Employee Rights and Responsibilities

Question 1

Rights

Answer 1

Powers, privileges, or interests derived from law, nature, or tradition.

Question 2

Statutory rights

Answer 2

Rights based on laws or statutes passed by federal, state, or local governments.

Question 3

Responsibilities

Answer 3

Obligation to perform certain tasks and duties.

Question 4

Contractual rights

Answer 4

Rights based on a specific contract between and employer and an employee.

Question 5

Employment contract

Answer 5

Formal agreement that outlines the details of employment.

Question 6

Noncompete agreements

Answer 6

Agreements the prohibit individuals who leave an organization from working with an employer in the same line of business for a specified period of time.

Question 7

Employment-at-will

Answer 7

(EAW) A common-law doctrine stating that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, or promote whomever they choose, unless there is a law or a contract to the contrary. Needs to be consistent.

Question 8

Wrongful discharge

Answer 8

Termination of an individual’s employment for reasons that are illegal or improper.

Question 9

Constructive discharge

Answer 9

Process of deliberately making conditions intolerable to get an employee to quit.

Question 10

Just cause

Answer 10

Reasonable justification for taking employment related action.

Question 11

Due process

Answer 11

Requirement that the employer use a fair process to determine employee wrongdoing and that the employee have an opportunity to explain and defend his or her actions.

Question 12

Distributive justice

Answer 12

Perceived fairness in the distribution of outcomes.

Question 13

Procedural justice

Answer 13

Perceived fairness of the processes used to make decisions about employees.

Question 14

Interactional justice

Answer 14

Perceived fairness about how a person interacts with others.

Question 15

Open-door policy

Answer 15

A policy in which anyone with a complaint can talk with a manager, and HR representative, or an executive.

Question 16

Arbitration

Answer 16

Process that uses a neutral third party to make a decision.

Question 17

Ombuds

Answer 17

Individuals outside the normal chain of command who act a problem solvers for both management and employees.

Question 18

Right to privacy

Answer 18

An individual’s freedom from unauthorized and unreasonable intrusion into personal affairs.

Question 19

Whistle-blowers

Answer 19

Individuals who report real or perceived wrongs committed by their employers.

Question 20

Policies

Answer 20

General guidelines that focus organizational actions.

Question 21

Procedures

Answer 21

Customary methods of handling activities.

Question 22

Rules

Answer 22

Specific guidelines that regulate and restrict that behavior of individuals.

Question 23

Discipline

Answer 23

Form of training that enforces organizational rules.

Question 24

Discharge

Answer 24

When an employee is removed from a job at an employer.

Question 25

Separation agreement

Answer 25

Agreement in which a terminated employee agrees not to sue the employer in exchange for specified benefits.

Question 26

Harassment

Answer 26

Repeated, harmful actions to the extent that it reasonably prohibits an employee from implementing their work.

Question 27

Defamation

Answer 27

A communication that damages an individual’s reputation and is untrue. Slander is spoken/libel is written.