Chapter 28 Flashcards
A common law doctrine under which either party may terminate an employment relationship at anytime for any reason, unless otherwise specified.
Employment at Will
An employee’s disclosure o govt. authorities, upper level managers, or the media that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities.
Whistleblowing
An employer’s termination of an employee’s employment in violation of the law or an employment contract.
Wrongful Discharge
The lowest wage that an employer may pay an hourly worker.
Minimum Wage
State statutes that establish an administrative process for compensating workers for injuries that arise in the course of their employment, regardless of fault.
Worker’s Comp. Laws
The creation of an absolute or unconditional right or power.
Vesting
The process of verifying the employment eligibility and ID of a new worker. It must be completed within three days after the worker commences employment.
I-9 Verification
A firm that requires union membership by its workers as a condition of employment.
Closed Shop
A firm that requires all workers, once employed, to become union members within a specified period of time as a condition of their continued employment.
Union Shop
A state law providing that employees may not be required to join a union as a condition of retaining employment.
Right to Work Law
An illegal agreement in which employers voluntarily agree with unions not to handle, use, or deal in the nonunion produced goods of other employers.
Hot Cargo Agreement
A card signed by an employee that gives a union permission to act on their behalf in negotiations with management.
Authorization Card
The process by which labor and management negotiate the terms and conditions of employment, including working hours and workplace conditions.
Collective Bargaining
An action undertaken by unionized workers when collective bargaining fails. The workers leave picket the employer’s workplace.
Strike
An action in which an employer shuts down to prevent employees from working, typically because it cannot reach a collective bargaining agreement with the employee’s union.
Lockout
