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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)is administered by the U.S.Department of Labor.

A) True
B) False

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Helga works as a nurse in a private hospital.She is paid an hourly wage.Helga is typically required to work 40 hours per week,from 10 p.m.until 6 a.m.Monday through Friday.Due to the recent resignation of another nurse,Helga's supervisor has offered her the opportunity to work additional hours each week.Which of the following is true in terms of Helga's prospects for overtime pay?

A) Helga cannot receive overtime pay,since federal law conclusively presumes that health care workers are paid on a salaried basis.
B) Helga can receive overtime pay only if she works more than 60 hours per week,due to the federal overtime pay restrictions imposed on the health care sector.
C) Helga cannot receive overtime pay,as federal law prohibits overtime pay for health care workers.
D) Helga is entitled to overtime pay if she works the additional hours.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Question 23

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________ occurs when an employee has a nonforfeitable right to receive pension benefits.

The FLSA makes it unlawful to ship goods produced by businesses that use oppressive child labor.

What is the employer's advantage in offering workers' compensation?

Only private employers,and not governmental bodies,come under the purview of the FLSA.

The general duty standard requires an employer to provide a work environment that does not result in its employees' mental stress.

Who among the following are exempt from child labor restrictions in the United States?

For an injury to be compensable under workers' compensation,the claimant must prove that he or she was harmed by an employment-related injury.

The OSHA serves only as a model act and employers who violate its rules are not liable for penalties.

Which of the following statements is true of exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements?

Workers who quit work without just cause can claim unemployment benefits.

The ________ is a federal law that permits employees and their beneficiaries to continue their group health insurance after an employee's employment has ended.

Vesting occurs when an employee has a nonforfeitable right to receive pension benefits.

Living wage laws are minimum wage laws enacted by cities.

In 1935,Congress established a(n)________ to assist workers who are temporarily unemployed.

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)is an act designed to prevent fraud and other abuses associated with private pension funds.

What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? How is an employee covered under it?

Employees are required to purchase workers' compensation insurance from private insurance companies or state funds.

The ________ system was established to provide limited retirement and death benefits to covered employees and their dependents.