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Part 1: Summary

• Understand risk management and identify its components.

• Discuss three legal areas affecting safety and health.

• Outline the basic provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and recordkeeping and inspection requirements.

• Recognize the activities that constitute effective safety management.

• List three workplace health issues and how employers are responding to them.

• Explain workplace violence as a security issue and name some components of an effective security program.

• Describe the nature and importance of disaster preparation and recovery planning for HR.

References
Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H. and Valentine, S. R. (2014). Human Resource Management, Fourteenth Edition. Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Part 2:

• Describe what a union is and explain why employees join and employers resist unions.

• Outline the current state of union activity in the United States.

• Identify several reasons for the decline in union membership.

• Explain the nature of each of the major U.S. labor laws.

• Describe the stages of the unionization process and the typical collective bargaining process.

• Define grievance and identify the stages in a grievance procedure.

• Understand how unions have been utilized in the global arena.

References
Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H. and Valentine, S. R. (2014). Human Resource Management, Fourteenth Edition. Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Part 3: Summary

• Define employment-at-will and discuss how wrongful discharge, just cause, and due process are interrelated.

• Identify employee rights associated with free speech and access to employee records and free speech.

• Discuss issues associated with workplace monitoring, employer investigations, and drug testing.

• List elements to consider when developing an employee handbook.

• Understand the use of employee discipline in companies and differentiate between the positive and progressive approaches to discipline.

• Outline the issues and procedures related to employee discharge and termination.

References
Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H. and Valentine, S. R. (2014). Human Resource Management, Fourteenth Edition. Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.