The Legal Landscape of Compensation
Introduction to Compensation
Salary Structure
Legal Landscape of Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits
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$7.25

What is the minimum wage requirement in North Carolina?

100

Generally cash bonuses, which represent significant percentage of pay and are typically driven by annual objects linked to company objectives

What are short-term incentives?

100

Philosophy & Strategy

What are the first steps in developing a salary structure?

100

A series of payments made to an employee after they retire from work

What is a pension?

100

Helps employees identify and resolve concerns related to health, marital, family, financial, substance abuse, legal, emotional, stress, or other personal issues that affect job performance?

What are Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)?

200

40+ hours

What are the amount of hours that qualify for overtime pay?

200

By paying employees more than the identified market rate

How does a company lead the market?

200

Job evaluation methodology, marketplace investigations/salary surveys, and pay structure 

What are major phases of developing a salary or pay system?

200

September 2, 1974/Labor Day

What day did President Ford sign the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) into law?

200

PDF digitals, photo/video sharing apps, GIFs, and emojis

What are examples of communication methods for employees?

300

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

What is the act that states the guidelines for minimum wage and overtime pay?

300

By taking steps to identify if and where gaps in salary exist by conducting pay equity audits

How do organizations remain competitive?
300

Physical requirements is an example of a least weighted factor

What are compensable factors?

300

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What does HIPPA stand for?

300

Profit Sharing, Money Purchase, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, 401(k) Plans

What are examples of Defined Contribution Retirement Plans that can be offered in the workforce?

400

Anne, a woman, is paid $22 an hour as an Analytic Specialist at a company she has been working at for 5 years. Her coworker, Tyler, a male, has been working at the same company, for the same amount of time, as an Analytic Specialist as well. Tyler is paid $32 an hour. Anne and Tyler both have the same educational backgrounds. What law/act is this breaking?

What is the Equal Pay Act?

400

Prohibits employers from barring any discussions or disclosures about pay in the workplace and from retaliating against employees who may do so

What are wage transparency laws?

400

A receptionist would have a low ranking on this kind of scale

What is the paired comparison method?

400

Made it possible for employees to have guaranteed job protection if they needed to take a leave of absence for the birth of a child

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

400
Mental health days (once a month), a new therapy center with licensed therapists, and allowing employees up to 3 days paid time off for stress/burnout are examples

What are mental health benefits?

500

This act overturned the Supreme Court's decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. case. This restricted the timing for employee discrimination filing, regarding compensation. This act allows individuals facing pay discrimination to seek remedy under federal anti-discrimination laws.

What did the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act do?

500

Women in the U.S. workforce only making 80 cents for every dollar men make is an example of

What is an uncontrolled gender pay gap?

500

Measure the effectiveness of a salary program by indexing the relative competitiveness of internal pay rates based on range midpoints

What are compa-ratios?

500

Ensures that discrimination does not take place against individuals who served in the Armed Forces

What is the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)?

500

A notion that offers employees benefits such as "anywhere, anytime fitness", nutrition resources, mindfulness classes, guided meditation, yoga, and mental/physical health coaching

What is virtual wellness?

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