Chapter 13 - Benefit Options

41. (p. 479) The major reasons motivating U.S. corporations to provide domestic partner benefits

include all of the following except: 

A. 

Fairness to all employees regardless of their sexual orientation or marital status

B. 

Market competition

C. 

Diversity in today's tight labor market

D.

 Federal legislation mandating these provisions

 Difficulty: Difficult

 

42. (p. 467) Approximately

_____ percent of employers who offer

child care also offer elder

care. 

A. 

10

B. 

30

C.

 50

D. 

60

Difficulty: Difficult

 

43. (p. 480) Contingent workers receive _____ benefits than regular workers; contingent

workers' benefits cost employers _____ than regular workers. 

A. 

more, less

B. 

fewer, more

C. 

more, more

D.

 fewer, less

Difficulty: Medium

 

 

True / False Questions

 

44. (p. 456) As benefit costs have skyrocketed, especially health care, the popularity of employee

benefits have declined. 

FALSE

Difficulty: Medium

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45. (p. 456) A recent survey found benefits ranked below work/life balance and communication

between employees and management as contributors to job satisfaction.

FALSE

Difficulty: Medium

46. (p.456-57) A McKinsey survey of CEOs found nearly 90 percent believe benefits are very

important for attracting and retaining employees, but almost 60 percent have not examined if

they help meet the organization’s strategic goals.

TRUE

Difficulty: Medium

47. (p. 459) If a man's wife died while driving a truck for her employer, and if she was

responsible for the accident, the husband is not eligible to receive compensation for the loss. 

FALSE

Difficulty: Difficult

 

48. (p. 459) Workers' compensation covers the costs of both medical expenses and rehabilitation

for work-related injuries. 

TRUE

Difficulty: Easy

 

49. (p. 459)

Worker’s compensation costs have been declining since 2005 due in part to

employer safety programs.

TRUE

Difficulty: Easy

50. (p. 459) Workers' compensation disability payments are tied directly to the nature of the loss

and not factors such as the employee's earnings or number of dependents. 

FALSE

Difficulty: Medium

 

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