HRCI PHR / SPHR Employee and Employer Collective Bargaining Questions and Answers 2023/2024

HRCI PHR / SPHR Employee and Employer Collective Bargaining Questions and Answers 2023/2024 Absentee Policy - correct answer sick time allowed, using sick time, inappropriate sick leave, disciplinary actions Ad hoc arbitrator - correct answer A person selected to hear a single case between two parties in conflict. Advancement Barriers - correct answer EEO regulations not enforced, practices that hinder advancement, lack of education Agency Shop - correct answer Clause that states that even if workers do not join the union, they must still pay the equivalent of dues to the union. Agent-principal relationship - correct answer Principle under which regulations on unfair labor practices that apply to employers and unions also apply to acts of their agents. Ally Doctrine - correct answer States that when a struck employer effectively uses the employees of an ally as strike breakers and when a union extends its primary picketing to this employer, no violation of the LMRA's secondary boycott prohibitions exists. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - correct answer Umbrella term used to describe a number of problem-solving and grievance resolution approaches. Arbitration - correct answer Procedure in which disputes are submitted to one or more impartial persons for final determination. Arbitrator panel - correct answer three arbitrators chose to handle a specific dispute Attorney Work Product - correct answer Materials used in preparing a legal case (e.g., written reports, notes, data); usually excluded from discovery phase. Authorization cards - correct answer Cards signed by employees to indicate that they want union representation. Bannering - correct answer Union practice of displaying a banner outside the property of an employer to advertise union's message. Bargaining Unit - correct answer Group of employees a union wants to represent. Behavioral Issues - correct answer absenteeism leads to incomplete work, insubordination is an inability to follow instructions Binding Arbitration Decision - correct answer parties in a dispute must accept the arbitration decision, decision is final Bumping - correct answer Giving more-senior workers whose jobs have been eliminated the right to transfer into jobs of less-senior workers. Cat's Paw Principle - correct answer Legal principle in which, for example, an HR department is culpable for discrimination even though HR had no desire to discriminate, such as when HR is persuaded to take an adverse action against an employee with protected status by other biased employees who wish to discriminate against the individual.