Event Guidelines Flashcards

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Salary Schedule

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An outline of the pay levels an employee can receive.

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Legally Required Benefits

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  1. Social Security
  2. Medicare
  3. Family and Medical Leave.
  4. Workers Compensation Insurance
  5. Health Insurance (Affordable Care Act)
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Fringe Benefits

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Extra benefits companies give their employees (Childcare, tuition, employee discount, gym space).

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Broad Branding

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When a business sets a wider than normal salary range.

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Comparable Worth

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(AKA Pay Equity) is a way of setting salaries by ranking the value of comparable skills.

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Salary Schedule

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An outline of pay levels an employee can achieve.

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Piecework Plan

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A fixed pay rate for each unit produced.

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Merit Plan

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Type of compensation that a company uses to reward higher-performing employees.

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Team-Based Pay

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Hourly Rate + Team Bonus
Creates a team based culture. All members drive the company’s productivity rates.

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Social Security

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A federal program that provides benefits to retirees who paid into the program during their working years.

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Independent Contractor

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Self-employed individual who enters into a contract to perform work or provide services for another entity.

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Negligent

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A legal doctrine that holds employers accountable for unlawful acts committed by their employees.

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Exempt Employee

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An employee who doesn’t receive overtime pay or qualify for minimum wage. They are paid by salary and not by the hour.

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Non-exempt Employees

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Are guaranteed an hourly wage and overtime pay under the FLSA.

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The Privacy Act of 1974

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Establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal information about individuals.

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ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act)

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Protects applicants and employees who are 40 years or older.

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Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)

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Protects the rights of workers to collectively bargain collectively with their employers.

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Taft-Hartley Act

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It prohibits union practices (some of them) and requires disclosure of certain financial and political activities. (It amended the Wagner Act)