Big Book of HR Exam Practice Questions

Appendix CAnswers to Research Challenge Questions

Chapter 2: U.S. Labor Laws

The following are the answers to the research challenge questions from Chapter 2:

• Research Concepts Question 1:

  The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 was a significant amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States. Its primary purpose was to clarify and narrow the definition of compensable working time for employees. The activities are classified as principal activities, such as time spent working on a construction site or answering phones, preliminary work such as time putting on a uniform, and postliminary activities such as time spent showing and changing clothes after working with hazardous materials.

• Research Concepts Question 2:

  The risk to employers ...