Deck 8: Administrative Issues

Question 1

Employees do not have a right to refuse to perform work that they believe represents a serious threat to their safety or health.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Seniority is commonly used outside of North America as a key factor in determining issues such as layoff or promotion decisions.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Superseniority is a term that means that an employee has the greatest amount of seniority among individuals in a particular job classification.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Technological progress in the U.S.has resulted in higher productivity,the elimination of many menial and dangerous jobs,higher wages,shorter hours,and a higher standard of living.

Question 5

Subcontracting of bargaining unit work is not a mandatory subject of bargaining.

Question 6

The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed because few labor agreements contained any contract language relating to the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment.

Question 7

When a contract requires bargaining unit work to be performed only by bargaining unit employees except in emergencies,management has wide discretion in its interpretation of the term "emergencies."

Question 8

The type of seniority rights used to determine eligibility for vacations,pensions,and holidays is called job rights seniority.

Question 9

It is a generally accepted labor relations principle that management has the right to schedule work unless such right is restricted by the labor agreement.

Question 10

The LMRA,as amended,makes it unlawful for a union to engage in or encourage a work stoppage to force an employer to assign work to a particular union or craft.

Question 11

Job security work rules when carried to an extreme are called featherbedding.

Question 12

Promotions are personnel changes within an organization that advance an employee to a position of more responsibility,usually accompanied by a wage increase.

Question 13

In recent years auto manufacturers have increased the use of outsourcing.

Question 14

Unionized firms provide fewer hours of formal training to employees than nonunion firms.

Question 15

Automation refers to changes in the production process that result from the introduction of laborsaving machinery and changes in material handling and work flow.

Question 16

Some employers use flexible work schedules as a hiring incentive to attract applicants in occupations with a current labor shortage.

Question 17

If union stewards and local union officials are granted superseniority,they will be the last individuals laid off in their seniority unit.

Question 18

One reason some unions do not readily accept new technology is that management and employees still have mistrust for one another.

Question 19

Layoff provisions in the majority of union contracts consider seniority is the primary or most important factor in retaining employees during layoffs.

Question 20

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act permits unionized firms to negotiate advance notice of a plant closing or major layoff of more than 60 days.

Question 21

________ concerns employee eligibility for things such as vacation entitlement or scheduling.

A) Competitive job rights seniority
B) Superseniority
C) Benefit rights seniority
D) Administrative seniority
E) Competitive job rights seniority and benefit rights seniority

Question 22

Electronic monitoring of employees is a useful way to:

A) increase productivity.
B) objectively evaluate their performance.
C) plan for future business needs.
D) prevent theft or other unlawful activity on company property.
E) all of these

Question 23

Payment for work that is not needed,workers working at reduced speed,and workers duplicating the work of others are examples of:

A) subcontracting.
B) outsourcing.
C) featherbedding.
D) hot cargo.
E) outsourcing with subcontracting.

Question 24

Jurisdictional disputes can occur when:

A) court decisions are appealed to a higher court.
B) employees work for more than one employer.
C) state regulations are contradicted by federal regulations.
D) two or more unions claim jurisdiction over specific work assignments.
E) court decisions are appealed to a higher court and state regulations are contradicted by federal regulations.

Question 25

Which one of the following decisions would not involve the use of job rights seniority?

A) job transfer
B) sick leave
C) promotion
D) layoff or recall
E) all of these would involve the use of job rights seniority

Question 26

Since passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):

A) employers have lost the majority of federal court cases involving ADA claims.
B) labor force participation rates have increased for moderately disabled persons but remained low for severely disabled persons.
C) employers are required to make an accommodation for a disabled person even if that action would violate a term or condition of an existing labor agreement (e.g., seniority rights).
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 27

Under the ADA,a person with a disability is broadly defined as including all but which of the following:

A) a person with a record of such a physical or mental impairment.
B) a person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits that person in some major life activity.
C) a person who is regarded as having such an impairment.
D) persons who consider themselves as having a major life impairment.
E) all of these are included in the ADA definition of a person with a disability

Question 28

The primary purpose for granting superseniority to union officials involved in contract negotiation and administration activities is:

A) to protect them from layoff.
B) to assure preferential treatment in promotions.
C) to increase their job satisfaction.
D) to guarantee pay for time spent handling union business during working hours.
E) to provide them an incentive for cooperating with management.

Question 29

The federal agency responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination in employment provisions of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)is:

A) ADA agency.
B) Department of Labor
C) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
D) Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service.
E) Department of Disabilities.

Question 30

Which federal agency is authorized under the LMRA to resolve jurisdictional disputes?

A) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
B) National Labor Relations Board
C) National Mediation Board
D) National Joint Board
E) Department of Labor

Question 31

Which of the following safety and health standards are applied by OSHA across all industries?

A) employees have the right to refuse any job assignment where there is a potential for injury.
B) employers are required to grant employees access to the employee's medical records maintained by the employer or any records concerning the employee's exposure to toxic substances.
C) employees must be reimbursed for any purchase they make of protective equipment.
D) employees must maintain an injury/illness log to record the occurrence of off-the-job injuries.
E) all of these are standards applied by OSHA across all industries

Question 32

Which one of the following statements is not true concerning work restructuring programs?

A) employees often demonstrate greatly increased outputs of energy and creativity.
B) tiers of managers are eliminated as employees take over managerial duties.
C) some union leaders contend that work restructuring programs are intended by management to be "union-busting" techniques.
D) all managers openly support the adoption of work restructuring programs.
E) all of these statements are true concerning work restructuring programs.

Question 33

Jurisdictional disputes can occur when:

A) bargaining unit employees believe their work is being assigned to employees outside of the bargaining unit.
B) two or more unions claim jurisdiction over the same work assignments.
C) disagreements occur within the union over particular work assignments.
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 34

Which of the following individuals are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

A) A person who is currently participating in a rehabilitation program and is no longer illegally using drugs.
B) A person who has successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program or who otherwise been rehabilitated and is no longer illegally using drugs.
C) A person who is erroneously regarded as illegally using drugs.
D) All of these
E) A person who is participating in or has successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program or who otherwise been rehabilitated and is no longer illegally using drugs.

Question 35

Featherbedding may be characterized as:

A) requiring standby crews.
B) an exaggerated spreading of the work load among several workers to provide better job security
C) payment for unneeded workers.
D) jobs that duplicate other jobs already being done.
E) all of these

Question 36

______________ occurs when a firm determines that it cannot perform all the tasks that are necessary to operate its business successfully.

A) Subcontracting
B) Outsourcing
C) Strategic partnership
D) Strategic alliance
E) Strategic partnership and alliance

Question 37

Which of the following would be an example of a work restructuring program?

A) self-managed work teams
B) employee involvement program
C) worker participation program
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 38

Issues affecting job security covered by negotiated work rules include which of the following?

A) job content
B) job assignment
C) seniority
D) training
E) all of these

Question 39

Which of the following is not a competitive job right?

A) promotion
B) layoff
C) transfer
D) vacation scheduling
E) none of these are competitive job rights

Question 40

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)Act requires employers of 100 or more employees to provide ________ of advance notice to workers of a plant closing or major layoff.

A) 30 days
B) 7 days
C) 60 days
D) 6 weeks
E) 6 months