Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
True or False: A person who sues for harassment can only sue their employer and cannot sue the offending manager or coworker.
False. While it is true that only an employer can be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many plaintiff's attorneys add State tort claims naming managers or coworkers as additional defendants.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to provide what for nursing mothers?
Paid time to pump in a place other than a bathroom
An employer has no duty to retain an employee who displays _______ and/or ________ behavior.
Violent, threatening
Who is covered under FMLA?
Employee, spouse, children and parents
You should do WHAT when you want to request merit increases outside of approved range, recognition bonuses, promotions, and employee facility location changes?
First, partner with your direct manager and then reach out to HR
Hugging, repeatedly asking out a person who has already said "no" and making facial expressions, such as winking, throwing kisses, etc. is what form of harassment?
Sexual Harassment
These types of employees will be compensated one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for time required or permitted to be worked in the work week that exceeds 40 hours.
Non-exempt (hourly) employees
This person is responsible for requesting an accommodation from Human Resources and providing medical documentation.
The employee
When an employee specifically asks for a leave, or mentioned something that triggers the need for leave (i.e. medical condition, military deployment, pregnancy, etc.), you as their leader need to...
Take action, go to HR, you've been put on notice...
True or False: An employee who is slurring their words is impaired and should be performance managed?
False.
What is it called when a manager decides to fire an employee because they raised a complaint against them?
Retaliation
Employees that are paid a fixed amount of money or compensation by an employer.
Salaried (Exempt) Employees
True or False: Generally, an applicant should not be asked whether they will require an accommodation to perform the functions of the job.
True
Whose responsibility is it to work with doctors to receive FMLA certification paperwork and communicate with the employer?
The employee requesting FMLA
A form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment.
Worker's Compensation
If you tell an ethnic joke to employees of that ethnicity, and they laugh, you do not need to worry about a discrimination complaint being made against you.
False
If a part time employee works 5 days/20 hours per week, and is scheduled for an 8 hour shift, how much vacation would they take for that day?
8 hours
A disability refers to a ______ or _______ impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, or a record of such impairment.
physical, mental
Employees are eligible to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid family/medical leave within any 12 month period provided they have worked at the credit union for at least ______ months and worked for at least ____ hours during those accumulated months.
12 and 1,250
Under the ________ Law, employees are given ___ hours to care for themselves and/or others.
MN Sick and Safe Time, 48
A type of harassment that involves one employee with more power than the other and typically involves a condition of employment.
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
How is vacation/sick time managed for exempt level employees if they only work a partial day?
If an exempt employee works less than 1/2 their schedule for the day, 1/2 day of vacation/sick time should be recorded. If they work more than 1/2 day, then it is not necessary for them to take any vacation/sick time.
In accordance with the ADA act, _______ accommodations will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Reasonable
When can you contact an employee who is on leave?
It depends.
When you send an employee home after an emotional performance discussion, how (if at all) is the employee compensated?