Employment Laws
Recruitment/Selection
Employee Performance
Hot Issues
Other
100
Protects applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination
What is ADEA or Age Discrimination (in employment) Act
100
Describes duties, responsibilities, skills required, and reporting relationships.
What is a job description.
100
Addressing an employee problem at the lowest level.
What is informal counseling (or coaching).
100
Hostile environment and Quid Pro Quo
What is sexual harassment.
100
Job Application, resume, references, job offer letter, performance reviews, changes in job status.
What is personnel records or an employee file.
200
Prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities
What is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
200
Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster, SimplyHired, etc.
What is Job Boards.
200
Verbal warning, written warning, suspension, termination.
What is progressive discipline.
200
Can be taken for the birth, adoption or foster care of a child, the employee's own serious health condition, or a family member's health condition.
What is FMLA (Family Medical Leave).
200
Must be kept confidential and in a separate file.
What is a medical file (FMLA, Work Comp, Results of Physicals, etc.)
300
A federal law that provides guidelines on employment status, child labor, minimum wage, overtime pay and record-keeping requirements.
What is the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act)
300
Detects false or inflated information on resumes and prevents negligent hiring.
What is background checks.
300
You are free to fire the employee at any time with or without cause and the employee may quit at any time for any reason.
What is employment-at-will.
300
Is a major problem in the United States and has become a top concern for many managers and organizations. Employers are required by OSHA to put measures in place to provide a safe work environment.
What is workplace violence.
300
Must offer to employees who terminate or quit their job usually for 18 to 36 months.
What is COBRA.
400
Was enacted in 1993. Allows employees who have met minimum service requirements and hours of service requirement to take up to 12 weeks of leave per year.
What is FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)
400
Are you married? Do you have any children? Are you a U.S. Citizen?
What is illegal interview questions?
400
Be straightforward, be brief, be humane, be specific and provide any documentation you may have, be careful what you say.
What is termination or a termination meeting.
400
Depends on how much behavioral control and financial control and the length of the relationship you have with an employee. For this employee, you have the right to control or direct only the result of the work.
What is an independent contractor.
400
Must currently make $455 per week and must make the same amount of pay each pay period regardless of the number of hours they work.
What is an exempt employee.
500
Sets standards that employers must comply with to provide working conditions for employees that are safe and free from health hazards.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)
500
Give me an example of a time you had a conflict with a co-worker and how you handled it? Describe a time you had several deadlines due at once. How did you prioritize them?
What is behavior-based interview questions.
500
An employee files an informal or formal complaint, you interview witnesses, maintain confidentiality as much as possible but can't promise it, you stay objective and focus on the facts.
What is conducting an investigation.
500
Employers must provide a policy informing employees of these rights when it comes to the internet, workplace searches, etc.
What is employee privacy rights.
500
Illegal for a health care plan or employer to discriminate based on an employee's genetic information.
What is GINA (Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act)