Organization: Employee and Labor Relations Flashcards
Principle of employment in the U.S. that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, and promote whomever they choose for any reason unless there is a law or contract to the contrary and that employees have the right to quit a job at any time.
Employment at-will
Common form of post-employment agreement, especially in knowledge industries, in which employee agrees not to discuss knowledge gained during employment.
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA)
Orderly way to resolve differences of opinion.
Grievance procedure
Work stoppages at union contract operations that have not been sanctioned by the union.
Wildcat strike
Action of an employer to shut down operations to prevent employees from working.
Lockout
Groups that represent employees, generally on a local or organizational level, for the primary purpose of receiving from employers and conveying to employees information about the workforce and the health of the enterprise.
Works councils
Method of nonbinding dispute resolution by which a neutral third party tries to help disputing parties reach a mutually agreeable decision; also called mediation
Conciliation
Group of workers who coordinate their activities to achieve common goals in their relationship with an employer or group of employers; also called trade union.
Labor union
Ownership of innovation by an individual or business enterprise; includes patented, trademarked, or copyrighted property.
Intellectual property (IP)
Method of nonbinding dispute resolution by which a neutral third party tries to help disputing parties reach a mutually agreeable decision; also called conciliation.
Mediation
Form of corrective discipline that implements increasingly severe penalties for employees.
Constructive discipline
Attempt by a union to influence an employer by putting pressure on another employer, for example, a supplier.
Secondary action
Agreement that requires specific contractors to accept certain conditions in project contracts, such as paying a fair wage and contributing to health insurance, pension, and training funds.
Project labor agreement (PLA)
Action taken in support of another union that is striking the employer.
Sympathy strike
Refusal by workers to work; also refusal by workers to leave their workstations, making it impossible for the employer to use replacement workers.
Sit-down strike
Process by which management and union representatives negotiate the employment conditions for a particular bargaining unit for a designated period of time
Collective bargaining
Violation of employee rights; act prohibited under labor relations statutes.
Unfair labor practice (ULP)
Method of dispute resolution by which disputing parties agree to be bound by the decision of one or more impartial persons to whom they submit their dispute for final determination.
Arbitration
Broad statement that reflects an organization’s philosophy, objectives, or standards concerning a particular set of management or employee activities.
Policy
Umbrella term for the various approaches and techniques, other than litigation, that can be used to resolve a dispute.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Form of corporate governance that requires a typical management board and a supervisory board and that allows management and employees to participate in strategic decision making.
Codetermination
Situation in which workers slow processes by performing tasks exactly to specifications or according to job or task descriptions.
Work-to-rule
Various forms of collective employee actions taken to protest work conditions or employer actions.
Industrial actions
Common form of post-employment agreement that prevents employee from leaving to work for one of employer’s competitors.
Non-compete agreement (NCA)
