Chapters 2

Question 1

every two weeks

Answer 1

biweekly

Question 2

stated percentage of revenue paid an employee who transacts a piece of business or performs a service

Answer 2

Commission

Question 3

the state existing when the employer has the right to control both what work will be done and how it will be done

Answer 3

Common-law Relationship

Question 4

method of recording time on time cards in which the day is divided into one 24- hour period with time running from 12 midnight to 12 midnight

Answer 4

continual system

Question 5

a bonus not agreed on announced or promised before payment

Answer 5

discretionary bonus

Question 6

services of a household nature perform in or about a private home of the person who employs the domestic

Answer 6

domestic service

Question 7

an y individual performing services for an employer in the legal relationship of employer and employee

Answer 7

employee

Question 8

applied to determine if employees of an enterprise are covered under the provisions of the FLSA. The test criteria are at least two employees engaged in interstate commerce and the annual gross sales volume of at least $500,000

Answer 8

enterprise coverage

Question 9

workers exempt fro some or all of the FLSA requirements such as minimum wages equal pay and overtime pay

Answer 9

exempt employees

Question 10

the total regular earnings and total overtime earnings also known as gross pay

Answer 10

gross earnings

Question 11

applied to determine if the FLSA covers employee the test is that the employee either engages in interstate commerce or produces goods for such commerce

Answer 11

employee coverage

Question 12

a bonus normally based on hours worked units produced production efficiency or work quality

Answer 12

non discretionary bonus

Question 13

method of calculation overtime pay be multiplying the total hours worked including overtime hours by the regular rate of pay and then multiplying the overtime hours by 1/2 the hourly rate

Answer 13

overtime premium

Question 14

compensation plan under which workers are paid according to their output

Answer 14

piece-rate system

Question 15

those tasks employees must perform for the employer

Answer 15

principal activities

Question 16

compensation paid in which employer share with employees a portion of the profits of the business

Answer 16

profit sharing plans

Question 17

remuneration paid on a monthly biweekly semimonthly or yearly basis

Answer 17

salary

Question 18

semimonthly

Answer 18

twice a month

Question 19

form on which employees time worked is recorded manually by the worker or automatically by a time clock

Answer 19

time card

Question 20

for that indicates an employees time of arrival and time of departure

Answer 20

time sheet

Question 21

gift or gratuity given by a customer in recognition of service performed for him or her

Answer 21

tip

Question 22

on engaged in an occupation in which tips of more that $30 a month are customarily and regularly received

Answer 22

tipped employee

Question 23

remuneration paid on a hourly weekly or piece work basis

Answer 23

wage

Question 24

remuneration or compensation of paid employees

Answer 24

wages

Question 25

fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours or 7 consecutive 24 hour periods

Answer 25

workweek