Question 1

Employees paid biweekly receive their remuneration every two weeks.

Accepted Answer

Biweekly means every two weeks, so employees paid biweekly receive their remuneration every two weeks.

Question 2

Public safety employees of a state can be granted compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation.

Accepted Answer

According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, public safety employees can be granted compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay if certain conditions are met. This means that they may receive additional time off from work instead of receiving overtime pay for extra hours worked beyond their regular schedule.

Question 3

The FLSA defines a tipped employee as one who regularly receives tips of more than $20 a month.

Accepted Answer

The FLSA defines a tipped employee as one who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 per month in tips.

Question 4

Institutions of higher education are extended coverage under FLSA without regard to their annual sales volume.

Accepted Answer

Institutions of higher education are considered "enterprise" under FLSA, and as such are subjected to its regulations regardless of their annual sales volume.

Question 5

The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay of twice the em-ployees' regular hourly rate for hours worked on Sunday.

Accepted Answer

The FLSA does not require employers to pay overtime specifically for Sunday work. Overtime pay is calculated as time and a half (1.5 times the regular hourly rate) for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Question 6

Under the FLSA, severance pay is excluded from the definition of wages.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

If a business does not meet the enterprise coverage test, none of its workers qualify for individual employee coverage.

Accepted Answer

If a business does not meet the enterprise coverage test, it may still have workers who qualify for individual employee coverage if they meet other criteria such as working in a certain type of job or earning a certain amount of wages.

Question 8

Employees paid by the hour without a guarantee of a weekly minimum salary do not qualify for the salary test for white-collar workers.

Accepted Answer

The salary test requires that employees be paid a guaranteed minimum weekly or annual salary, and employees paid by the hour without such guarantee do not meet this requirement.

Question 9

The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek.

Accepted Answer

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does require employers to pay eligible employees overtime pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Question 10

All major cities have enacted ordinances establishing a so-called "living wage" at $8.25 per hour.

Accepted Answer

Not all major cities have enacted a "living wage" ordinance at $8.25 per hour, as living wage laws and rates vary significantly by location and are often higher than $8.25.

Question 11

A retail shop may employ a full-time student at $5.00 per hour.

Accepted Answer

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour (as of my last update in 2023), and employers must pay employees at least this amount, unless specific exemptions apply. Full-time students may be paid 85% of the federal minimum wage for certain types of work, but $5.00 per hour is below this threshold.

Question 12

No employer can grant compensatory time off to employees in place of overtime pay.

Accepted Answer

Employers can grant compensatory time off instead of overtime pay, but this is subject to specific regulations and agreements, particularly in the public sector.

Question 13

Domestics are excluded from coverage under the FLSA individual employee coverage.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

An employer can credit up to $5.12 of a tipped employee's minimum wage as coming from the tips received by that employee.

Accepted Answer

This is correct according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer must still ensure that the employee's total earnings (including tips and direct wages) meet or exceed the federal minimum wage.

Question 15

Exempt professional employees are exempt from all provisions of the FLSA-minimum wages, overtime pay, and equal pay.

Accepted Answer

Exempt professional employees are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the FLSA, but are not exempt from the equal pay provision.

Question 16

The term wage refers to remuneration paid only on an hourly basis.

Accepted Answer

The term wage can refer to remuneration paid on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis, not just hourly.

Question 17

A college may employ its own full-time students at 85 percent of the minimum wage.

Accepted Answer

According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), colleges and universities can pay their own full-time students who are employed by the institution a wage equal to 85 percent of the federal minimum wage.

Question 18

Under the FLSA enterprise coverage test, hospitals and nursing homes are only covered if their annual charges for services are at least $500,000.

Accepted Answer

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), hospitals and institutions primarily engaged in the care of the sick, the aged, or the mentally ill are covered by the FLSA regardless of their annual dollar volume of business. This means that the FLSA's protections apply to employees of such institutions without regard to how much money the institution earns or charges for its services.

Question 19

In May 2013, workers who receive the minimum hourly wage are paid $6.10 an hour.

Accepted Answer

In May 2013, the federal minimum wage in the United States was $7.25 per hour, not $6.10.

Question 20

Employees who are receiving remedial education may work up to 10 hours overtime each week without receiving overtime pay.

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 2: Computing Wages and Salaries