Compliance and Risk Management Flashcards
(44 cards)
A __________ assessment is performed periodically, when the IIPP is established, when new, previously unidentified security hazards are recognized, when occupational injuries or threats of injury occur; and whenever workplace security conditions warrant an inspection.
Hazard
Employee Literacy Education Assistance Act, California employers with 25 or more employees must provide reasonable accommodations and assistance to employees who:
Reveal an illiteracy problem and request the employer’s assistance in enrolling in an adult literacy program
According to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), employees may recover damages for an organization’s failure to:
The PAGA allows an employee to file a claim against an organization for not properly maintaining employment records.
An employee reports a bug bite (i.e. spider bite) that occurred at work and seeks medical attention, this must be reported on the OSHA log.
Yes, if it happen at work
Employers with five or more employees generally cannot limit or prohibit the use of any language in the workplace, except in rare circumstances
never limit or prohibit foreign languages used in the workplace, unless they can show a business necessity
Grouped of employees who together, hired an attorney, and filed which claim for unpaid overtime?
Considered a class action
After a personnel file breach, Conrad, the HR Director at XYZ Company, developed and implemented a legally compliant privacy and security protocol policy that includes:
Protection of personal data and trade secrets
An employee has requested time off to observe their holy days and reasonable time necessary for travel before and after a religious observance. FEHA also defines a “religious creed” as beliefs, observations, or practices which a person sincerely holds and occupies in their life a place of importance parallel to that of traditional organized religions. According to the California statute, the law requires an employer to:
Enter into an interactive conversation.
California law requires that employers translate the below policies into any language spoken by at least ten percent (10%) of their workforce.
Policy against harassment, discrimination, and retaliation (including investigation and complaint procedures)
b. Family and medical leave policies – if applicable
c. Reasonable accommodation for employees disabled by pregnancy, pregnancy disability leave, or transfer
d. All of the above
Employees that worked together in a large chain discount store got together and filed this type of claim against the company for failure to provide cashiers chairs to sit in on.
PAGA
English Only policies are valid under which circumstance?
For business necessity regarding production and safety
Fill in the blank. ______________ relates to the full range of payments and benefits, including basic pay, non-salary payments, bonuses, and allowances.
Equal Pay
Anti - Harassment retraining is required every _ years
2
California’s anti-harassment law received a major update in 2019 with the passage of SB 1343, which now requires employers with ___________ employees based in California to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees, not just supervisors.
5
Which agency implements laws passed by the California legislature and signed by the governor, and regulations adopted in a rulemaking process?
DIR Department of industrial
Gender neutrality is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures, gender roles, or gender identity) should avoid distinguishing roles according to:
People’s sex or gender
Grace, the human resources manager, had a stroke at the age of 40. She recovered all but the use of her left leg and it was difficult to climb stairs. The offices were upstairs, however the company that she worked for was able to move her office to the downstairs without causing an undue hardship on the company. This is called a(n)
Reasonable Accomedation
To determine the needs of Grace, from the above questions, the employer made a collaborative effort involving the employee to determine if the employee could return to work with a reasonable accommodation. In this case, they used the
interactive process
If the entire workforce of a company acts in concert and refuses to perform their work on a certain day, they can exert strong economic pressure against the company. This is called a:
Strike
Patrice gave birth to twins. After returning to work she needed to continue expressing breast milk. Two 10-minute breaks per day was sufficient to allow her to express properly. Her employer must take the following action.
Provide her with additional break time to express breast milk?
HR audit, she discovers records that indicate the previous VP of Human Resources, a male, made $50,000 more than the salary she was offered, plus a company car. After checking his qualifications she learned that he was less educated, less experienced, and less overall qualified. Stacy is facing an issue of
Gender Pay Gap
EDD sends claims which need to be answered in
10 from the date on the letter
The plant manager at a large manufacturing company asked the human resources manager for help with a problem she was having. She recognized that she had several employees that were illiterate, which was impacting safety and production. The human resources manager recommended that they start which of the following programs.
Adult literacy program
This person meets with the parties both separately and together in an attempt to resolve their differences. It often happens in a DFEH investigation. They do this by lowering tensions, improving communications, interpreting issues, encouraging parties to explore potential solutions, and assisting parties in finding a mutually acceptable outcome.
Conciliator
