Temps Test TEMPS Industry Knowledge 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A temporary worker placed by a staffing agency gets injured on the job. Who is primarily responsible for workers' compensation coverage?
- The client company exclusively
- The staffing agency as the employer of record (Correct answer)
- The temp worker's personal insurance
- Both share equal legal responsibility always
Correct answer: The staffing agency as the employer of record
The staffing agency is the employer of record and is primarily responsible for workers' compensation coverage for temp workers.
Question 2: What does the term 'co-employment' mean in the staffing industry?
- Two staffing agencies sharing one client
- A worker holding two temp jobs simultaneously
- Shared employer responsibilities between the staffing agency and client company (Correct answer)
- A permanent hire sponsored by a temp agency
Correct answer: Shared employer responsibilities between the staffing agency and client company
Co-employment refers to the shared employer responsibilities and legal obligations between the staffing agency and the client company.
Question 3: Which federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Correct answer)
- The National Labor Relations Act
- The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Correct answer: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Question 4: What is a 'temp-to-perm' arrangement?
- A permanent job that later becomes temporary
- A trial period where a temp worker may be hired permanently by the client (Correct answer)
- A contract that permanently bars a worker from direct hire
- A staffing agency that only places permanent workers
Correct answer: A trial period where a temp worker may be hired permanently by the client
A temp-to-perm arrangement allows a client company to evaluate a temp worker with the option to offer permanent employment after a trial period.
Question 5: Under the Affordable Care Act, staffing agencies must offer health insurance to temporary workers who average how many hours per week?
- 20 hours or more
- 25 hours or more
- 30 hours or more (Correct answer)
- 40 hours or more
Correct answer: 30 hours or more
The ACA requires employers, including staffing agencies, to offer health coverage to employees averaging 30 or more hours per week.
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of an I-9 form in the staffing industry?
- To record payroll tax withholdings
- To verify a worker's identity and eligibility to work in the U.S. (Correct answer)
- To document workplace safety training completion
- To establish a worker's classification as exempt or non-exempt
Correct answer: To verify a worker's identity and eligibility to work in the U.S.
Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and legal authorization to work in the United States for every new hire.
Question 7: A client company asks a staffing agency to provide only workers of a specific ethnicity. The agency should:
- Comply if it is a small request for cultural fit
- Refuse because this constitutes illegal discriminatory hiring (Correct answer)
- Charge a premium fee and comply
- Document the request and comply as a client service
Correct answer: Refuse because this constitutes illegal discriminatory hiring
Complying with discriminatory placement requests violates Title VII and exposes both the agency and client to significant legal liability.
Temps Test TEMPS Industry Knowledge 2
A temporary worker placed by a staffing agency gets injured on the job.
Who is primarily responsible for workers' compensation coverage?