$9)$ Please answer question $($A and B$)$ regarding the facts listed below $(*$Note: a paragraph will be sufficient$).$

Facts: In $2000,$ the Ford Motor Company $$spun off$$ its automotive parts subsidiary Visteon. This move resulted in the transfer of some salaried employees from Ford to Visteon. In $2006,$ Visteon transferred some of its facilities back to Ford. In $2008,$ Ford conducted a major reduction in force. It offered severance pay to downsized salaried employees based on years of service with Ford. The plaintiffs in this case were salaried employees who had been transferred to Visteon and then returned to Ford. On their return to Ford, they were classified as $$rehired$,$ rather than as $$reinstated$,$ and given new Ford employment service dates. Consequently, their severance pay was based only on their service since $2006.$ A confidential e$-$mail between high$-$level HR managers at Ford sent before the layoffs referred to the impending downsizing and suggested a desire to minimize the severance benefits of the former Visteon employees.

$-$Please answer questions A and B thoroughly and succinctly and provide examples to justify the individual$$s way of thinking. $($a paragraph will be sufficient$)$

A$)$ Did Ford violate ERISA by classifying the employees as $$rehired$$ rather than reinstating them with their original Ford service dates? B$)$ Why or why not?

$10)$ Please answer the question: Under ERISA, what does "vesting" in a pension plan mean? $(***$ please choose the correct option A$-$D$)$

A$)$ Employees can withdraw funds from their pension plan at any time as long as they pay all applicable taxes.

B$)$ Employers must provide annual bonuses to employees after they have $5$ years of service.

C$)$ Employees covered under a pension plan acquire a non$-$forfeitable right to receive a pension after a specified number of years of service.

D$)$ Employers are required to match employee contributions to the pension plan once the employee reaches the age of $55.$

$11)$ Please answer the question: A$.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ pension plan is a type of retirement plan in which the employer guarantees a specific retirement benefit amount to employees based on a formula that typically considers factors such as the employee's length of service and salary history $(***$ please choose the correct option A$-$D$)$

A$)$ defined contribution

B$)$ Affordable Care

C$)$ PPACA

D$)$ defined benefit

$12)$ Please answer the question: The $\_\_\_\_\_\_$ Act requires that employers with group health insurance plans and at least twenty employees offer continuation coverage to employees $($and other beneficiaries if there is family coverage$)$ who experience qualifying events that would otherwise cause the loss of their health insurance $(***$ please choose the correct option A$-$D$)$

A$)$ HIPAA

B$)$ COBRA

C$)$ Older Workers Benefit Protection Act

D$)$ PPACA

$13)$ Please answer question $($A$)$ in regard to the textbook: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice, $7$th Edition, $(2024)$ David J$.$ Walsh$)$ points out that Wellness Programs can potentially violate a number of laws, including HIPAA $,$ ADA, GINA, and PPACA $.$

A$)$ Please tell two ways such violations could occur.

$14)$ Please answer the question: When it comes to unions and collective bargaining $($Chapter $13)$ from textbook: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice, $7$th Edition, $(2024)$ David J$.$ Walsh, which one of these statements is FALSE? $(***$ please choose the FALSE option A$-$D$)$

A$)$ The National Labor Relations Act is the principal federal labor law that governs collective bargaining by private$-$sector employees.

B$)$ The NLRA and other labor laws don't ever affect nonunion workplaces and can safely be ignored by those employers.

C$)$ Collective bargaining allows for employers and employees to decide many of the rules that will govern their workplaces.

D$)$ The vast majority of private$-$sector employees aren't currently unionized.

$15)$Please answer the question: Which statement is not accurate when it comes to the NLRA? $(***$ please choose the not accurate option A$-$D$)$

A$)$ Faculty members at state universities are rarely unionized.

B$)$ NLRA protections don't apply to supervisors and managers, unless it's a situation where they are refusing to commit unfair labor practices.

C$)$ Managers are individuals who formulate and effectuate management policies by making operative the decisions of their employer.

D$)$ Supervisors are defined as individuals who use independent judgment in making personnel decisions.