Employee Relations
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Employee Relations examines the dynamic between employers and employees, focusing on creating positive, productive, and legally compliant workplaces. The course covers key concepts such as conflict resolution, communication strategies, labor laws, negotiation, and employee engagement. Students will explore the roles of human resources, unions, and management in fostering equitable work environments, addressing grievances, and implementing policies that enhance organizational culture. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will develop skills to effectively address and resolve workplace issues while supporting organizational goals and employee well-being.
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Employee Benefits A Primer for Human Resource Professionals 5th Edition by Joseph J.
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Chapter 1: Introducing Employee Benefits
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Q1) Strategic benefit plans emphasize short-term changes in how a company's benefit plan operates. (Basic Strategic Planning Concepts)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Discretionary benefits can be categorized into programs that (Discretionary Benefits)
A)Protect health and income, provide job security, provide accommodation and enhancement benefits
B)Provide job security, protect health and income, allow for paid time-off
C)Protect health and income, allow for paid time-off, provide accommodation and enhancement benefits
D)Provide job security, allow for paid time-off, provide accommodation and enhancement benefits
Answer: C
Q3) Vacations are a type of accommodation benefit. (Paid Time-Off)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Psychology and Economics of Employee Benefits
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Q1) The 2009 average total medical expenditure was lowest for adults aged 18 to 44. (Cost Advantage)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Briefly discuss how workforce demographic changes can influence the employment relationship. (Workforce Changes and the Employment Relationship)
Answer: Jobs are no longer characterized by traditional job security,strong loyalty to the organization,or the patriarchal role of the organization in the life of the employee.Instead,work arrangements and careers have become more flexible.
Apart from economic and market challenges,the workforce in America and other developed economies is becoming increasingly diverse (see Table 2.1).
Two strong contingencies are shaping the employment relationship in terms of employee benefits today.The first is the economic challenges faced by the company.The second is the changing composition of the workforce.Both of these will determine the emerging role of employee benefits practices in the social exchange relationship between employers and employees.
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Chapter 3: Regulating Employee Benefits
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Q1) The NLRA applies to agricultural and domestic workers. (Labor Unions and Employee Benefits: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to OWBPA,employers are not required to offer older workers benefits equal to younger workers if it costs them too much. (The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA))
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The Pension Protection Act of 2006 was passed for the protection of defined benefit plans only. (The Pension Protection Act of 2006)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
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Q1) The present value of benefits based on a designated date is known as accumulated benefit obligation. (Defined Benefit Plans)
A)True
B)False
Q2) Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLEs)can be either leveraged or nonleveraged. (Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLEs))
A)True
B)False
Q3) Section 457 Plans are nonqualified retirement plans for government employees. (Section 457 Plans)
A)True
B)False
Q4) Part time workers are employed to save on costs of benefits. (Trends in Retirement Plan Coverage Costs)
A)True B)False
Q5) Briefly discuss the origins and trends in retirement plans in the US. (Defining Retirement Plans)
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Chapter 5: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Programs
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Q1) Morbidity tables express annual probabilities of the occurrence of health problems. (Individual versus Group Insurance Coverage)
A)True
B)False
Q2) Preexisting condition clauses usually span between one and two years. (Preexisting Condition Clauses)
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is coinsurance? (Features of Fee-For-Service Plans)
A)When both parents have employer-sponsored insurance coverage for their children
B)Two insurance companies combine to offer a group policy to an employer
C)The amount an employee has to pay out-of-pocket before the insurance kicks in D)The percentage of covered expenses paid by the insured
Q4) Discuss the various FASB rulings associated with retiree health insurance. (Retiree Health Care Benefits)
Q5) Discuss consumer driven health care plans briefly. (Consumer-Driven Health Care)
Q6) Discuss and compare multiple-payer versus single-payer systems the US. (Defining and Exploring Health Insurance Programs)
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6: Employer-Sponsored Disability Insurance,life Insurance,and Workers Compensation Programs
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Q1) In 2011,employers generally paid $700 annually per private sector employee for workers' compensation protection. (Cost of Workers' Compensation Insurance)
A)True
B)False
Q2) In 2011,on average,employers spent how much annually per employee to provide short-term disability insurance? (Coverage and Costs of Disability Programs)
A)$80
B)$100
C)$120
D)$140
Q3) What are the main characteristics of long term disability insurance? (Long-Term Disability Insurance Programs)
Q4) Under partial self-funding of disability insurance,employers pay claims from their assets invested in a trust fund,for a limited period or up to a maximum dollar amount. (Funding Disability Insurance Programs)
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Government-Mandated Social Security Programs
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Q1) Which of the following statements is not true regarding individuals who possess Medicare coverage and simultaneously receive health insurance benefits from another health insurance plan? (Medicare as the Primary or Secondary Payer)
A)If the person has Medicare based on HYPERLINK "http://www.medicare.gov/Glossary/e.html" \l "esrd" End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), COBRA continuation coverage pays first
B)Generally, if the person's employer has less than 100 employees, Medicare pays first if he/she is under 65 or he/she has Medicare because of a disability
C)If the person or his/her spouse is retired and has COBRA continuation coverage, Medicare pays first
D)If the person is retired and has Medicare and group health plan coverage from his/her former employer, generally his/her group health plan (retiree) coverage pays first his/her health care bills and Medicare pays second
Q2) Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 expanded the EUC benefits to 20 weeks nationwide. (Unemployment Insurance)
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Paid Time-Off and Flexible Work Schedules
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Q1) The EEOC requires employers to pay employees for time-off to observe religious holidays. (Holidays)
A)True
B)False
Q2) Flexible work schedules are regulated by the FSLA. (Flexible Scheduling)
A)True
B)False
Q3) Employees,of covered employers,qualify for FMLA leave when they meet the following qualifications. (Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
A)Worked 1025 hours in a 12 month time span
B)Worked 2150 hours in a 12 month time span
C)Worked 1250 hours in a 12 month time span
D)Worked 1520 hours in a 12 month time span
Q4) List the most common paid time off practices. (Paid Time-Off Practices)
Q5) Flexible work schedules are being offered to create greater work-life balance. (Flexible Scheduling)
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are the basic characteristics of flexible scheduling? (Flexible Scheduling)
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Chapter 9: Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits
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Q1) In 2011,what was the percentage of full time employees who had access to EAP? (Employee Assistance Programs)
A)32%
B)45%
C)51%
D)67%
Q2) In the 1940s,companies adopted a rehabilitative rather than punitive approach towards alcohol consumption. (Origins of Accommodation and Enhancement Benefits)
A)True
B)False
Q3) How much can employees exclude from their annual gross income for educational assistance programs? (Educational Assistance Programs)
A)$2,250
B)$5,250
C)$5,520
D)$2,550
Q4) Discuss the main characteristics of health risk appraisals. (Health Risk Appraisals)
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Chapter 10: Managing the Employee-Benefits System
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Q1) Changes in benefits plans must be described and distributed to employees using one of these. (Summary of Material Modification)
A)Summary plan modifications
B)Summary plan changes
C)Summary of benefit changes
D)Summary of material modifications
Q2) Employers have been shifting health related costs to employees partly because of the economic downturn starting 2000. (Employee Education)
A)True
B)False
Q3) ERISA requires employers to distribute new summary plan descriptions to the Department of Labor within how many days. (Summary of Plan Description)
A)210
B)90
C)180
D)120
Q4) Discuss the concept of "good business sense" of benefits communication. (The "Good Business Sense" of Benefits Communication)
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Chapter 11: Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans for Executives
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Q1) The endorsement approach designates the employer as owner. (Split-Dollar Life Insurance)
A)True
B)False
Q2) The IRS uses the term "key employees" for nondiscrimination rules in employer-sponsored health insurance plans. (Who are Executives?)
A)True
B)False
Q3) Rabbi trusts are characterized by which one of the following features? (Rabbi Trusts)
A)Is a revocable grantor trust
B)Employer maintains ownership
C)No financial lending institutions are involved
D)Are funded plans
Q4) Discuss the main features of top hat plans. (Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs))
Q5) Who are executives? Explain. (Defining Executive Employment Status)
Q6) The IRS has no impact on nonqualified plans. (The Internal Revenue Service)
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Global Employee Benefits at a Glance
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Q1) Which of the following is not an African country making current economic progress? (Africa)
A)Ghana
B)Nigeria
C)Kenya
D)Ethiopia
Q2) What is the recommended range of paid time off in PRC? (The People's Republic of China,Paid Time-Off Benefits)
A)2 - 5 days
B)7 - 14 days
C)10 - 15 days
D)15 - 20 days
Q3) Saudi Arabia does not base its employment system on Shari'a Laws. (Saudi Arabia)
A)True
B)False
Q4) South Korea has compulsory military duty for males for 26 months for which they cannot be penalized by employers. (South Korea,Paid Time-Off Benefits)
A)True B)False
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