Government Structure and Labor relations Flashcards
what are the 3 Branches of Federal government?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
what are the 5 Federal agencies
The department of Labor
The department of homeland security
The department of health and human services
The department of justice
The internal revenue service
Federal Agencies:
What does the department of labor do?
The Department of Labor oversees many aspects of the work environment, including wages, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, and working conditions. One particularly relevant agency of the department is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which seeks to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths either directly or through OSHA-approved state programs.
Because most fire fighters are considered public sector employees, not private employees, they are subject to state programs, not the federal OSHA mandates. However, most state programs closely follow federal OSHA requirements.
Federal Agencies:
The department of homeland security.
(4)
U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)
Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Agencies:
what does the Department of health and human services do?
The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
It includes both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The CDC is an especially important resource on tracking health risks and the prevention of both disease and injury. NIOSH is well-known in the fire service, particularly for its Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, which has been reviewing line-of-duty deaths in the fire service since 1998 to investigate the causes and formulate recommendations for preventing future deaths and injuries.
state agencies (4)
- Fire marshal - often charged with managing fire prevention program, advising state legislature, and providing fire training
- Fire commission - not in all states; provides certification and training
- State OSH plans - serves same function as federal OSHA (protecting workers and making work environments safe) but covers fire fighters, too
- Forestry department - assists with wildland and rural fires.
Local government tiers?
- counties
- Municipalities and townships
How are laws made?
1.Citizens, agencies, or other community members provide awareness of the need for a law.
2.Council members (or the mayor) formally propose a law.
3.Research is conducted and opinions sought to determine the impact, usefulness, and feasibility of such a law.
municipalities have numerous agencies that a fire department need to interact with who are they? (6)
Judicial system
Street department
Water department
Zoning commission
Building department
Law enforcement agency
Types of Municipal Government?
Commission government
Town meeting government
Mayor-council government
Manager-council government.
Labor-Management Agreements
2 most common
Labor contract – a legally binding agreement, negotiated between a labor organization and management; used where collective bargaining is permitted
MOU – (memorandum of understanding) a less formal, less powerful agreement, used where collective bargaining is not permitted
Open shop (closed shop, union shop, agency shop) definition:
Lawful provision permitting employee to freely decide whether to join union (alternatives include “closed shop,” “union shop,” and “agency shop,” whereby recruits are required to join a union before being hired, required to join after some time after being hired, not required to join but required to pay membership fees nonetheless, respectively)
The National Labor Relations Act is essentially comprised of three sections:
Rules and regulations for holding elections to determine whether a majority of employees wish to be represented by a union
A compilation of defined unfair labor practices by employers
A similar complement of defined unfair labor practices by unions
NLRA
National Labor Relations Act
How many steps in the grievance procedure?
- Verbal communication of grievance
- written communication of grievance ( 10 days to respond or resolve)
- Written communication of grievance to higher-ranking officer ( 10 days to respond or resolve)
4.Written communication of grievance to fire chief. ( 10 days to respond or resolve)
