Exam 8: Administrative Issues

When a contract requires bargaining unit work to be performed only by bargaining unit employees except in emergencies,management has wide discretion in its interpretation of the term "emergencies."

Issues affecting job security covered by negotiated work rules include which of the following?

The federal agency responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination in employment provisions of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)is:

One reason some unions do not readily accept new technology is that management and employees still have mistrust for one another.

Payment for work that is not needed,workers working at reduced speed,and workers duplicating the work of others are examples of:

Employees do not have a right to refuse to perform work that they believe represents a serious threat to their safety or health.

Featherbedding may be characterized as:

Which of the following would be an example of a work restructuring program?

______________ occurs when a firm determines that it cannot perform all the tasks that are necessary to operate its business successfully.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act permits unionized firms to negotiate advance notice of a plant closing or major layoff of more than 60 days.

Subcontracting of bargaining unit work is not a mandatory subject of bargaining.

If union stewards and local union officials are granted superseniority,they will be the last individuals laid off in their seniority unit.

The LMRA,as amended,makes it unlawful for a union to engage in or encourage a work stoppage to force an employer to assign work to a particular union or craft.

Promotions are personnel changes within an organization that advance an employee to a position of more responsibility,usually accompanied by a wage increase.

Layoff provisions in the majority of union contracts consider seniority is the primary or most important factor in retaining employees during layoffs.

________ concerns employee eligibility for things such as vacation entitlement or scheduling.

Which of the following individuals are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)Act requires employers of 100 or more employees to provide ________ of advance notice to workers of a plant closing or major layoff.

Under the ADA,a person with a disability is broadly defined as including all but which of the following:

Superseniority is a term that means that an employee has the greatest amount of seniority among individuals in a particular job classification.