FSM 122 MIDTERM EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.career employees - ANSWERS✔-workers who expect to continue working in a
job as long as their work performance is adequate
full time: designated to work a certain number of hours a week that is considered
"full time" by employer
- 40 hour but can be defined differently like 3 12 hour shifts
part time:
- works a certain number of hours per week that is less than full time
- half time = 20 hr/week
\.short hour employee - ANSWERS✔-Works a predetermined number of hours a
week that is less than half time
< 20 hours
,\.casual employee - ANSWERS✔-One who is not entitled to paid holiday or sick
leave, has no expectation ongoing employment
not guaranteed any set number of hours each week but scheduled to work as
needed (per diem)
can be full time for short amount of time
\.job sharing - ANSWERS✔-To share the responsibilities and duties of a single full
time job with one or more other employees.
covering one position together, one works MT, other WTF
\.probationary employee - ANSWERS✔-A newly hired employee who has not yet
demonstrated that he can successfully perform the job for which he was hired.
The employee is given a set period of time, often 60 or 90 days, to learn the job.
no guarantee of full time job after; protect yourselves for trial period with this
employee
\.dismissal without cause - ANSWERS✔-a probationary employee may be
dismissed for whatever reason the manager feels is appropriate
\.dismissal with cause - ANSWERS✔-A documented, legitimate reason for
terminating a non-probationary employee
,violence, showing up drunk, stolen
needs to be documented; long process
\.contingent workers - ANSWERS✔-employees that include part-time workers,
temporary workers, seasonal workers, independent contractors, interns, and co-
op students
temporary workers: hired for a finite period of time (resort areas with certain
months of employment)
contract employee/consultant:
- usually hired to complete a project
- typically not on employers payroll
- consultant fee or monthly or hourly rate (paid by project with flat fee or by hour)
- new labs in CA about uber
- typically a specialty person
\.salaried and hourly compensation - ANSWERS✔-workers may be salaried:
exempt from overtime; receive $40,000 a year no matter how many hours you
work (typical for dietitians)
workers may be hourly (nonexempt): $20/hr; can get overtime because unioned
, \.salaried compensation - ANSWERS✔-exempt from overtime pay
federal law of minimum $913/wk or $47,476 per year (need to make this much to
be salaried)
compensatory time off: extra time to compensate for unpaid overtime worked
(especially with lawyers)
\.compensatory time off - ANSWERS✔-A method used to give salaried employees
who work long hours some extra time off to compensate them for unpaid
overtime worked.
\.hourly compensation - ANSWERS✔-paid a set rate for each hour worked
base rate: hourly rate of pay for workers who are paid by the hour
- overtime based on base rate
\.hourly compensation: minimum wage - ANSWERS✔-federal $7.25/hr (fair labor
standards act)
california > 26 employees $14/hr; $13/hr for < 26
san francisco $16
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.career employees - ANSWERS✔-workers who expect to continue working in a
job as long as their work performance is adequate
full time: designated to work a certain number of hours a week that is considered
"full time" by employer
- 40 hour but can be defined differently like 3 12 hour shifts
part time:
- works a certain number of hours per week that is less than full time
- half time = 20 hr/week
\.short hour employee - ANSWERS✔-Works a predetermined number of hours a
week that is less than half time
< 20 hours
,\.casual employee - ANSWERS✔-One who is not entitled to paid holiday or sick
leave, has no expectation ongoing employment
not guaranteed any set number of hours each week but scheduled to work as
needed (per diem)
can be full time for short amount of time
\.job sharing - ANSWERS✔-To share the responsibilities and duties of a single full
time job with one or more other employees.
covering one position together, one works MT, other WTF
\.probationary employee - ANSWERS✔-A newly hired employee who has not yet
demonstrated that he can successfully perform the job for which he was hired.
The employee is given a set period of time, often 60 or 90 days, to learn the job.
no guarantee of full time job after; protect yourselves for trial period with this
employee
\.dismissal without cause - ANSWERS✔-a probationary employee may be
dismissed for whatever reason the manager feels is appropriate
\.dismissal with cause - ANSWERS✔-A documented, legitimate reason for
terminating a non-probationary employee
,violence, showing up drunk, stolen
needs to be documented; long process
\.contingent workers - ANSWERS✔-employees that include part-time workers,
temporary workers, seasonal workers, independent contractors, interns, and co-
op students
temporary workers: hired for a finite period of time (resort areas with certain
months of employment)
contract employee/consultant:
- usually hired to complete a project
- typically not on employers payroll
- consultant fee or monthly or hourly rate (paid by project with flat fee or by hour)
- new labs in CA about uber
- typically a specialty person
\.salaried and hourly compensation - ANSWERS✔-workers may be salaried:
exempt from overtime; receive $40,000 a year no matter how many hours you
work (typical for dietitians)
workers may be hourly (nonexempt): $20/hr; can get overtime because unioned
, \.salaried compensation - ANSWERS✔-exempt from overtime pay
federal law of minimum $913/wk or $47,476 per year (need to make this much to
be salaried)
compensatory time off: extra time to compensate for unpaid overtime worked
(especially with lawyers)
\.compensatory time off - ANSWERS✔-A method used to give salaried employees
who work long hours some extra time off to compensate them for unpaid
overtime worked.
\.hourly compensation - ANSWERS✔-paid a set rate for each hour worked
base rate: hourly rate of pay for workers who are paid by the hour
- overtime based on base rate
\.hourly compensation: minimum wage - ANSWERS✔-federal $7.25/hr (fair labor
standards act)
california > 26 employees $14/hr; $13/hr for < 26
san francisco $16
