Fringe Benefits or Required?
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.	 Work-related	benefits	employers	provide	for	workers		
that	employers	are	not	required	by	law	to	provide.	
2.	 Quantity	(number)	and	quality	(types)	of	fringe	ben	-	
efits.	
3.	 Do	research	to	find	out	which	employers	offer	the		
best	fringe	benefits,	and	then	apply	for	a	job	with	
those	employers.	
4.	 a)	Yes.
	 b)	Industrial	 Welfare	Orders	or	IWO.
5.	 a)	After	working	 over	8	hours	in	 one	day	and	over	40		
hours	in	one	week.	
	 b)	 After	12	hours	of	work	in	one	day.
	 c)	$30	overtime	(time	and	one-half).
	 d)	$40	double	time
6.	 a)	Because	not	all	employers	offer	these	schedules.
	 b)	No.
	 c)	Unless	his	or	her	entire	work	group	makes	the		
request	and	is	approved.	
	 d)	 Yes.
	 e)	The	Alternative	 Work	Schedule	causes	a	hardship		
for	that	worker.	
7.	 Longer	work	hours	but	fewer	work	days.	Nurses		
may	work	10-hours	per	day	and	4	days	per	week.	
8.	 a)	Student's	opinion.
	 b)	Reason	for	opinion.
9.	 a)	Variety	of	options	with	some	workers	arriving		
earlier	than	others,	or	leaving	later	than	others,	while	
still	working	8	hours	per	day	and	40	hours	per	week.	
	 b)	Hours	during	which	all	workers	must	be	a	work		
(for	example	10	a.m.	to	2	p.m.).	
	 c)	To	allow	workers	to	work	the	hours	that	fit	their		
lifestyles.	
10.	 a)	Student's	opinion.
	 b	Reason	for	opinion.
11.	 Holidays,	vacation,	and	sick	days.
12.	 9	days.
13.	 a)	Only	if	the	employer	has	50	or	more	employees		
who	work	at	least	30	hours	per	week.	
	 b)	Dental	insurance,	eye-care	insurance,	psychiatric		
(mental)	care	insurance.	
14.	 a)	Workers	Comp	paid	by	employer.	Medical		
care	to	workers	who	are	injured	or	become	ill	
on	the	job.	
	 b)	SDI	paid	for	by	workers.	Medical	care	and		
a	small	income	to	workers	who	are	disabled	
because	of	an	injury	or	illness	that	is	not	related	
to	the	job.	
15.	 Monthly	income	to	workers	who	retire	from		
the	company	after	being	employed	for	a	cer	-	
tain	number	of	years	(such	as	twenty	years	or	
more).	
16.	 Student's	opinions	for	(a)	through	(f).