PHR-CA EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
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Accident - ANS Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences
Alternative workweek - ANS Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to
work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period
Adverse employment action - ANS Employment action (such as termination, demotion, etc.)
that either materially affects the terms and conditions of employment or would deter an
individual from engaging in a protected activity; required part of a retaliation claim
Adverse action notice - ANS Documentation that an employer must provide to an applicant
or employee whenever the employer makes an employment decision based on information
obtained through a background check
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) - ANS Publishes
Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines that are used in most cases to decide type and
amount of treatment approved for work injury or illness
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANS Federal law that prohibits discrimination against
people with disabilities
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, Antipiracy agreement - ANS Agreement by one party not to recruit employees of another
party, typically limited to a specific time period
Apportionment - ANS Way of figuring out how much of a permanent disability is due to the
work injury and how much is due to other disabilities
Assembly Bill (AB) 1825 - ANS Requires sexual harassment training every two years for
supervisors employed by employers covered by the statute (generally, all state entities as well
as all employers receiving the services of 50 or more persons)
Avoidable consequences doctrine - ANS Principal under which a complaining party's
damages in a harassment lawsuit may exclude any damages that the party might have avoided
if he or she had earlier reported possible harassment under an appropriate company policy;
available only when the company has taken appropriate proactive steps to prevent workplace
harassment
Bonus - ANS Money promised to an employee in addition to the monthly salary, hourly
wage, commission, or piece rate due as compensation; usually based on performance
Cal/OSHA - ANS California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act - ANS Requires a covered employer to give a particular kind of written notice
60 days in advance of certain notice-triggering events (mass layoffs, relocations, or termination)
California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) - ANS Contains the regulations of approximately 200
state regulatory agencies; regulations have been formally adopted by state agencies; reviewed
and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA) - ANS State law that imposes
restrictions on the use, disclosure, and storage of private medical information, including steps
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, California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) - ANS Agency that serves as lead in
California for emergency management
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - ANS Provides unpaid job-protected time off and
continuation of benefits for eligible employees with a serious health condition or who need to
care for certain family members
California Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - ANS Law that requires Web sites seeking
information from visitors, such as online employment application, to post a privacy policy
meeting certain requirements
California Privacy Act (CPA) - ANS Law that addresses privacy on telephones and other
electronic equipment
Causal link - ANS Link that an employee complaining of retaliation must prove to show that
the employer took an adverse employment action against the employee because of a protected
activity
Change-of-status notice - ANS Notice employers must provide when employees are
terminated, discharged, laid off, or placed on leave of absense
Child - ANS Biological, adopted, or foster son or daughter, stepson or stepdaughter, legal
ward, or child of an employee who stands in loco parentis to that child, who is either under 18
years of age or an adult dependent child
Claims administrator - ANS Term for insurance companies and others that handle workers'
compensation; also called claims examiner or claims adjuster
Collective bargaining agreement - ANS Agreement negotiated between a labor union and an
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ANSWERS
Accident - ANS Unplanned sequence of events that results in undesirable consequences
Alternative workweek - ANS Any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to
work more than eight hours in a 24-hour period
Adverse employment action - ANS Employment action (such as termination, demotion, etc.)
that either materially affects the terms and conditions of employment or would deter an
individual from engaging in a protected activity; required part of a retaliation claim
Adverse action notice - ANS Documentation that an employer must provide to an applicant
or employee whenever the employer makes an employment decision based on information
obtained through a background check
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) - ANS Publishes
Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines that are used in most cases to decide type and
amount of treatment approved for work injury or illness
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANS Federal law that prohibits discrimination against
people with disabilities
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, Antipiracy agreement - ANS Agreement by one party not to recruit employees of another
party, typically limited to a specific time period
Apportionment - ANS Way of figuring out how much of a permanent disability is due to the
work injury and how much is due to other disabilities
Assembly Bill (AB) 1825 - ANS Requires sexual harassment training every two years for
supervisors employed by employers covered by the statute (generally, all state entities as well
as all employers receiving the services of 50 or more persons)
Avoidable consequences doctrine - ANS Principal under which a complaining party's
damages in a harassment lawsuit may exclude any damages that the party might have avoided
if he or she had earlier reported possible harassment under an appropriate company policy;
available only when the company has taken appropriate proactive steps to prevent workplace
harassment
Bonus - ANS Money promised to an employee in addition to the monthly salary, hourly
wage, commission, or piece rate due as compensation; usually based on performance
Cal/OSHA - ANS California's occupational safety and health program
Cal WARN Act - ANS Requires a covered employer to give a particular kind of written notice
60 days in advance of certain notice-triggering events (mass layoffs, relocations, or termination)
California Code of Regulations (C.C.R.) - ANS Contains the regulations of approximately 200
state regulatory agencies; regulations have been formally adopted by state agencies; reviewed
and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CCMIA) - ANS State law that imposes
restrictions on the use, disclosure, and storage of private medical information, including steps
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required to safeguard such information from theft or other inappropriate access
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, California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) - ANS Agency that serves as lead in
California for emergency management
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - ANS Provides unpaid job-protected time off and
continuation of benefits for eligible employees with a serious health condition or who need to
care for certain family members
California Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - ANS Law that requires Web sites seeking
information from visitors, such as online employment application, to post a privacy policy
meeting certain requirements
California Privacy Act (CPA) - ANS Law that addresses privacy on telephones and other
electronic equipment
Causal link - ANS Link that an employee complaining of retaliation must prove to show that
the employer took an adverse employment action against the employee because of a protected
activity
Change-of-status notice - ANS Notice employers must provide when employees are
terminated, discharged, laid off, or placed on leave of absense
Child - ANS Biological, adopted, or foster son or daughter, stepson or stepdaughter, legal
ward, or child of an employee who stands in loco parentis to that child, who is either under 18
years of age or an adult dependent child
Claims administrator - ANS Term for insurance companies and others that handle workers'
compensation; also called claims examiner or claims adjuster
Collective bargaining agreement - ANS Agreement negotiated between a labor union and an
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organization that sets forth the terms of employment for the employees who are subject to the
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