Texting while driving for work purposes contributes to the high level of work-related accidents and fatalities each year, and as such is a concern for OSHA.

a. true

b. false

The number one challenge for HR managers in benefit management is:

a. alignment with corporate objectives.

b. legal compliance.

c. cost containment.

d. diversity in the workforce.

e. flexible benefit plan administration.

Benefits are often a good employee retention tool because:

a. Benefits never follow an employee from job to job.

b. They are designed to decrease if an employee job-hops.

c. They increase over the time that an employee works for a company.

d. Employees can be denied benefits if they don't plan on working for a company in a life-long career.

e. All of the above.

One of the purposes of pay-for performance plans is to increase employee job satisfaction.

a. true

b. false

Flexible benefits plans have grown more popular because

a.	changes in the tax code no longer give a cost advantage to standardized benefit packages.
b.	the decreasing influence of unions in the workplace, which pressured employers to treat all workers the same.
c.	It helps firms keep up with the changing needs of the workforce.
d.	employees are more sophisticated about their needs and do not need the employers paternalistic guidance necessary in the past.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of (1970), employers are required to do which of the following?

a. provide a safe and healthy work environment

b. comply with specific safety and health standards

c. keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses

d. all of the above are OSHA requirements

Compensation is one of the organizations largest expenditures. Compensation philosophies and systems vary from one organization to the next. Why is that?

a.	There is no one right way to compensate employees. Many systems will work equally well in any organization.
b.	Different organizations have different organizational objectives and strategies.
c.	Legal requirements mandate different types of compensation systems depending on the organizations industry.
d.	Organizations depend heavily on consultants to design their compensation systems, and each consulting firm has its own system.

A company that structures its compensation system so that it pay its employees more than 3/4 of its competitors pay their employees, it is paying its employees at the 25th percentile.

a. true

b. false