PHR Exam Prep

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to distinguish the PHR's operational, tactical focus from strategic HR work and apply it when choosing the BEST answer.
• You will be able to match U.S. employment laws to their enforcement agencies and recall the employee-count thresholds that trigger coverage.
• You will be able to analyze hiring scenarios for disparate treatment versus adverse impact and apply the four-fifths rule, IRCA/I-9, FCRA, and ADA pre-offer rules.
• You will be able to apply learning-and-development frameworks, ADDIE, andragogy, and Kirkpatrick's four levels, to training scenarios.
• You will be able to determine FLSA exempt versus non-exempt status, compute overtime and compa-ratio, and apply Equal Pay Act and benefits-law requirements.
• You will be able to resolve employee- and labor-relations problems involving at-will exceptions, harassment and retaliation, the NLRA and protected concerted activity, OSHA, and workplace investigations.
• You will be able to reason through scenario-based, 'BEST' and 'MOST' PHR questions and justify the correct choice.

What is inside

5 modules, 5 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

1. 01

   Business Management

   Covers HR's operational role in the organization, the U.S. employment-law and enforcement-agency landscape, HR metrics and data for decisions, and ethics, governance, policy, and compliance risk.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

2. 02

   Talent Planning & Acquisition

   Covers workforce planning and job analysis, recruitment and sourcing, selection and assessment (reliability and validity), and the laws that govern hiring, including Title VII disparate treatment versus adverse impact, IRCA/I-9, FCRA, and the ADA.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

3. 03

   Learning & Development

   Covers training needs assessment and the ADDIE model, adult learning principles and learning theory, delivery methods and transfer of training, and evaluating development with Kirkpatrick's four levels plus performance-management basics.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

4. 04

   Total Rewards

   Covers total rewards strategy and pay-structure design (job evaluation, pay ranges, compa-ratio), the FLSA's exempt/non-exempt and overtime rules, pay-equity law (Equal Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Title VII), and mandatory versus voluntary benefits including ERISA, COBRA, and retirement plans.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

5. 05

   Employee & Labor Relations

   The largest PHR domain. Covers at-will employment and its exceptions, handbooks and progressive discipline, EEO, harassment and retaliation, labor relations under the NLRA (protected concerted activity, organizing, and bargaining), and workplace investigations, OSHA safety, workers' compensation, and separation.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions