People
Situation where an individual’s performance on the job is the basis for the amount and timing of pay increases; also called performance-based pay or pay for performance.
What is Merit pay
Organizations that own or control production or service facilities in one or more countries other than the home country.
What are Multinational enterprises (MNEs)
Refers to the number of individuals who report to a supervisor.
What is Span of control
Beliefs and principles defined by an organization to direct and govern its employees’ behavior.
What are Organizational values
Practice of contracting a part of business processes or production to an external company in a country that is relatively close (e.g., within the same own region).
What is Near-shoring
Concise outline of an organization’s strategy, specifying the activities it intends to pursue and the course its management has charted for the future.
What is a Mission statement
U.S. acts that expanded FMLA leave for employees with family members who are covered members of the military.
What are National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA)
Work groups that assist line units by providing specialized services, such as HR.
What are Staff units
Process by which new employees become familiar with the organization and with their specific department, coworkers, and job.
What is Orientation
Landmark 1975 U.S. labor relations case that dealt with the right of a unionized employee to have another person present during certain investigatory interviews.
What is NLRB v. Weingarten
Process of assimilating new employees into an organization through orientation programs and their experiences in their first months of employment.
What is Onboarding
U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirement that individuals purchase health insurance was constitutional but requirement that states expand Medicaid was not.
What is the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
Process of implementing a talent management strategy for identifying and fostering the development of high-potential employees or other job candidates who, over time, may move into leadership positions of increased responsibility.
What is Succession planning
Job evaluation method in which each job is compared with every other job being evaluated; the job with the largest number of “greater than” rankings is the highest-ranked job, etc.
What is Paired-comparison method
Employees covered under U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act regulations, including minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.
What are Nonexempt employees
Training provided to employees at the work site utilizing demonstration and performance of job tasks.
What is On-the-job training (OJT)
U.S. act that protected and encouraged the growth of the union movement; established workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively with employers.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Action taken in support of another union that is striking the employer.
What is a Sympathy strike
Occurs when there is only a small difference in pay between employees regardless of their experience, skills, level, or seniority; also known as salary compression.
What is Pay compression
Medical condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment.
What is Occupational illness
Acquisition and/or transfer of knowledge within an organization through activities or processes that may occur at several organizational levels; ability of an organization to learn from its mistakes and adjust its strategy accordingly.
What is Organizational learning
Refers to the country (including those that no longer exist) of one’s birth or of one’s ancestors’ birth.
What is National origin
Development and integration of HR processes that attract, develop, engage, and retain the knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees that will meet current and future organizational needs.
What is Talent management
Situation where an individual’s performance on the job is the basis for the amount and timing of pay increases; also called merit pay or performance-based pay.
What is Pay for performance (P4P, PfP)
Injury that results from a work-related accident or exposure involving a single incident in the work environment.
What is Occupational injury