HR Regulatory Frameworks & Compliance 4

Question 1

Under the WARN Act, a software company plans to lay off 120 of its 350 employees. What is the required advance notice period?

Accepted Answer

60 days

Answer

The federal WARN Act requires 60 days' advance notice when an employer with 100+ employees lays off 50 or more workers at a single site within a 30-day period.

Question 2

An HR system vendor wants to use employee performance data to train its own AI models. Under GDPR, what must the vendor obtain first?

Accepted Answer

Explicit consent from each affected employee or another valid legal basis under Article 6

Answer

GDPR requires a valid legal basis (such as explicit consent or legitimate interest with balancing test) for each processing purpose; using data for AI training beyond the original purpose requires re-evaluation.

Question 3

Which agency enforces the Equal Pay Act and investigates gender-based wage discrimination in the software industry?

Accepted Answer

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Answer

The EEOC enforces the Equal Pay Act of 1963 along with other federal anti-discrimination laws.

Question 4

A software company's 401(k) plan has a 3-year cliff vesting schedule. An employee leaves after 2 years and 11 months. What happens to employer contributions?

Accepted Answer

The employee forfeits all employer contributions because cliff vesting requires full 3 years

Answer

Under cliff vesting, an employee must complete the full vesting period (3 years in this case) to receive any employer contributions; leaving one month early means forfeiture of all employer contributions.

Question 5

Under the CCPA, which right allows California employees of a software company to request deletion of their personal information held by the employer?

Accepted Answer

Right to Delete (Right to Erasure)

Answer

The CCPA grants California consumers (including employees covered by the 2023 CPRA amendments) the right to request deletion of their personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

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