Exam 10: Human Resource Management and Labor Relations

The enforcement of equal opportunity legislation is handled by two agencies,the EEOC and OFCCP.

What challenges faced Domino Sugar after Hurricane Katrina? How did Domino respond?

The legal concept of ________ holds that both employer and employee have the mutual right to terminate an employment relationship any time for any reason and without advance notice to the other.

The process by which union leaders and managers negotiate common terms and conditions of employment for the workers represented by unions is called ________.

A(n)________ contains information on each employee's education,skills,work experiences,and career aspirations.

A job description is a document that outlines the duties of a job,working conditions,and the tools,materials,and equipment used to perform it.

Wages refer to compensation usually expressed as an amount paid per year.

Although millions of workers still belong to unions,union membership as a percentage of the total workforce has steadily declined.

________ are employees who are of value because of the knowledge they possess.

Short Case Scenario 10-1 Super TV Channel 6 operates in a major Midwestern city and is on the air 24 hours a day. Labor-management relations there have been relatively good over the years. There are three unions: one for engineers, one for announcers and newspeople, and still another for stagehands and projectionists. As might be expected, the serious concerns of one union usually have no impact whatsoever on the other unions. One Wednesday night, a group of the engineers became very unhappy and called the station manager of Super Channel 6 to say they would be going out on a 24-hour work stoppage that would last from 3:00 p.m. Thursday until 3:00 p.m. Friday. It was not necessary to tell the boss their gripe; he already knew. Sure enough, at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, the engineers walked off the job. The leadership of the union never gave its blessing to this group of engineers walking out and, in fact, urged them to reconsider. When the strike was over and the engineers came back to work at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, the manager said that he would not need them until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. -If Super TV Channel 6 is unable to come to agreement with the engineers,how might a third party assist in the process?

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs enforces affirmative action regulation.

Collective bargaining is the process through which a union is chosen to represent a group of employees.

What options are available to the union when contract negotiations break down?

Bill is able to quit his job at the pickle factory at anytime and without notice under the legal concept of ________.

It is legal for Mary to discharge all her employees without advance notice under the legal concept of ________.

When does the appraisal process begin?

In a ________,workers perform jobs at a slower than normal pace.

Special payments such as for selling a certain dollar amount of goods per year and paid above an employee's salary,are referred to as ________.

Explain the difference between labor relations and labor union.

Employees hired to supplement a firm's permanent workforce are called ________.