different factors and levels are weighted based on importance to the organization. As an HR Professional, you must be familiar with certain theories and insights about organizational culture, organizational development, and management. Who addressed organizational culture as "that's the way we do things around here"? - ANS Edgard Schein What is the time limit for filing a charge of discrimination with the EEOC? - ANS 180 days Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) - ANS requires employers to pay social security tax for employees and to withhold the tax amount from employee paychecks? seven stages of internal consulting - ANS 1. Exploring the situation, 2. Gathering agreement to the project plan, 3. 3. 3. Gathering data, analyzing, and identifying findings, 4. Developing recommendations, 5. Presenting the findings and recommendations, 6. Implementing, 7. Reviewing, transitioning, and evaluating the project. Management by walking around - ANS describes a manager who makes himself visible, being present for employees, and getting out of his office to interact with employees? Davis-Bacon Act - ANS the first registration to address a minimum wage for employees? This adverse impact lawsuit determined that discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is described? - ANS Griggs versus Duke Power, 1971 When an individual files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against an employer, what will the EEOC do? - ANS The EEOC will send the employer an letter informing them of the charge What is the compa-ratio for an employee that earns $75,000 per year, but the midpoint for the role is $85,000 per year? - ANS 88% year salary divided by midpoint OSHA definition of a work-related injury - ANS Any wound or damage to the body resulting from anevent in the work environment. How many employees must exist within an organization for COBRA requirements to be enforced? - ANS 20 employees There are seven stages of internal consulting that an HR Professional must be familiar with. Consider this scenario: Frances has developed an HR training plan for her organization. The plan is comprehensive, aggressive, and will provide organizational development for all levels of employees in the company. Frances is presenting her plan to her organization's management. What level of internal consulting is Fran participating in? - ANS Gaining agreement to the project plan What did the Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit primarily accomplish? - ANS Universities could not use race as the reason to exclude an applicant to a college admissions program, but the university could use race as one of the reasons to include a person as an applicant to a college admissions program. What is the ally doctrine? - ANS A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employers who are allies of the primary employer. Henry Fayol identified five functions of business management which still apply to businesses today. Which one of the following answers correctly identifies the five functions of a manager? - ANS Prevoyance, to organize, to command, to coordinate, andto control project management lifecycle - ANS It is the life of the management of the project -from initiation, planning, execution, controlling, through closing. Amy is a sales person for your company and she earns her pay based on commission. Amy's pay is known as variable pay or what other term? - ANS At Risk Pay Your organization is aiming to reduce costs by stopping wastes in the production cycle. The company has created a plan that will reward employees 50 percent of the savings from the waste stoppage. What type of compensation plan is your organization offering to employees in this instance? - ANS Gainsharing Which OSHA form is used to cover the what, how, when, where, and who or work- related injuries? - ANS Form 300 Supreme court cases related to sexual harassment - ANS Meritor Savings Bank V. Vinson (1986) Harris V. Forklift Systems (1993) Faragher V. City of Boca Raton (1998) Burlington Industries V. Ellerth (1998) Meritor Savings Bank V. Vinson 1986 - ANS Vice president of company sexually harassed Vinson. Forced to perform sexual acts with VP during and outside of work. Fondled Vinson in front of other employees. Vinson took an indefinite medial leave and the bank terminated her. Supreme Court ruling: "hostile environment" sex discrimination is actionable under Title VII. Court rejected the idea that a mere existence of a grievance procedure and policy against discrimination is enough to protect employer. Harris V. Forklift Systems 1993 - ANS Harris - Manager at Forklift company. Reported to company president. President frequently made sexual and suggestive remarks to Harris. Harris confronted president and he apologized stating the behavior would end. Untrue causing Harris to quit. Lawsuit claiming president created an hostile work environment on the basis of her gender. District court found president's behavior offensive, but it didn't meet the required standard of severity to seriously affect her psychological well-being Supreme Court: defined hostile work environment Farther V City of Boca Raton 1998 - ANS female life guards. Verbally and physically harassed by two supervisors. Complained to their supervisor, but didn't file formal compliant, and no corrective action was taken. After resigning wrote letter to city manager. Supreme Court Ruling: Employers are responsible for the actions of those they employ and have a responsibility to control them. supervisor does not need to make an explicit threat of an advert TEA (tangible e employment action) in order to harassment to be actionable Burlington Industries V. Ellerth 1998 - ANS Sales person being sexually harassed by a superior person in the organization (a supervisor). Didn't have power to approve or deny a TEA in regard to her employment. She didn't complain about harassment until after she resigned - Vicarious Liability: An element of Respondent superior. Employer may be held accountable for the harmful actions of their employees. Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) In 1990, - ANS act makes it illegal to discriminate against older workers with respect to benefits or to target older workers for layoffs. amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to safeguard older workers' employee benefits from age discrimination. The Taft-Hartley Act, also known as the Labor Management Relations Act, addressed unions and engaged in certain types of secondary boycotts. What is a secondary boycott? - ANS It is an effort to convince others to stop doing business with a particular organization that is the subject of a primary boycott.