The Legal Environment of HRM
Compensation and Benefits
Training and Development
Recruiting, Selection, and Orientation
HRM
100
This specifies that men and women who are doing equal jobs must be paid the same wage.
What is the Equal Pay Act.
100
A specific amount of money paid for an employee’s work during a set calendar period, regardless of the actual number of hours worked.
What is a salary.
100
The process of preparing managers and other professionals to assume increased responsibility in both present and future positions.
What is management development.
100
A list of the qualifications required to perform a particular job, such as certain skills, abilities, education, and experience.
What is a job specification.
100
Activities that increase employee satisfaction, reward employee effort through monetary payments and provide rewards to ensure employee well-being
What is maintaining human resources.
200
A series of executive orders issued by the President of the United States.
What is affirmative action.
200
A payment in addition to wages, salary, or commissions.
What is an incentive payment.
200
Doing work under the supervision of an experienced employee.
What is on-the-job methods.
200
The systematic process of attracting qualified job applicants.
What is recruiting.
200
Results are discussed with the employee soon after the evaluation is completed.
What is performance feedback.
300
Any modification or adjustment to a job or work environment that will enable a qualified employee with a disability to perform a central job function.
What is reasonable accommodation.
300
An employee receives a predetermined amount of benefit dollars and may allocate those dollars to various categories of benefits in the mix that best fits his or her needs.
What is a flexible benefit plan.
300
This can improve technical skills, clarify organizational procedures, or enhance customer service skills.
What is training.
300
This is perhaps the most widely used selection technique.
What is the interview.
300
A computerized data bank containing information on the skills/experiences of all employees
What is a skills inventory.
400
This act established minimum wages and overtime pay rates.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act.
400
The average cost of benefits as a percent of an employee’s total compensation.
What is 30 percent.
400
This is the process of teaching operations and technical employees how to do their present jobs more effectively and efficiently.
What is employee training
400
Considering present employees as applicants for available positions through promotion or transfer.
What is internal recruiting.
400
A list of key personnel as well as possible successors within a firm
What is replacement chart.
500
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is concerned with discrimination based on people in this age range.
What is 40 and older.
500
This covers such absences as vacation time, holidays, and sick leave.
What is pay for time not worked.
500
Experts and learners meet to discuss problems and exchange ideas.
What are conferences and seminars.
500
Used for collecting factual information on a candidate’s education, work experience, and personal history.
What is an employment application.
500
The reduction in the workforce that normally occurs when employees leave a company
What is attrition.