FSM 122 Exam 2 Questions With Correct Answers

FSM 122 Exam 2 Questions With Correct
Answers

career employees - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-workers who expect to continue
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working in a job as long as their work performance is adequate
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full time: designated to work a certain number of hours a week that is considered
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- 40 hour but can be defined differently like 3 12 hour shifts
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part time: |




- works a certain number of hours per week that is less than full time
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- half time = 20 hr/week
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short hour employee - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Works a predetermined number of
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hours a week that is less than half time
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< 20 hours
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casual employee - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-One who is not entitled to paid holiday
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or sick leave, has no expectation ongoing employment
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,not guaranteed any set number of hours each week but scheduled to work as
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needed (per diem) | |




can be full time for short amount of time
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job sharing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To share the responsibilities and duties of a
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single full time job with one or more other employees.
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covering one position together, one works MT, other WTF
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probationary employee - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A newly hired employee who
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has not yet demonstrated that he can successfully perform the job for which he
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was hired. The employee is given a set period of time, often 60 or 90 days, to
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learn the job. | |




no guarantee of full time job after; protect yourselves for trial period with this
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employee


dismissal without cause - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a probationary employee may
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be dismissed for whatever reason the manager feels is appropriate
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dismissal with cause - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A documented, legitimate reason
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for terminating a non-probationary employee
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violence, showing up drunk, stolen | | | |

,needs to be documented; long process
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contingent workers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-employees that include part-time
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workers, temporary workers, seasonal workers, independent contractors, interns,
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and co-op students
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temporary workers: hired for a finite period of time (resort areas with certain
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months of employment)
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contract employee/consultant:
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- usually hired to complete a project
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- typically not on employers payroll
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- consultant fee or monthly or hourly rate (paid by project with flat fee or by
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hour)
- new labs in CA about uber
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- typically a specialty person
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salaried and hourly compensation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-workers may be
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salaried: exempt from overtime; receive $40,000 a year no matter how many
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hours you work (typical for dietitians)
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workers may be hourly (nonexempt): $20/hr; can get overtime because unioned
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salaried compensation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exempt from overtime pay
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, federal law of minimum $913/wk or $47,476 per year (need to make this much to
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|be salaried)
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compensatory time off: extra time to compensate for unpaid overtime worked
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(especially with lawyers) | |




compensatory time off - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A method used to give salaried
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employees who work long hours some extra time off to compensate them for
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unpaid overtime worked. | |




hourly compensation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-paid a set rate for each hour
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worked


base rate: hourly rate of pay for workers who are paid by the hour
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- overtime based on base rate
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hourly compensation: minimum wage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-federal $7.25/hr
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(fair labor standards act)
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california > 26 employees $14/hr; $13/hr for < 26
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san francisco $16
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UC $15 |