Total Rewards/Employee Benefits
Encourage individuals to take measures to prevent the onset or worsening of a disease or illness and to lead lifestyles that are healthier, by implementing onsite fitness centers and other initiatives
Wellness Programs
Occurs when protected classes are intentionally treated differently from other employees or are evaluated by different standards
Disparate Treatment
When the interviewer asks the same set of questions to the applicants, also known as repetitive interview.
Structured Interviews
Employee performance needs are measured using a performance management program to ensure that employees are working productively
Identifying and Measuring EE Performance
A habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation
Measuring Absenteeism
Required for nonexempt employees under FLSA at 1.5 times the regular rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek
Overtime (OT)
Prohibits the improper use of genetic information in health insurance and employment
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Blend of marketing, communications, and performance technology intended to get an organization's name out to an audience, fast.
The Employment Brand
Designed to facilitate constructive discussion between supervisor and staff member to clarify the work performance to be improved
Performance Improvement Programs (PIP)
A mechanism for describing and measuring how people management systems create value in organizations, as well as in communicating key organizational objectives to the workforce
HR Scorecard
Benefits provided for expatriates
Requires some employers to give a minimum of 60 days' notice if a plant is to close or if mass layoffs will occur
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN)
Used to separate those who receive job offers from list of finalists, relying heavily on the intuition of the decision-maker.
Discretionary Assessment Methods
Halo Effect
The process of making statements whose actual outcomes (typically) have not been observed
Forecasting
State insurance program paid for by employers; designed to protect workers in case of work-related injuries or diseases related to workers' employment
Workers' Compensation
Prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of the individual
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
The job offer is subject to certain qualifications, such as passing a drug test, before the offer receiver can become a new hire.
Contingent Assessment Methods
The tendency to rate/judge performance heavily based on recent actions
Recency Effect
The process of comparing one's business practices and performance metrics to industry bests and/or best practices from other industries
Benchmarking
What are the statutory benefits that federal and state laws require employers to provide?
Social Security, Medicare, federal and state unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation
What are the 5 protected classes of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Race, color, national origin, religion, gender
Situation in which gender, religion, or national origin is reasonably necessary to carrying out a particular job function in the normal operations of the business or enterprise
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ)
The tendency to rate all employees average during performance appraisals
Central Tendency Effect
Sally is an HR manager at a large technology company of 1,000 employees, ABC Company. 100 employees being laid off, 100 employees were terminated, and 150 employees voluntarily left. The rest love their job Her HR Director, Sarah, has asked Sally to calculate the turnover rate for the year.
In a %, what is the turnover rate for the year?
1,000-100-150= 750 EEs
1,000-750/1,000 = 25%
Reminder: Do NOT incorporate layoffs in the turnover rate! :)