Chapter Nine.1 Flashcards
Human Resource Management
What activity should be scheduled first in the pre-employment screening process ?
Written test and assessment center
Under what condition may individuals NOT! avail themselves of the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act ?
( YOU MAY USE FOR ) Care of a newborn Adopted child Care of son or daughter Care of mother or father
Care of a close friend with whom the employee has been involved in a relationship for more than five years
The following are reasons for performance evaluations ?
To pinpoint strengths that can be developed and weakness that can be corrected .
To serve as a basis for pay increases
To allow administrators to maintain a continuing check on entrance standards to be determined if they are relevant or in need of modification.
What is NOT! a reason for a performance evaluation ?
To discourage supervisors from taking a personal interest in the officers under their command.
The following are accurate statements about assessment centers ?
The exercises used are simulations of behaviors required on the job.
A large amount of information information is generated about each participant in relatively short period of time.
The exercise are constant for all participants
The following should be taken into consideration when applying for discipline ?
Employee motivation
Degree of harm
International unintentional errors
The following statements about the use of polygraphs are true :
The use of polygraphs and voice stress equipment in administrative investigations is controversial.
Agency employees normally cannot be compelled to submit to such an examination.
Results of this form of examination rarely can be used in disciplinary hearing or appeals even if given voluntarily be an agency employee.
The following statements about retirement counseling for police officers is accurate.
Retirement from law enforcement symbolizes loss of identity, authority , and a family.
For most police officers, their identity has been punctuated by their uniform, their service weapon ,and their badges .
The average age for retirement for police officers often coincides with the time at which their children are leaving home.
Early warning systems regarding problem police officers involve all of the following ?
Selection
Intervention
Post-intevention montering
In what case did a federal court rule that, for Equal Pay Act purposes, the job of a women did not need to be identical to a man’s , only substantially similar ?
Shultz v Wheaton Glass Company
The ADEA has a law enforcement exemption provision that states local inuits of government can refuse to hire a person for a sworn position if the applicant is ?
ADEA- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Is over their maximum age for hire
The refusal to hire was part of a bona fide hiring or retirement plan.
The refusal to hire was not a subterfuge to evade ADEA”s purposes.
