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The GHF Corporation is looking to hire four software developers. The average pay for software developers, with the desired skill set, is $76,000. The GHF Corporation believes that by offering $80,000 for the starting salary they'll attract better performers than their competitors. What is this scenario an example of?
When an organization wants to pay more than the market norm, they are considered to be leading the market.
Answer option A is incorrect. Lagging the market means an organization is paying less than the market norms.
Answer option C is incorrect. Matching the market means the company is paying the standard market rate.
Answer option D is incorrect. Beating the market isn't an appropriate terminology for this scenario.
You are a HR Professional for your organization. You and your supervisor are reviewing the EEO reporting requirements for your company to comply with the reports your firm should file. Which report is collected on odd-number of years from state and local governments?
The EEO-4 Report, formally known as the state and local government report, is collected on odd years.
Answer option B is incorrect. The EEO-1 Report is collected yearly for firms with 100 or more employees. It reports the race, ethnicity, gender, and job distribution of the organization.
Answer option D is incorrect. EEO-3 Report, formally known as the Local Union Report, is collected on even years. Answer option C is incorrect. This report, formally known as the Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report, is collected by the EEOC, the Office for Civil Rights, and the national Center for Education Statistics of the Department of Education. It is collected on even-number of years for school districts with 100 or more employees.
COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, requires some organizations to offer continuation of group health care coverage to employees and family members based on certain qualifying events. How many employees must exist within an organization for COBRA requirements to be enforced?
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires all organizations with 20 or more employees to participate. Answer options D, C, and B are incorrect. Organizations with less than 20 employees are not required to participate in COBRA. The value for participation is 20 employees or more.
Lucas has asked his manager to take time off from work because of a holiday his religion celebrates. Fran agrees but tells Lucas that he will be inspecting his project work to ensure that the work is accurate and not suffering because of the requested time off. This is an example of what?
Fran should not inspect Lucas' work just because he has asked for time off based on a religious holiday.
Answer option A is incorrect. There's no evidence of past historical discrimination in this example.
Answer option B is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer for the question as any discrimination based on religion falls into disparate discrimination.
Answer option C is incorrect. Quality control does inspect the quality of the work, but it's equal for all project deliverables, not just the deliverables tied to Lucas and his request for time off for the religious holiday.
As an HR Professional you must recognize and be aware of several pieces of legislation that affect your performance as an HR Professional. What term describes the illegal agreement of the management to give an individual a job, as long as the person does not join or be involved with a labor union?
A yellow dog contract is an agreement between management and an individual that gives a person a job as long as the person does not join a union. The Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibited federal courts from enforcing yellow dog contracts. Answer option B is incorrect. A scab is a derogatory term assigned to a person who will cross a picket line to work for an organization experiencing a strike by workers. Answer option C is incorrect. A shill contract is not a valid term. Answer option D is incorrect. A non-union agreement is not a valid term for this scenario.
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