Ch 8 & 14
A process, typically performed annually by a supervisor for a subordinate, designed to help employees understand their roles, objectives, expectations, and performance success.
What is a performance appraisal.
When a company prohibits employees from revealing their compensation information to anyone.
What is pay secrecy.
Services provided by employers to help workers cope with a wide variety of problems that interfere with the way they perform their jobs.
What are Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Treatment that punishes.
What is discipline.
Complaints to government agencies by employees about their employers' illegal or immoral acts or illegal practices.
What is whistle-blowing.
This is used as a way to achieve results that cannot be achieved individually.
Which is why employees unionize.
It is the standard by which managers tie compensation to employee effort and performance.
What is pay-for-performance standard.
To improve employee work satisfaction, is a primary objective of this.
What are benefit programs.
This is when a promise by the employer suggests some form of job security to the employee.
What is implied contract.
The right an employer to fire an employee without giving a reason and the right of an employee to quit when he or she chooses.
What is employment-at-will principle.
Wages, vacations, holidays, and work schedules are examples of this.
What are items in a labor agreement.
This is a statement of an employee's worth by an employer; also is a perception of worth by an employee.
What is pay or compensation.
High demand, high effort, low control, and low reward are all contributors to this.
What is job stress and burnout.
This is the failure to use a reasonable amount of care when such failure results in injury to another person.
What is negligence.
Access to this is exercised through the right to know, right to inspect and right to correct.
What is personnel file.
A philosophy of management that rates performance on the basis of employee achievement of goals set by mutual agreement of employee and manager. Also acronym is MBO.
What is Management by Objectives.
The oldest incentive plans are based on this.
What is piecework.
Number of injuries and illnesses X 200,000 / total hours worked by all employees during the period covered
What is incidence rate.
organizations that discipline employees for off-duty misconduct must establish a clear relationship between the misconduct and its negative effect on other employees or the organization.
What is off-duty employee conduct.
Prevents ex-employee from working for competitor for stated period of time.
What is non-compete agreement.
This evaluation instrument utilizes the feedback all around the individual.
What is a 360-degree appraisal or evaluation.
This is the determinant associated with plan implementation and administration.
What is overhead costs.
To "assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvements in workplace safety and health."
What is Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Prevents ex-employees from soliciting clients from former employer for period of time.
What is non-piracy agreements.
Company owns thoughts/ideas during company time employment.
What is intellectual property agreement.