SHRM-CP Exam Questions With Verified
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Statutes - answerhard, fast laws that are created by the government
Regulations - answerCreated by agencies
Example of Executive Order - answerdropping convictions of small drug infractions
Who can create an Executive Order? - answerThe President o...
Statutes - answer✔hard, fast laws that are created by the government
Regulations - answer✔Created by agencies
Example of Executive Order - answer✔dropping convictions of small drug infractions
Who can create an Executive Order? - answer✔The President of the United States
Common Law - answer✔how laws are interpreted
Example of Common Law - answer✔in 1962, a man can sexually harass a woman and there
were no laws surrounding that. In 1964, congress created the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to say
sexually assaulting a woman was illegal. This had to be between a man and woman at the time
because same sex sexual harassment was impossible
What does EPLI stand for? - answer✔Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) - answer✔- Protects against the risk of heavy
financial losses resulting from employment claims and lawsuits
- Must be carefully considered and reviewed to ensure that it provides the level of protection
needed
What is the benefit of an HR audit? - answer✔To check compliance issues and to check if we are
in compliance
Attorney-Client Privilege - answer✔right of individual to have discussions with his/her attorney
kept private and confidential
discoverability rule - answer✔a rule that allows plaintiffs to sue outside the limitation period
where the information needed to support a suit was unavailable within that period
What does IRCA stand for? - answer✔(Immigration Reform and Control Act)
IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act) - answer✔federal law passed in 1986 that enlists
employers in the effort to prevent illegal aliens from working in this country. Required all
employers to have all employees hired after 1986 complete I-9 verification paperwork.
What does a VISA do? - answer✔Visas authorize someone to work in the United States that is
not from here. It allows work authorization
DACA - answer✔program that allowed children of undocumented workers to stay in the US
Employment at Will - answer✔employment principle that if there is no specific employment
contract saying otherwise, the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any
time, regardless of cause
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) - answer✔U.S act that protects privacy of background
information and ensures that information supplied is accurate. Why we have to ask for
permission to pull someone's credit
Credit Report - answer✔a report on a person's creditworthiness that includes identifying
information, credit cards, late payments, bankruptcies, and savings balances
When can you pull a credit report without permission? - answer✔Example: If you are missing
money, you can pull the credit report without permission as long as it is through a 3rd party.
Equal Opportunity - answer✔the right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of
race, color, sex, national origin, or any other protected class
Disparate Treatment - answer✔results when employees from protected groups are intentionally
treated differently. Direct discrimination that treats someone in a protected class differently from
other applicants or employees
Disparate Impact - answer✔occurs when an employer creates a seemingly fair employment
practice that has an unintentional negative impact on members of a protected class. Indirect
discrimination that results when a policy that appears to be neutral has a discriminatory effect.
What is the main difference between Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact? -
answer✔Intent
What is the minimum amount of money someone has to make to be considered salary? -
answer✔$35,568
Safe Harbor - answer✔Provision in a law or regulation that provides some measure of protection
from liability if certain conditions are met. If you find you made a mistake and you try to initiate
the fix, you may be exempt from the penalties that come from the DOL
Safe Harbor Example - answer✔misclassifying someone as exempt when they should be non
exempt and trying to fix it without being told you need to.
What is overtime pay based on? - answer✔Time worked
Portal-to Portal Act - answer✔U.S. act that defines what is included as hours worked and is
therefore compensable and a factor in calculating overtime.
Equal Pay Act - answer✔1963 law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for
equal work
How many days do you have to file an EEOC claim? - answer✔180
EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) - answer✔INDEPENDENT agency
created in 1964-works to eliminate employment discrimination based on race, color, religion,
gender, disability, age or other criteria unrelated to job performance. Created from the Civil
Rights Act
Retaliation - answer✔-The most difficult construct for managers to wrap their heads around and
the easiest thing to occur in a workplace
- the easiest form of discrimination to prove
Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - answer✔Banned discrimination in employment on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
What does Title 7 do? - answer✔Talks about hiring practices but also have to look at recruiting
efforts and advancements. This means we have to give equal opportunity to everyone to learn
and grow.
Title 7 Exceptions (when we can discriminate) - answer✔- Work related requirements
- Bona Fide seniority systems
- Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) ; meaning you can have a very special person
for what you need
- Affirmative action plan
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Example of BFOQ - answer✔Hiring a female attendant in a woman's dressing room, but can't do
that for the team that comes in to clean the dressing rooms after everyone has gone home.
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