QUESTION: 69

As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. This adverse impact lawsuit determined that discrimination need not be deliberate or observable to be real. Employees were segregated by race and were allowed to work only in the lowest paid position. What lawsuit is described?

Griggs versus Duke Power, 1971
Albemarle Paper versus Moody, 1975
Washington versus Davis, 1976
McDonnell Douglas Corp. versus Green, 1973

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The Griggs versus Duke Power lawsuit was heard in the US Supreme Court. This case, which preceded the Civil Rights Act of 1964, centered on a policy, Duke Power Company had of segregating employees by race.
Answer option D is incorrect. McDonnell Douglas Corp. versus Green, 1973 centered on a race discrimination case regarding the burdens and nature of proof in proving a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Answer option B is incorrect. Albemarle Paper versus Moody, 1975 dealt with racial discrimination and the responsibilities of organizations, to offer back pay to individuals that were racially discriminated. The racial discrimination may have prevented certain employees from advancing in the organization.
Answer option C is incorrect. Washington versus Davis, 1976 is a racial discrimination lawsuit, brought by two African Americans that were denied positions in the Washington DC police department.

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QUESTION: 70

Which of the following are non-monetary rewards that a company can provide to its employees?

Recognition
Opportunity to learn
Flexible hours
Cash compensation

Answer(s): A,B,C

Explanation:

The following are non-monetary rewards that a company can provide to its employees:
Opportunity to learn
Flexible hours
Recognition
Employees need to learn and develop new skills in order to advance. Hence, opportunity to learn is a non-monetary reward.
Employees need time for their family, friends, and other activities. A felxible schedule or the occasional off can help employees to meet some of these obligations. Permiting some felxibility in an employee schedule increases their motivation.
Answer option D is incorrect. Cash compensation is a monetary reward for employment.

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QUESTION: 71

As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. What is the ally doctrine?

A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employees who are allies of the primary employer.
Employers cannot force friends, colleagues, and family members into joining a union picket. Allies of the picketing union can allow allies into the picket line.
A union may expand upon its primary picketing activity to include employers who are allies of the primary employer.
A union may serve as an ally to another striking union by allowing their members to join the picket against the primary employer.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The ally doctrine states that a union may expand its primary picketing activities to employers who are allies of the primary employer, in an attempt to put more pressure on the primary employer. Answer options D, A, and B are incorrect. These are not valid definitions of the ally doctrine.

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QUESTION: 72

Holly is the HR Professional for her organization and she's examining the type of exemptions for computer employees. What is the minimum rate that the computer employee must earn to be considered exempt?

$27.63 per hour
$17.03 per hour
$45.33 per hour
$31.23 per hour

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

To qualify for the computer exemption status, the computer employee must earn, if paid on an hourly salary, no less than $27.63 per hour. Answer options C, B, and D are incorrect. These are not valid answers for this question as the computer employee must earn no less than $27.63 per hour.

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