Role of Human Resources
Terms
Paying Employees
Labor Unions & HR Responsibilities
Solving Disputes
200

When creating a job listing, this includes responsibilities that would be required for a job.

What is a job description?

200

Familiarizing newly hired employees with coworkers, company procedures, and introducing them to their workplace.

What is orientation?

200

Paying a percentage of the employee’s wages based on their sales.

What is commission?

200

Replacing employees who left the company for any reason.

What is turnover/separation?

200

Refusing to work until labor disputes are solved.

What is a strike?

400

Potential employees from outside the company.

What are external applicants?

400

The step in the selection process that includes personality and drug tests.

What is testing?

400

The financial payment based on how much an employee worked.

What are wages?

400

Employee organizations formed to deal with employers for achieving better pay, hours, and working conditions.

What are labor unions?

400

Attempts to keep people from purchasing the products of a company.

What are boycotts?
600

Forming a pool of qualified applicants for management to select employees from.

What is recruiting?

600

This is the process of collecting information about applicants and using that information to make hiring decisions.

What is selection?

600

A fixed financial payment on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis.

What is salary?

600

Moving to another job within the company, with similar ranking and wage.

What is transfer?
600

A third-party who can be brought in to help settle a dispute who's input is not legally binding.

What is a mediator?
800

Existing employees that can apply to fill job openings.

What are internal applicants?

800

Increasing the skills and knowledge of workers to help them prepare for more responsibilities.

What is development?

800

Advancing a current employee to a higher-level job that is often higher paid – and filling the now vacant position

What is promotion?

800

The negotiation process between labor union representatives and a company.

What is collective bargaining?

800

Refusal to let employees work.

What is a lockout?
1000

Within a job posting, this would include what qualifications (education or experience) is required for a job.

What is a job specification?

1000

Verifying the applicant’s previous work experience or education.

What is reference checking?

1000

Employers can provide this. Examples include pension plans, health insurance, and vacation/holiday pay.

What are benefits?

1000

Agreements that often last 2 to 4 years and include agreed upon wages, hours, and working conditions.

What are labor contracts?

1000

Third party participants whose solutions are legally binding and enforceable.

What are arbitrators?