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The prime objective of which legislation is to make health insurance portable and continuous for employees, and to eliminate the ability of insurance companies to reject coverage for individuals because of a pre-existing condition?
A. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
C. Americans with Disabilities Act
D. Rehabilitation Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides protections for approximately __________ million Americans who move from one job to another, who are self-employed, or who have preexisting medical conditions.
What are organizational rewards that take many forms such as office size and location, desk size and quality, private secretaries, floor covering, and job title called?
What is the primary purpose of achieving work-life balance?
A. enjoy work
B. minimize stress
C. maximize pleasure
D. increase compensation
A report by the Families and Work Institute found that what percent of employees say that work and family responsibilities interfere with each other?
A. 45
B. 50
C. 55
D. 60
A report by the Families and Work Institute found that what percent of working parents say they do not have enough time with their children?
A. 37
B. 47
C. 57
D. 67
The practice of permitting employees to choose, within certain limitations, their own working hours is referred to as
A. flexible sharing.
B. job sharing.
C. compressed work week.
D. flextime.
According to the annual survey conducted by the Society of Human Resource Management, what percent of companies now offer flextime to some of their employees?
A. 25
B. 35
C. 45
D. 57
What has emerged as the dominant crime of the 21st century?
A. stalking
B. assaults
C. homicides
D. identity theft
What accounts for more than half of the estimated $36 billion a year that workplace violence costs businesses?
A. lawsuits claiming negligent hiring or negligent retention
B. hospitalization
C. doctor’s bills
D. health insurance
The body’s nonspecific reaction to any demand made on it is referred to as
A. burnout.
B. stress.
C. carpel tunnel syndrome.
D. isometrics syndrome.
Which of the following accounts for the rise in workplace stress?
According to the American Institute of Stress, how much does stress and the problems it can cause cost American business cost each year?
A. $110 billion
B. $120 billion
C. $130 billion
D. $150 billion
Poor attendance, excessive use of alcohol, poor performance on the job, or even poor health can result from
A. burnout.
B. stress.
C. heart failure.
D. arteriosclerosis.
According to the American Institute on Stress, what percent of Americans describe their jobs as stressful?
Which of the following tops the list of changeable health risks that contribute to health-care costs?
The common factor that tends to exist in the most stressful jobs is
A. highly autocratic management.
B. lack of employee control over their work.
C. a high degree of monotony.
D. a low level in the hierarchy.
The least stressful job in the following list is
A. secretary.
B. laborer.
C. college professor.
D. waitress.
Which of the following is a telling sign of stress?
Approximately what percent of all marriages end in divorce?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
Which of the following is a way that individuals may control excessive stress?
An incapacitating condition where individuals lose a sense of the basic purpose and fulfillment of their work is referred to as
A. burnout.
B. stress.
C. heart failure.
D. arteriosclerosis.
According to your text, burnout is most likely to be associated with which of the following?
A. college professors
B. master craftsperson
C. individuals in the helping professions
D. retired person