Test Your Employment Law Knowledge

Sunday, June 19, 2005 | 0

Want to test your knowledge of employment related areas? We invite you to take the following quiz. Answers to the quiz, educational information and clarification will be provided in part 2 of this series. Now, please grab a pencil and paper: ready, set go!

by Jamie Charter

1) An effective Early Return-to-Work program will result in:
a) Reduced costs for temporary disability.
b) Lower medical costs.
c) Shortened claim duration

2) According to the Job Accommodation Network, between 1992 and 2001, the average cost of a workplace modification is:
a) $ 900.00
b) $2500.00
c) $1800.00

3) Under FEHA, employers must have a "Reasonable Accommodation Policy" or they are in violation of the act.
a) True
b) False

4) For an employee to reach 100% productivity it takes:
a) 13 months and 33% of co-worker training time
b) 6 months and 21% of co-worker training time
c) 3 months and 42% of co-worker training time

5) Workers compensation insurance only covers injuries occurring on the companys premises.
a) True
b) False

6) The limit on FEHA civil cases is:
a) $250,000
b) $350,000
c) Unlimited

7) Employees should be treated by their own physician for all work-related illness or injury.
a) True
b) False

8) Return to Work rates for on-the-job injuries:
a) Less than 50% of employees off work 6 months return to their job.
b) Less than 20% of employees off 12 months return to their job.
c) Less than 10% of employees off work 24 months return to their job.

9) First aid cases need not be reported to my workers compensation carrier.
a) True
b) False

10) In California, AB 1825 requires Sexual Harassment training for supervisors of companies with greater than:
c) 150 employees
d) 50 employees
e) 25 employees

11) In the Fiscal Year 2004, the EEOC received 24,249 charges of sex-based discrimination and recovered $100.8 million in monetary benefits for charging parties and other aggrieved individuals (not including monetary benefits obtained through litigation).
a)true
b)false

12) According to the EEOC, an individual with a disability is as person who:
a) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities;
b)Has a record of such an impairment; or
c)Is regarded as having such an impairment.
d) all of the above

13) In the year 2004, the EEOC received:
a) $3,750 charges of disability discrimination
b) $5,303 charges of disability discrimination
c) $15,376

14) Regarding disability discrimination charges, in the fiscal year 2004, the EEOC resolved which of the following:
a) 9,640
b) 16,949
c) 12,480

15) The monetary recovery for charging parties and other aggrieved individuals was:
a) $47.7 million
b) $12.9 million
c) $ 34.6 million

16) Monetary benefits obtained through litigation:
a) were included
b) were not included in the above figure.

Jamie Charter has been providing vocational and litigation consulting services for 21 years through Charter and Company in Soquel, California. Jamie is also one of the principals of the Employer Resource Consultants, a network providing proactive compliance solutions to employers, and can be reached at jcharter@calcentral.com.

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