Employee And Labor Relations Flashcards
Taft-Hartley Act
Provides balance of power btwn union and management by designating certain union activities as unfair labor practices. Also known as labor mgmt relations act
National labor relations act aka Wagner act
Guaranteed broad rights to organize and bargain collectively unhampered by management. Also established the national labor relations board (nlrb)
Salting
Process using paid union organizers to infiltrate an organization and organize its workers.
Employment at will vs right to work
Eaw- employers hv the right with or without prior notice to fire, hire, demote, promote whomever they choose for any reason unless policy, law, contract stating otherwise.
Right to work- prohibit unions from making union membership (ie payment of union dues) a condition of employment either before or after hire.
Pepsi co vs redmond
Inevitable disclosure. An employee with knowledge of a former employers trade secrets will inevitably disclose the secrets to a new competitor employer.
Chilling
By the nlrb, an employer act that will result in hesitation by an employeeto exercise protected rights
Job enlargement
Broadening the scope of a job byexpanding the number of different tasks to be performed
Job rotation
Shifting ppl between comparable but different jobs. Aka horizontal integration
Job enrichment
Increases depth of a job by adding responsibility for planning, organizing, controlling, and evaluation. Aka vertical integration
Ex. Authority, increasing accountability, sharing feedback directly with employees
Flextime
Allows employees to start and end times to vary
Compressed work week
A full week of work is accomplished in fewer than 5 days. Ex four ten hour days
Part timers working at least 1000 hours are legally required to include them in most retirement plans
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Job sharing
Two part timers share one full time job
Safe harbor
A provision in law or regulation that provides some measure of protection from liability if certain conditions are met
Absence formula
# days lost per month. # ——————————————— = \_\_\_\_\_ = % # employees x # workdays ##
Circuit city stores vs. adams
Court ruled a pre-hire employment application requiring that employment disputes be settled by arbitration was enforceable under federal arbitration act
Section 7 of NLRA
Allows employees to engage or not engage in union activity
Sherman anti-trust act
Curbed concentrations of power that interfered with trade and reduced economic competition. Directed at large monopolistic employers but applied by courts to labor unions
Injunctions
Inions hated the employer tactic of injunctions which is a court orderthat restricts, prevents, or requires certain activities.
Primarily used by employers to prevent strikes and dissipate the workers interest
Clayton act
Amendment to clarify and supplement the anti sherman trust act. Regulates general practices that potentially may be detrimental to fair competition. Minimally restricted use of injunctions
Ex. Price, exclusive dealings, interlocking directorate- one person sits on the board of directors of competing firms, mergers that lessen competition
Stated human beings are not commodities therefore restricted the use of injunctions against labor and peaceful strikes
Railway labor act
Now covers airline industry. Provides railroad employees the right to organize and bargain collectively.
Norris-laguardia act
Limited employers:
Courts were not allowed to issue injunctions on peaceful strikes
Yellow dog contracts- employers could not force employees to not join a union or participate as a condition of employment
National industry recovery act
Extended the policies of the railway labor act to interstate commerce
National labor relations act
Aka: wagner act
To protect and encourage the growth of unions. Provides right to organize, join, established the NLRB.
