CSP Documentation & Record Management 4

Question 1

Under FLSA, staffing firms must retain basic payroll records—including time cards and wage rate tables—for a minimum of:

Accepted Answer

2 years

Answer

FLSA requires that basic employment and earnings records be retained for at least 2 years, while payroll records must be kept for 3 years.

Question 2

When a staffing firm places a worker in a safety-sensitive position, drug testing records should be maintained separately and:

Accepted Answer

Kept confidential consistent with applicable federal or DOT regulations

Answer

Drug testing records are confidential and must be maintained in accordance with applicable regulations, such as DOT rules for safety-sensitive positions.

Question 3

A staffing firm that employs 100 or more employees is required to file an EEO-1 report by:

Accepted Answer

September 30 each year

Answer

EEO-1 reports are due on September 30 of each year for covered employers with 100 or more employees.

Question 4

A staffing firm discovers that personnel files contain inconsistent information about a worker's start date. The best corrective action is to:

Accepted Answer

Annotate the record with the correct information while retaining the original entry

Answer

Best practice is to add a dated correction note to the record rather than altering or destroying the original, preserving the integrity of the audit trail.

Question 5

Under HIPAA, health information about a staffing firm's employees that is held by the firm's self-insured health plan is:

Accepted Answer

Protected health information subject to HIPAA privacy rules

Answer

Health information maintained by a self-insured health plan qualifies as protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA and must be handled accordingly.

(CSP) Certified Staffing Professional Practice Test

(CSP) Certified Staffing Professional Practice Test

CSP Documentation & Record Management 4