PHR Study Guide-Employee and Labor Relations CORRECT 100%
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"When the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment, Title VII is violated." This is a statement made with regard to which of the ...
PHR Study Guide-Employee and Labor
Relations CORRECT 100%
"When the workplace is permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult that is
sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive
working environment, Title VII is violated." This is a statement made with regard to which of the
following sexual-harassment court cases?
a. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
b. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc
c. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
d. Burlington Industries b. Ellerth - ANSWER Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc
A supervisor has called an employee in for an interview about an inventory shortage. when the
supervisor begins asking questions, the employee invokes his Weingarten rights. The supervisor has the
option to do which of the following?
a. Stop the discussion while the employee calls an attorney
b. Stop the discussion until the shop steward is available upon return from vacation in 4 days.
c. Discontinue the interview, and make the determination based on other evidence and documentation.
d. Continue the interview while waiting for a co-worker to return from lunch. - ANSWER Discontinue the
interview, and make the determination based on other evidence and documentation.
A union philosophy statement may have all of the following except which?
a. A statement of the company's desire to remain union free
b. Factual statements about the disadvantages of unions in the labor/management relationship.
c. A description of what a union cannot do for the employees.
d. A promise of extended benefits if the company remains union free - ANSWER A promise of extended
benefits if the company remains union free
A union security clause that requires all employees to join the union after they are hired is called what?
, a. An agency shop clause
b. A union shop clause
c. A closed shop clause
d. A maintenance of membership clause - ANSWER A union shop clause
During a representation election, votes can be challenged by whom?
a. By management or the union at any time
b. By management or the union before the votes are cast
c. By management only
d. By the union only - ANSWER By management or the union before the votes are cast
During a unionizing campaign, management may do which of the following in response to union
allegations?
a. Point out the consequences of unionization based on past facts.
b. Encourage nonunion employees to talk about the reasons they
don't want the union.
c. Tell employees that the company will have to move the jobs to another country if the union is elected.
d. Ask employees what the union is saying about the company. - ANSWER Point out the consequences of
unionization based on past facts.
Employee pension rights are protected by which of the following acts or regulations?
a. The Sherman Antitrust Act
b. Executive Order 11246
c. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
d. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act - ANSWER Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act
Employee Weingarten rights established which of the following acts regulations?
a. Employers have the right to deny the presence of a co-worker in an investigatory interview.
b. Employees have the right to consult with an attorney post-discipline.
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