Explanation: Payne v. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company (1884) first defined employment atwill. In this case, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that employment atwill is an arrangement that either side may terminate at any time. Of course, this definition led to many abuses by employers until subsequent legislation clarified the rights of workers.

Explanation: The Green Company has established an improshare program. In this type of group incentive program, employees are rewarded for performing above a preestablished baseline standard. If the employees consistently exceed the baseline, it may be raised in the future. A gainsharing program is a more general attempt to improve the performance of the entire organization. A Scanlon plan gives employees a share of the cost savings achieved through increased productivity. A profitsharing plan gives employees a percentage of the organization's profits.

Explanation: One common problem with costperhire metrics is that they omit costs that are not related to specific candidates. The costperhire measure is determined by dividing total costs by number of hires. It is important that the costs and hires be taken from the same time interval. To be comprehensive, a costperhire measure should include the salaries of those employed to make hires, the cost of advertising, and any other administrative costs incurred during the hiring process.

Explanation: VEVRA is the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act and does not play a role in regulating voluntary benefits programs. The other answer choices - ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) - are all related to regulating voluntary benefits programs.

Explanation: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, in part, protects workers against losing their health coverage immediately if they lose their jobs. The SarbanesOxley Act was intended to improve accounting practices within public companies. The Rehabilitation Act penalized businesses for discriminating against employees who have a disability. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for a business to discriminate against an employee due to his national origin.