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HR TERMS
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TRUE OR FALSE
100
The appraising performance method that ranks employees by listing all possible pairs of employees and for each trait indicating which employee is the better of the pair.
What is paired comparison method?
100
An appraisal method that anchors a rating scale with specific behavioral examples of good or poor performance.
What is behavorially anchored rating scales?
100
What position has the responsibility for providing timely performance feedback, development assignments, and support in career development?
What is Manager
100
__________ employees are paid for periods of time, i.e. monthly.
What is salaried.
100
The graphic rating scale is the simplest and most popular technique for appraising employees.
What is TRUE
200
When a person is accused of poor performance, the first reaction he/she often has is:
What is denial?
200
An individual must accept responsibility for his or her own:
What is career?
200
Mentoring is?
What is formal or informal programs in which mid-level managers help less experienced employees?
200
The _____________ is a law passed in 1931 that sets wage rates for laborers employed by contractors working for the federal government.
What is the Davis-Bacon Act.
200
Minimum hours is a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
What is False.
300
What is the most dramatic disciplinary step that an employer can take?
What is dismissal?
300
Short-term incentive plan designed to motivate the short-term performance of managers.
What is annual bonus?
300
An advancement to a position of increased responsibility.
What is promotion?
300
To have ____________, wages must compare favorably with rates in other organizations.
What is external equity.
300
According to COBRA terminated or retired employees need to have available health coverage for 18 months.
What is TRUE?
400
The act that made ethics compliance obligatory and expensive by requiring the CEO and CFO of publicly traded companies personally attest to the accuracey of the companies' financial statements and that the companies' internal controls are accurate?
What is Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
400
A type of incentive plan that generally is an organization-wide incentive program that provides employees with a shareof the organization's earnings:
What is profit-sharing?
400
What does unemployment insurance do?
What is provides pay if an employee is out of work through no fault of their own?
400
_____________ refers to moving an employee through a pre-planned series of positions in order to prepare the person for an enhanced role with the company.
What is job rotation.
400
Wrongful discharge is a Human Resource Management-related activity in promoting ethics and fair treatment.
What is FALSE?
500
When using the ___________, the supervisor keeps a log of positive and negative examples of a subordinate's work-related behavior.
What is critical incident method?
500
The _________involves evaluating employees by ranking them from best to worst, choosing highest then lowest until all are ranked.
What is alternation ranking method?
500
What is a firm's unemployment tax based on the rate of?
What is personnel terminations?
500
The ___________________ aims to entitle eligible employees, both men and women, to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for the birth of a child or for the care of a child, spouse, or parent.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
500
Termination at will means that without a contract, either the employer or the employee can terminate at will the employment relationship.
What is TRUE?