Exam 15: Employee Rights and Responsibilities

By law,an employee of a car manufacturer that has taken federal stimulus money has the same whistle-blower protection rights as an employee of the federal Treasury Department..

Which pieces of information SHOULD be filed in an employee's confidential file?

David is an engineer who considers himself a humorist and a "modern-day Mark Twain." As a hobby,he collects e-mails he thinks are entertaining from friends throughout the world using his computer at work.Much of this collection is composed of jokes regarding the president,religious leaders,and blondes.So far,no one at his workplace has complained about David's hobby,and co-workers frequently pop into David's cubicle during their breaks to ask him for the best joke of the day.

One of the difficulties in managing unionized employees is that they regard themselves as free agents,unrestrained by implied or written contracts.

You have been hired to be the first director of HR for Downtown Foodie Grocery,Inc.You are trying to persuade the president of the company to institute a formal complaint procedure.The CEO argues that if there is a complaint procedure it will just encourage employees to make numerous and unsubstantiated complaints and that morale will decline because most of the complaints will be rejected by management.Your most persuasive argument with the CEO will probably be that complaint mechanisms which are viewed by employees as fair and available for use,

Provisions stating that if the individual employee leaves the organization,existing customers and clients cannot be solicited for business for a specific period of time,are contained in a/an

In the landmark EAW case,Fortune v.National Cash Register Company,Mr.Fortune was fired shortly after winning a large order which would have earned him a big commission.The courts ruled that

Explain the growth in alternative means for resolving disputes.Describe three methods of alternative dispute resolution.Why are alternative means of dispute resolution more frequently used?

It is common practice for terminated employees to be removed from the workplace as soon as possible,either without returning to their work station or by requiring the terminated employee to clear out his/her work station under the supervision of security personnel.This policy is intended to

If an employee has a legal right to some benefit,he/she also has a moral right to it.

"Each employee of Biloxi Bend Chemicals must maintain a land-line telephone connection at home so that the organization may be more likely to contact him/her in case of emergency.This is a condition for continued employment." This is an example of a

Typically,HR managers

You are HR director of a rural,Southwestern bank with three branches.One of the tellers,Stacy,has a weekend career in which she performs at rodeos doing daring feats of horsemanship wearing scanty outfits.She has become well-known in the area,and clients will come into the bank and wave hi to "Racy Stacy." Stacy always dresses and behaves professionally at work,but you are concerned that her sideline job is demeaning to the bank's image.

Managers may be reluctant to use discipline.Which of the following is NOT a reason for this reluctance?

Which of the following categories of employee are typically protected from firing except for just cause?

Which of the following employer actions would most likely be a violation of employee privacy?

Employee abuse of legal substances such as alcohol are not typically detrimental to their productivity.

Employers can bring in private investigators without telling the employees under investigation or getting their permission,if the situation is covered by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.

Since employee rights based on tradition,they are timeless and unchanging.

Wallace is widely disliked by his co-workers,although he has a good performance record and has never had any disciplinary actions taken against him.The problems with Wallace center mainly around his lack of personal hygiene and "unrefined" manners.Wallace's supervisor has changed Wallace's job duties to include work Wallace considers demeaning.She has required him to work overtime when his co-workers have not had to do so.She has also begun reprimanding him in front of co-workers for behaviors that had previously not been mentioned.She has posted work samples on the office bulletin board under the heading "The Good,The Bad,and The Ugly" with Wallace's photo posted under "Ugly." Wallace could have a case for