Questions for Discussion What is considered compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act? Describe the overtime requirements and stipulations under FLSA. Is the FLSA applicable to working for an employer at home? List five factors that distinguish an independent contractor and five factors indicating that an individual is an employee. What is the “salary test”? To what extent can workers work during breaks and lunch time without being paid? Under what circumstances can compensatory time off be used? Identify four reasons why an employer might appeal an unemployment compensation charge. What is the meaning of the “course of employment” requirement in workers’ compensation? Under what circumstances might drug-related accidents be compensable?

Mary Hogan’s Back Injury Paul Smith, department superintendent of Acme Bag Company, noticed that the conveyor belt was jammed with paper bags. He told Mary Hogan, a polypropylene (PE) inserter on the machine, to get a pallet and remove the bags from the belt. Mary replied, “I am not able tobecause my back is bothering me.” Paul replied, “Get one that you are able to handle.” Mary replied, […]

Work-Related Injury? The company safety director reads in the local paper that a softball team that Terry, one of the company’s employees, plays for won the city championship on Saturday afternoon. The story also notes that there were three injuries during the game, but the names of those injuredwere not reported. Terry reports a back injury at work on Monday morning. The investigator tells the safety […]

Forced Vacation Jack Franklin is an exempt employee working as a systems analyst for the McGuffey Company, a human resources services firm. Jackcontinually works more than 80 hours in a two-week period. However, due to some graduate classes he is taking, Jack works only 4 hoursduring the day every other Friday. Because Jack has worked less than 8 hours in a given day, the employer forces […]

Exempt or Nonexempt Fred Ball was an accountant in the finance department of the Little Italy Pasta Company and had been employed in that capacity for three years. Fred held a B.S.B. from Midwest State University and was enrolled in a Master of Accountancy program in a “weekend college” programat City University. Fred was paid $25 an hour for a 40-hour week. All company accountants were paid […]

Employee or Contractor? Lisa, the owner of a small company, decided that marketing the products of her machining company would benefit if the company had aproduct quality certification. She undertook the process to win a certification, which required the critical analysis and documentation of eachtask used in the processes. Her Uncle Jake had been an industrial engineer prior to his retirement 10 years ago and was capable […]

The 10-Minute Meal Period The employees made a deal with their manager that if they took a 10- minute lunch period they would be able to quit 20 minutes early andstill work eight hours per day. (They also had two rest periods.) After a 3-year period, one employee evidently got indigestion or a nervousstomach and complained to the Wage and Hour Division. The division took the position that under its regulations, CFR Sect. 785.18, this must be a paid period because it was less than 20 minutes.Investigation revealed that employees left their machines and went to the lunchroom for 10 minutes (one even stated that he went home forlunch). When the bell rang, they all returned to their machines. The Wage and Hour Division demanded two years’ back pay (the maximumamount allowable under state statute) because employees worked 40 hours and 50 minutes per week under their interpretation. Thisamounted to over $12,000 for about 60 employees. The employer took the position that employees were serving their own interest for the10-minute meal period, thus the break was not work time and therefore not compensable, refusing to pay. Wage and Hour threatenedlitigation.   Is the meal period compensable? How might this problem have been avoided?

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on COSO and how it relates to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the auditing of public companies. Address the following: Provide a brief history of COSO. Describe the five components and 17 principles of the COSO framework. Review your company’s “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting” and “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” (usually found in […]

Incivility has several negative outcome on any organization. The impact of bullying behaviors on the organization are lower morale, lower productivity and increased absenteeism (due to physical, psychological and emotional harm), followed by rapid and increased turnover, which compromises patient safety. Workplace bullying also leads to lawsuits, compensation for disability, loss of profits, negative impact on organizational reputation, and a corrosion of the patient to […]

Question 4 (10 marks) Identify and discuss three important personal characteristics often linked to entrepreneurs? Section B. (10 marks in total)   Answer ALL of the following questions. The questions are related to the following short case. PowerAir Inc., a subsidiary of a successful multinational manufacturing firm, supplies a key component in the assembly of residential air conditioning units. At this current stage, there are […]