APHR LAWS & REGULATIONS EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
Protection against monopolies and restricting competition
The Clayton Act (1914) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
*modified Sherman Anti-trust
1. Prohibited mergers and acquisitions that would lessen competition
2. Prohibited single person from being director of two or more competing corporations.
3. Restricts use of injunctions against labor
4. Legalized peaceful strikes, picketing and boycotts.
The Tax Reform Act (1986) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Required social security numbers for all dependents claimed on taxes, reduced the # of
fraudulent claims
WOTC - The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (1996) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Provides federal income tax credits to employers who hire from targeted groups, currently
$9600/employee
1. Qualified Recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF) or Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP)
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,2. Veterans receiving food stamps or with service-connected disability
3. Family members of veterans receiving food stamps or family of service related disabled vet
4. Ex-felons hired in 1st year out of prison
5. Designated community resident, 18-40 years who resides in Empowerment Zone, or Rural
Renewal County
6. Vocational rehabilitation referrals - a person who has a physical or mental disability and has
been referred to employer while undergoing rehabilitation services
7. Summer youth 16-17 years old
The Small Business Job Protection Act (1996) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Increased fed minimum wage to $7.25
2. Provided tax incentives for small businesses for providing more benefits to employees
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996) - ANS ALL
EMPLOYERS
1. Requires states to establish/maintain new hire reporting system to help enforce child
support payments
2. Requires welfare recipients to begin working 2 years after receiving benefits, except with kids
younger than 1 (only can be used on 1 child) and only receive $ up to 5 years.
The Wagner-Peyser Act (1933) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Created nationwide employment service offices to help with job assistance and
unemployment
UCA - The Unemployment Compensation Amendments (1992) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. If employee leaves employer & does not move savings $ into tax approved IRA or 401(k), 20%
will be withheld from employee.
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, USERRA - The Uniformed Service Employment & Re-Employment Rights Act (1994) - ANS ALL
EMPLOYERS
If employee is drafted or in reserves
1. they cannot be fired from their job for 5 years
2. company must continue paying benefits for 5 years
Employee must apply back to work
1. less than 31 days of service(less than 1 month) = by beginning of next scheduled work period
the next calendar month after ending service
2. 31-180 days of service (1-6 months) = within 14 days
3. 181 days or more (6+ months) = within 90 days
4. If injured - extends two years
ARRA - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009) - ANS 20+ EMPLOYEES
1. Create jobs through government infrastructure projects like buildings and dams
2. Provided partial payment of COBRA premiums to those not yet employed
3. Extends HIPAA privacy requirements to business associates
COBRA - The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (1986) - ANS 20+ EMPLOYEES
***AMMENDED ERISA
1. Requires employers w/ group health insurance programs to offer terminated employees the
opportunity to continue health insurance coverage with service charge
2. Must provide employees with notification of continuation of benefits
WARN - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (1988) - ANS 100+ EMPLOYEES
ONLY OR COMBINED WEEKLY HOURS TOTAL 400
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
Protection against monopolies and restricting competition
The Clayton Act (1914) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
*modified Sherman Anti-trust
1. Prohibited mergers and acquisitions that would lessen competition
2. Prohibited single person from being director of two or more competing corporations.
3. Restricts use of injunctions against labor
4. Legalized peaceful strikes, picketing and boycotts.
The Tax Reform Act (1986) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Required social security numbers for all dependents claimed on taxes, reduced the # of
fraudulent claims
WOTC - The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (1996) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Provides federal income tax credits to employers who hire from targeted groups, currently
$9600/employee
1. Qualified Recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF) or Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP)
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,2. Veterans receiving food stamps or with service-connected disability
3. Family members of veterans receiving food stamps or family of service related disabled vet
4. Ex-felons hired in 1st year out of prison
5. Designated community resident, 18-40 years who resides in Empowerment Zone, or Rural
Renewal County
6. Vocational rehabilitation referrals - a person who has a physical or mental disability and has
been referred to employer while undergoing rehabilitation services
7. Summer youth 16-17 years old
The Small Business Job Protection Act (1996) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Increased fed minimum wage to $7.25
2. Provided tax incentives for small businesses for providing more benefits to employees
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996) - ANS ALL
EMPLOYERS
1. Requires states to establish/maintain new hire reporting system to help enforce child
support payments
2. Requires welfare recipients to begin working 2 years after receiving benefits, except with kids
younger than 1 (only can be used on 1 child) and only receive $ up to 5 years.
The Wagner-Peyser Act (1933) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. Created nationwide employment service offices to help with job assistance and
unemployment
UCA - The Unemployment Compensation Amendments (1992) - ANS ALL EMPLOYERS
1. If employee leaves employer & does not move savings $ into tax approved IRA or 401(k), 20%
will be withheld from employee.
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, USERRA - The Uniformed Service Employment & Re-Employment Rights Act (1994) - ANS ALL
EMPLOYERS
If employee is drafted or in reserves
1. they cannot be fired from their job for 5 years
2. company must continue paying benefits for 5 years
Employee must apply back to work
1. less than 31 days of service(less than 1 month) = by beginning of next scheduled work period
the next calendar month after ending service
2. 31-180 days of service (1-6 months) = within 14 days
3. 181 days or more (6+ months) = within 90 days
4. If injured - extends two years
ARRA - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009) - ANS 20+ EMPLOYEES
1. Create jobs through government infrastructure projects like buildings and dams
2. Provided partial payment of COBRA premiums to those not yet employed
3. Extends HIPAA privacy requirements to business associates
COBRA - The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (1986) - ANS 20+ EMPLOYEES
***AMMENDED ERISA
1. Requires employers w/ group health insurance programs to offer terminated employees the
opportunity to continue health insurance coverage with service charge
2. Must provide employees with notification of continuation of benefits
WARN - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (1988) - ANS 100+ EMPLOYEES
ONLY OR COMBINED WEEKLY HOURS TOTAL 400
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