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Favoritism shown to relatives by individuals in a position of authority, such as managers or supervisors.
What is nepotism?
Legal terminology essentially meaning "this for that" or “what for what”. It is the concept of getting something of value in exchange for giving something of value
What is quid pro quo?
A legal term describing certain groups, such as women, older and disabled individuals, and minorities.
What is protected class?
The practice of relocating business processes, such as production/manufacturing, to a lower cost international location.
What is offshoring?
A situation occurring when only a small difference in pay exists between employees, regardless of their knowledge, skills, abilities or experience. Oftentimes, it is the result of a market-rate for a given job surpassing the increases historically awarded to long-term employees
What is wage compression (pay compression) ?
A graphic representation outlining how authority and responsibility are distributed within an organization.
What is organizational chart?
The willful or repeated disobedience to an order or
directive from a higher level manager or superior to a
subordinate.
What is insubordination?
A contractual agreement between an employer and an external third-party provider whereby the employer transfers responsibility and management for certain HR, benefit or training-related functions or services to the external provider.
What is outsourcing?
The smallest hourly wage that an employee may be paid for all hours worked, as mandated by federal or state law.
What is minimum wage?
Training provided to employees by managers and supervisors; conducted at the actual worksite utilizing demonstration and actual performance of job tasks to be accomplished.
What is on-the-job-training?
An employee who does not meet any one of the Fair Labor Standards Act exemption tests and is paid on an hourly basis and covered by wage and hour laws regarding hours worked, overtime pay, etc.
What is nonexempt employee?
A periodic review and evaluation of an individual's job performance.
What is performance review, (performance appraisal)?
The systematic process of gathering and examining and interpreting data regarding the specific tasks comprising a job.
What is job analysis?
A claim made against an employer based on the premise of an employer’s obligation to not hire an applicant the employer knew or should have known was unsuitable and likely to behave inappropriately toward other employees.
What is negligent hiring?
Modifying or adjusting a job process or a work environment to better enable a qualified individual with a disability to be considered for or perform the essential functions of a job.
What is reasonable accommodations?
A written document outlining an individual’s work experience, skills, educational background, accomplishments and other related information supporting his or her career goal.
What is a resume?
A contract restricting an employee from obtaining employment with a competitor within a specified industry, distance and/or time frame.
What is noncompete agreement?
A rule allowing an employee or employer to terminate the employment relationship at any time for any or no reason at all.
What is "at-will"?
A formal organization certified by the National Labor Relations Board and authorized to act on behalf of employees regarding wages, benefits, working conditions, conditions of employment and job security.
What is Union?
A contract restricting an employee from disclosing confidential or proprietary information.
What is nondisclosure agreement (NDA)?
The introduction of employees to their jobs, co-workers and the organization by providing them with information regarding such items as policies, procedures, company history, goals, culture and work rules.
What is orientation?
A method used to group jobs together that have approximately the same relative internal worth and are paid at the same rate.
What are pay grades?
An injury sustained during the course of employment, which results in the employee requiring medical treatment other then minor first aid and which results in the employee being absent from work as a result of such injury for one or more work days or results in work restrictions.
What is occupational injury?
A law setting forth standards that employers must comply with in order to provide working conditions that are safe and free from any health hazards for all employees. Additionally, the law also requires employers to provide employees with protection against workplace hazards that could result in illness, injury or death to an individual, as well as to communicate to employees the information on hazardous materials or chemicals they may be required to handle.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970
An incentive payment used to entice employees from leaving the organization. Typically employees are asked to sign an agreement stating they will remain employed for a specific duration or until the completion of a particular task or project in order to be eligible for the bonus
What is a retention bonus?
A state law preventing labor-management agreements requiring an individual to join a union as a condition of employment.
What is Right-to-work?
A __________ interview asks the same questions of each candidate, so that valid comparisons of the quality of responses can be obtained. The questions generally take four job-related forms: situational, observational, personal and behavioral.
What is a structured interview?
The complete pay package awarded employees on an annual basis, including all forms of money, benefits, services and in-kind payments.
What is total compensation?
The process of identifying long-range needs and cultivating a supply of internal talent to meet those future needs. Used to anticipate the future needs of the organization and assist in finding, assessing and developing the human capital necessary to the strategy of the organization.
What is succession planning?
The _________________________ was enacted to increase accountability of corporations to their shareholders in the wake of recent accounting scandals. There are many financial provisions that are not germane to HR basics. Two provisions are of special interest to HR professionals--the whistleblower protection provision and the 401(k) blackout notice provision.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (of 2002)?