Exam 21: The Employee's Safety Nets: Unemployment and Workers' Compensation, Social Security, and Retirement Plans

Welfare plans usually provide participating employees and their beneficiaries with all of the following except:

The disqualifications of an out-of-work employee include:

The Federal Employment Liability Act is a federal law designed to protect and compensate the injured:

An employee who quits his job under normal conditions is not eligible to apply for:

A worker who applies for social security benefits and is receiving them at age sixty-five is automatically covered under part A of:

Although ERISA has sweeping preemptive impact on most state laws, it specifically exempts _____ from its preemptive powers.

An employee's injury must be work-related in order to be eligible for:

Discuss workers' compensation.

What is the purpose of Federal Employment Liability Act (FELA)?

What are the two types of benefit plans established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)?

The high level of fault which serves to disqualify an out-of-work worker from unemployment compensation is called:

What are the three major benefits that fall under the Social Security system?

In Ruby v. Sandia Corp., the plaintiff lost:

What kind of benefit is provided for disabled people under Social Security?

The Social Security system was originally formed as:

Which of the following is not true regarding minimum standards under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act?

Which of the following is not true of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)?

Verona Meyer was employed by Sonrise at Burger King. On April 26, 1995 during the course of her employment, she lost her footing and struck her lower abdomen on the corner of a table. Later that evening, Verona went to the hospital and delivered a baby, Patricia. In April 1998, the Meyers, on behalf of themselves and their daughter filed a suit against Sonrise for negligence and unsafe working conditions. The Washington Supreme Court in this case, upholding Patricia's right to a remedy because she is a person exercising her retroactive right to recover for prenatal injuries:

The original and the main purpose of the Social Security system is to provide partial replacement of earnings when:

How much should a worker be credited when he becomes disabled between the ages of thirty-one and forty-two?