Chapter 12 - Understanding the Workplace

The lowest hourly wage an employer can pay in the United States.

• net pay
• gross pay
• minimum wage
• overtime

Any time worked over 40 hours in a regularly scheduled seven-day workweek.

• net pay
• gross pay
• minimum wage
• overtime

Verifies that you are legally qualified to work in the United States.

• W-4
• employment eligibility verification form
• I-8
• W-2

Indicates to your employer how much money to take out of your paycheck for federal income tax.

• W-4
• I-9
• W-2
• Employment Eligibility Verification Form

The amount you earn based on your pay rate.

• net pay
• minimum wage
• overtime
• gross pay

The amount left after all of your withholdings.

• gross pay
• net pay
• minimum wage
• overtime

Provides income and health benefits for qualified retirees, underage survivors, and the disabled.

• Medicare
• Social Security
• FYCA
• Fringe Benefits

The health benefits part of Social Security.

• Social Security
• Medicare
• Fringe Benefits
• Obamacare

Forms of compensation other than wages.

• gross pay
• fringe benefits
• net pay
• overtime

Standards of conduct that individuals, organizations, and societies believe to be right/moral.

• morals
• values
• beliefs
• ethics