Explanation: If employment is terminated due to "gross misconduct," the former employee is not entitled to any COBRA coverage. The other answer choices are too high; the employer has no obligation to support COBRA coverage for the terminated employee.

Explanation: This question describes the defined benefit program, which starts with a basic pension plan. To this pension plan are added established benefits, thus explaining the name of the plan. Answer choice A is incorrect because the benefit accrual plan is not a type of voluntary benefits plan. Answer choice B is incorrect. Like the defined benefit plan, the defined contribution plan utilizes a standard pension plan but without the added benefits defined in advance. Answer choice C is incorrect because the nonqualified plan provides benefits to specified employees (for example, executives) and shareholders. And answer choice E is incorrect because a qualified plan is a 401(k) plan that receives special tax credits from the IRS.

Explanation: The updated changes to the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 specifically included educational institutions, federal government, and state and local government. Labor unions were not listed among these updated legal applications in 1972.

Explanation: The founding idea of quality improvement, as espoused by W.
Edwards Deming, is that the customer is the ultimate judge of quality. This simple insight, made in the early 1940s, radically changed the way business has been done thereafter. Before Deming, businesses relied on their own metrics and assessments of product quality. After him, they began to ask their customers about what constitutes quality, and make changes accordingly.

Explanation: The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 requires employers to give new mothers at least twelve weeks of unpaid leave. New mothers and fathers can take this leave once in a twelvemonth period. Employees are required to give thirty days' notice before taking FMLA leave. Also, in order to take this leave an employee must have been working for the company for at least a year, or 1250 hours.