HRM 6698 CAPSTONE VERIFIED ACCURATE STUDY
GUIDE
OSHA - Answers - - Authorizes the federal government to establish and enforce safety
and health standards
- Employer must furnish a workplace free of hazards
Civil Rights Act - 1866 - Answers - - Regulates the actions of all individuals or entities
when entering into a contract to employ someone else
- No minimum requirement of number or employees
- Amended in 1991 to cover actions by employer after the contract has been forms,
including discrimination during employment or termination
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answers - - Unlawful employment practice for an employer to
fail or refuse to hire or discharge any individual or discriminate agains individual with
respect to compensation,
- Due to religion, race, color, national origins
- Private employers with 15 or more employers
- Union, joint labor, management commitiees
- Federal, state and local governments
ADA of 1990 - Answers - - Prohibits discrimination in employment agains otherwise
qualified individuals with disabilities who cannot perform essential functions of their jobs
with OR without reasonable accommodation
- A firm must make "reasonable accommodation" to a physically or mentally disabled
individual unless doing so would impose "undue hardship"
- All employers engaged in interstate commerce with 15 or more workers
- State and local government employers
- Employment agencies, labor unions, joint labor management committees
COBRA - Answers - - Applies to a group health plan of 20 or more employees
- 18 month coverage post termination at retail rates
, - Gives right to maintain at their own expense, coverage under their health plan that
would be lost due to a term/layoff
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Answers - - Requires organizations with 50 or more
employees within a 75 mile radius to provide as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave after
childbirth or adoption
- To care for seriously ill child, spouse or parent
- Employees are guaranteed the same or comparable job at on their return to work
- Employees must have one year of service or 1250 work hours to qualify
Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Answers - - Mandates wages, hours, and ages for employment
in the US
- Sets standards for minimum wage and overtime pay
- Regulates child labor, wages, and hour
- Covers full-time and part-time workers in private sector and federal, state and local
governments
Age Discrimination in Employment of 1967 - Answers - - Prohibits discrimination in
employment against anyone over 40
- Applies to all entities that employ 20 or more employees on each working day for 20 or
more weeks during current or preceding year
- Exempts American employers who control foreign firms while in compliance with
ADEA
Dodd-Frank Act - Answers - - Reform and Consumer Protection Act f 2010
- Requires all publicly traded companies to enact executive compensation policies
under which employers could recover any or all inventive-based compensation paid out
to executives during the previous 3 years when a company financial reports or
performance were restated or revised
Executive Order 11246 - Answers - - Requires federal contractors to engage in
affirmative action in hiring women and minorities
- Prohibits federal contractors from engaging in employment discrimination
- Covers Federal contractors and subcontractors with contracts greater than $10,000
GUIDE
OSHA - Answers - - Authorizes the federal government to establish and enforce safety
and health standards
- Employer must furnish a workplace free of hazards
Civil Rights Act - 1866 - Answers - - Regulates the actions of all individuals or entities
when entering into a contract to employ someone else
- No minimum requirement of number or employees
- Amended in 1991 to cover actions by employer after the contract has been forms,
including discrimination during employment or termination
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answers - - Unlawful employment practice for an employer to
fail or refuse to hire or discharge any individual or discriminate agains individual with
respect to compensation,
- Due to religion, race, color, national origins
- Private employers with 15 or more employers
- Union, joint labor, management commitiees
- Federal, state and local governments
ADA of 1990 - Answers - - Prohibits discrimination in employment agains otherwise
qualified individuals with disabilities who cannot perform essential functions of their jobs
with OR without reasonable accommodation
- A firm must make "reasonable accommodation" to a physically or mentally disabled
individual unless doing so would impose "undue hardship"
- All employers engaged in interstate commerce with 15 or more workers
- State and local government employers
- Employment agencies, labor unions, joint labor management committees
COBRA - Answers - - Applies to a group health plan of 20 or more employees
- 18 month coverage post termination at retail rates
, - Gives right to maintain at their own expense, coverage under their health plan that
would be lost due to a term/layoff
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Answers - - Requires organizations with 50 or more
employees within a 75 mile radius to provide as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave after
childbirth or adoption
- To care for seriously ill child, spouse or parent
- Employees are guaranteed the same or comparable job at on their return to work
- Employees must have one year of service or 1250 work hours to qualify
Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Answers - - Mandates wages, hours, and ages for employment
in the US
- Sets standards for minimum wage and overtime pay
- Regulates child labor, wages, and hour
- Covers full-time and part-time workers in private sector and federal, state and local
governments
Age Discrimination in Employment of 1967 - Answers - - Prohibits discrimination in
employment against anyone over 40
- Applies to all entities that employ 20 or more employees on each working day for 20 or
more weeks during current or preceding year
- Exempts American employers who control foreign firms while in compliance with
ADEA
Dodd-Frank Act - Answers - - Reform and Consumer Protection Act f 2010
- Requires all publicly traded companies to enact executive compensation policies
under which employers could recover any or all inventive-based compensation paid out
to executives during the previous 3 years when a company financial reports or
performance were restated or revised
Executive Order 11246 - Answers - - Requires federal contractors to engage in
affirmative action in hiring women and minorities
- Prohibits federal contractors from engaging in employment discrimination
- Covers Federal contractors and subcontractors with contracts greater than $10,000
