Legislation Module 5 labor and employment

Question 1

Age discrimination in employment act

Answer 1

ADEA
Employees over 840 cannot be forced into retirement and less there are job-related deficiencies in their performance.
As a general rule employers are expected to evaluate the performance of the older workers and as long as they can do the job they cannot be forced to retire only a very few exceptions to this rule have been approved so just with the airline pilot and copilot where the deterioration inability to get age is so difficult to evaluate that an age limit has been granted.

Question 2

Consolidated Omnibus Budget reconciliation act of 1985

Answer 2

COBRA
Requires most employers to offer terminated or voluntarily separated employees the option of remaining members of the companies group health plans at their own expense for up to 18 months

Question 3

ERISA

Answer 3

Employee retirement income security act of 1974 government pensions and employee welfare benefit plans please need to receive a summary plan description for the benefits they will be offered in early retirement

Question 4

WARN

Answer 4

Worker adjustment and retraining notification act 1988. The worker adjustment and retaining notification act requires companies with 100 error more full-time employees to give 60 day advance notice of plant closings or layoffs that affect large numbers of workers. This law helps workers who are scheduled to lose their jobs to know in advance about the pending lay off so they can begin making alternative plans.
For plant closings noticed is required when 50 or more employees at one site are to lose their jobs for layouts that are scheduled to last more than six months notice is required if it affects 50 or more workers who can provide comprise at least 30% 33% of the workforce that one site.
Notice also is required if the six month layoff will put 500 or more of plays out of work regardless of whether they comprise 33% of the workforce.

Question 5

Older workers benefit protection act

Answer 5

Act requires that employees 40 or older who are asked to sign releases be given certain information about early retirement programs and a fair opportunity to consider it:
Release must contain:
Written language that is understandable specify that it covers claims potentially arising under the ADEA excluded from coverage claims arising after the day design the consideration provided for signing the release must be in addition to anything else gameplay might expect to receive the agreement let’s advice a person to consult an attorney the person must be given at least 21 days to consider to sorrow or 45 days if the releases for a group that is being terminated and they must allow seven days to revoke the release after signing it. If the releases for a group of employees the person must be informed of the class affected by the program eligibility factors for the program.

Question 6

Civil service reform act 1978

Answer 6

To provide federal employees with many of the same collective-bargaining protections as the national Labor relations act
For public sector federal state employees only concerning labor relations.

The federal labor relations council is the police that performs some of the same functions as the and LRB does for private employees there for the civil service reform act is executed by the federal labor relations council
The federal labor relations council does a number of things the composition of bargaining units, orders and supervises elections, disqualify selections for corrupt or undemocratic actions, and decide on labor practice charges. Experience shows that the council has adopted many of the National Labor Relations Board guidelines.

Question 7

The postal reorganization act 1970.

Answer 7

Provided for interest arbitration among postal employees and subsequently several states have enacted compulsatory interest arbitration provisions. Experience suggests that interest arbitration which requires the voluntary consent of both parties tends to to reduce strikes by public employees by giving them a viable substitute for resolving in passes. Government employees legally are not allowed to strike many government employees believe their inability to strike creates a serious disadvantage for them at the state and local level strikes are permitted to some extent in 14 states other states do not permit strikes but have moderate strike panel he said do not prevent them in general locker Hibbing lot employees strikes have not been successful in illuminating strikes. A major difference from federal union versus private unions is that Ferrell unions are prohibited from striking against the federal government or any agency of it. A federal service in pase panel is responsible for settling in passes in bargaining the panel off and obtains assistance from the federal mediation and conciliation service.