Exam 2: Contextual Influences on Compensation Practice

Which amendment to the U.S.Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations,individual states,and Indian Tribes?

Which term best describes the extent to which companies' operations are based on the use of large-scale equipment?

During the ________,which took place in the 1930s,a great number of businesses failed and unemployment soared,forcing the government to institute social welfare programs.

Intentionally treating women less favorably than men based upon their gender would be what form of discrimination?

Construction contractors,working on government contracts valued at more than $2,000,must pay their laborers and mechanics what type of local area-based wage to be in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931?

Define capital intensity and explain how it relates to compensation outcomes.

On average,Gina would be more likely to earn ________ money if she were to work as a sales clerk for a department store rather than as an assembly technician in an aircraft engine manufacturing plant.

When considering cost-of-living differences between locations,which type of costs stand out?

In San Francisco,the typical pay in the installation,maintenance,and repair occupation exceeded the national average by 44 percent.In Johnstown,Pennsylvania,the rate was 9 percent less than the national average.What do these statistics represent?

Antidiscrimination laws have contributed to which of the following?

Compared to the duration of most training in capital intensive industries,service industry training tends to be which of the following?

The ________ Amendment allows female employees to charge employers with Title VII violations regarding pay only when the employer has violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

What decision did Wal-Mart make due to the difficulty of hiring well-qualified workers,since the unemployment rate has declined?

Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to overturn several U.S.Supreme Court rulings.Identify three cases and discuss their relevance to compensation practice.

Jennifer works as a clerk in a company.The essential function of her job is typing on a keyboard.If she develops crippling arthritis that interferes with her ability to type,which act requires her employer to make reasonable accommodations,such as providing a voice-recognition input device?

This act strengthened the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by requiring employers to show that pay disparities are job related rather than sex-based.This act also prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who share their salary information.

Until recently,ACME Manufacturing granted every employee one week of paid vacation each year.The company switched its policy,offering substantially more weeks of paid vacation to employees with high seniority (more than 5 years,in this case).The average seniority of female employees at ACME is 2.5 years and 7.75 years for male employees.Which form of discrimination is this policy at risk of creating?

The decline in union influence can be explained by which of the following reasons?

Based upon the FLSA child labor provisions,what is the minimum age that a child must be in order to be legally employed?

John and Mark hold equivalent secretarial jobs,but John,who makes 20 percent more than Mark,is employed by a manufacturing firm while Mark is employed by a department store.Based on this information,which of the following best explains this pay differential?