Exam 14: Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline

Managers that suspect drug use is the source of an employee's performance problems,should most likely:

Which of the following is a serious violation that would most likely lead to a shortening of the discipline process?

During an interview,the hiring manager tells the job candidate,"You'll always have a job here." That statement most likely constitutes a(n):

An employee's expectation of fair and ethical treatment,in return for providing fair and reasonable amounts of work with a certain degree of quality,is called:

Odette is talking with one of her employees about his inappropriate behavior on the job.She explains the negative consequences the employee faces unless he changes his behavior.Odette is most likely involved in:

Which of the following countries has the most significant shoplifting and employee theft problems?

Employees who are wrongfully discharged under the employment-at-will doctrine:

Positive discipline poses certain advantages over progressive discipline in that positive discipline features a structure and a series of steps a manager must move through,which progressive discipline does not.

An employee's challenge of a manager's disciplinary action will most likely raise questions about:

Which of the following is a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

A file maintained for each employee,containing the documentation of critical HR-related information is referred to as a(n)________.

Surveys of workers on the issue of random drug testing show that:

________ is a series of management interventions that gives employees opportunities to correct undesirable behaviors before being discharged.

The ________ is a model of disciplinary action-discipline should be immediate,provide ample warning,and be consistently applied to all.

Additional Case 14.2 Gloria, an employee at Hamilton Resources, which is a unionized company, has performance and absenteeism problems. Gloria's manager, Dean, wants to fire her immediately. As the HR manager at Hamilton, you explain to Dean that he needs to try to improve the employee's performance first and save termination as a last resort. Sometime later, the CEO asks you to review and update the firm's employee discipline process. He wants to give employees as much responsibility for their own performance improvement as possible. He is also willing to invest in management training to ensure the best and most fair process. As HR manager, you will be responsible for training managers on the new discipline process. -Refer to Additional Case 14.2.Hamilton's discipline program must include which of the following to be legally defensible and warranted?

Which of the following is a statutory right?

The performance test is an alternative to drug testing that does not invade employee privacy but still determines employees' fitness for work.

The rights to hire,promote,and determine pay levels for employees are examples of:

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

An employer's rights under employment-at-will are unlimited.