Blank Jeopardy

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Wages
Safety
Working Conditions
Labor Usage
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The least amount per hour that an employer must
legally pay an employee for a specific job.
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MINIMUM WAGE
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The term applied workers who are not entitled to
overtime pay or a minimum wage
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EXEMPT EMPLOYEES
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Non exempt employees working more than 40 hours
in a week are entitled
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OVER TIME PAY 1-1/2 Hourly Rate for all hours
gt40 per week
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Individuals that work in jobs that take them
across state lines and individuals that work for
a company that participates in interstate
commerce (and has gross annual income of 500,000)
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COVERED EMPLOYEES (INDIVIDUAL AND ENTERPRISE)
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These employees have a lower rate per hour but
the employer must still ensure these employees
are making the regular minimum wage
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TIPPED EMPLOYEES
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This law passed in 1970 requires an employer to
provide employees a safe work place
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OSH ACT (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health
Act Administered by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration of the Department of
Labor!
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The OSH Act protects employees who report safety
issues to OSHA from this
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RETALIATION
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OSHA issues these in order to guide employers in
ensuring employees have a safe environment from
hazards
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SPECIFIC STANDARDS
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This provision of the OSH Act requires that
employers provide a safe environment EVEN when a
specific standard does not exist
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GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE
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An employer can escape liability for safety
injuries when the employee was reckless in
ensuring his/her own safety by exercising
reasonable care
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CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
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Traveling from one worksite to another is called
this and employers are required to pay non exempt
employees for this time
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COMMUTE TIME
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The FLSA nor the Wisconsin law requires that
employers provide for this or pay for this during
the course of the work day (even though many
voluntarily provide this)
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REST BREAK Coffee break Break time
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The minimum amount of salary allowed by law to
designate an employee as exempt
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23,660 One criteria Prevents abuse of calling
someone salaried manager to circumvent
paying over time.
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This entity was created to conduct research on
workplace health/safety and makes standard
recommendations to the secretary of labor based
on their research.
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NOISH National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health
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These laws found within the FLSA dictate at what
age and at in what occupations minors can work
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CHILD LABOR LAWS
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This law provides guidance to employers who are
adjusting the size of their workforce
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WARN Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act
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IRCA STANDS FOR THIS
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IMMIGRATION REFORM and CONTROL ACT
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Executives, administrative, professional
employees outside sales persons employees in
certain computer related occupations
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EXEMPT POSITIONS FROM BOTH MINIMUM WAGE AND OVER
TIME
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WARN applies when the employer has at least this
many full time employees or this number of
employees that work at least this many total
hours per week combined
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• Full-Time
• or
• 100 or more who work a total of 4,000 hours per
  week

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Failure for a company to comply with WARN results
in the employees recovering this for the time
frame in which they werent provided notice, for
a maximum of 60 days
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PAY AND BENEFITS
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Generally the amount of time that WARN requires
the company to give notice to their employees
about a plant closing or mass layoff
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60 days
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Employment losses at one location during any 30
day period of when the company has 500 or more
employees OR a company with 50-499 workers that
comprise 1/3 of the active workforce is called
this
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MASS LAYOFF
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This is a way to compensate an employee based on
a percent of how much they sell
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COMMISSION Depending on the position, may still
have to ensure minimum wage
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This is the form that is used to verify that an
employee is authorized to legally work in the
United States
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I-9 FORM
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Employers that violate the FLSA may have the DOL
require them to do this
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Pay back pay May have fines imposed