Exam 14: Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline

Employee statutory rights are those rights employees are guaranteed by law.

Government workers typically have less protection,in terms of privacy and free speech,than do non-government workers.

Safe working conditions are categorized as:

Moonlighting is best defined as:

Frank,a union member,is discharged by his employer for gross misconduct.When Frank appeals the decision to his union,he is most likely seeking:

When whistleblowing occurs in a company,management should most likely:

A 1991 Federal Railroad Administration report showed that approximately________ of workers involved in railroad accidents tested positive for drugs.

Ed,the operations manager at Ballston Flooring,has scheduled a meeting with an employee who is habitually late for work.During the meeting,which of the following would be most effective for Ed to do?

A discipline procedure that encourages employees to monitor their own behaviors and assume responsibility for their actions is referred to as ________.

Generally speaking,whistleblowers suffer some form of punishment for their actions even when they are in the right.

Which of the following is NOT an employee right that employers must consider?

The most appropriate way to handle an employee with an attendance problem would be to:

Managers can eliminate the need for substantial amounts of employee discipline if selection,training,and performance appraisals are performed according to HR guidelines.

Employee discipline is most frequently handled by:

As a first-line supervisor in a plant,Gerald has questions about the legal requirements regarding safety procedures in the plant.This is covered under:

Which of the following is most likely an example of the ethical treatment of employees?

An employment contract explains the terms of employment relationship for both employee and employer.Employment contracts:

An employee refuses to lobby for his boss' favorite political candidate and is fired as a result.The courts would most likely:

Abraham is an employee for Monumental International,a company that uses a four-step progressive discipline procedure.He has been disciplined three times for the same offense.What is likely to happen the next time Abraham commits the same offense?

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.If Hamilton had a progressive discipline system in place,which of the following would most likely have been Dean's first response to Gloria?