Legislation
The EEOC was created as a result of a revision to which Act?
Civil Rights Act
The National Labor Relations Act created this agency, whose responsibility is to investigate unfair labor practices and preside over labor union elections.
National Labor Relations Board
This mandatory benefit provide medical care and compensation to injured workers on a no-fault basis.
This type of training method should occur in the actual work station where the task will be performed.
A written signed document between an employer entity and a labor organization specifying the terms and conditions of employment for a specified period of time is referred to as ______________.
a collective bargaining agreement
This law make it unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities in all employment and employment-related practices.
The federal commission created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish and monitor employment standards in the United States is ___________________
Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission
A group health insurance term that requires an individual to pay a flat fee each time they have an office visit, regardless of the cost of the procedure.
co-pay
A ___ ____ identifies specific tasks to be done in a job as well as the knowledge and skills workers must have to complete the tasks. This data can them be used to put together a job description.
job analysis
This type of strike is illegal because employees have the right to be on company property only to work.
A sitdown strike
Term that describes the geographic area in which a law is enforceable.
Jurisdiction
This agency was established in 1970 after President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
A voluntary benefit that allows employees to set aside pretax earnings to pay for health costs, certain medications, and other services such as child care.
Flexible spending account
A management technique which involved managers wanders around through the workplace to note deviations from operational standards.
Management by walking around
This type of strike occurs when employees strike because their employer does business with another employer whose workers are on strike.
A friend who works for a company with hundreds of full-time employees tells you she showed up for work this morning and received a layoff slip. She says over 500 employees were laid off in total, and she says her employer gave no warning. This employer has violated which of the following laws?
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
This federal agency was created by Title VII of the Civil Service Reform act of 1978 which allows certain non-postal federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and to participate through labor organizations of their choice in decisions affecting their working lives.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Retirement benefits that are based on the length of service and average earnings of an employee are called _______________.
___ is the process of providing new employees with basic information that everyone in their department must know and that is unique to their department.
Induction
These contract clauses outline seven specific guidelines for employee discipline or termination.
Just Cause
This Act made unfair labor practices by unions illegal.
The Taft Hartley Act
This cabinet level department of the U.S. federal government is responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services and some economic statistics.
Department of Labor
This program is based on contributions that workers make into the system. While you're employed, you pay into the fund; you receive benefits later on, when it's your turn to retire. Contributions take the form of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes that are withheld from most paychecks.
Social Security
A __ ___ describes how one task in the task list should be performed by breaking it down.
Task Breakdown
Union organizers are circulating authorization cards among employees in hopes of forcing an election. How many employees must sign authorization cards in favor of a single union to force an election?
30 percent