Reference no: EM131071930
This activity contains 22 questions.
Question 1.
Which of the following terms refers to a procedure commonly used during layoffs, in which employees with greater seniority whose jobs are eliminated displace employees with lesser seniority?
o framing
o bumping
o posturing
o logrolling
o conditioning
Question 2.
Which of the following terms refers to the process of a company posting notices of new job positions to give permanent employees the opportunity to apply?
o job enrichment
o job bidding
o job enlargement
o job polarization
o job rotation
Question 3.
Since the ________, seniority rights have generally been upheld over Affirmation Action rights in cases of layoffs when the two are in conflict.
o WARN Act
o Walsh-Healey Act
o Davis-Bacon Act
o ERISA
o Stotts case
Question 4.
The ________ Act requires employers to provide 60 days advance written notice of either a plant closing or a mass layoff once the decision is made by management.
o Fair Labor Standards
o Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
o Selective Training and Service
o National Labor Relations
o Servicemen's Readjustment Act
Question 5.
As per the ________ principle, seniority lists of the merged companies are combined by adding the names of the employees of the acquired company to the bottom of the acquiring company.
o surviving group
o follow the work
o absolute rank
o length of service
o ratio-rank
Question 6.
When the "length of service principle" is used for combining the seniority lists of merged companies, ________.
o employees are allowed to continue previously earned seniority on separate seniority lists when their work with the merged company can be separately identified
o the new seniority list is developed by establishing a ratio that is based on the total number of employees in the two groups to be merged
o a new seniority list is developed by giving equal weightage to the current seniority level and the qualifications of employees
o the two seniority lists are combined, with no employee losing any previously earned seniority
o all the employees of the acquiring company receive greater seniority consideration than any employee of the acquired company
Question 7.
According to the ________ principle of combining seniority lists, when two companies merge, employees are allowed to continue previously earned seniority on separate seniority lists when their work with the merged company can be separately identified.
o length of service
o follow the work
o absolute rank
o surviving group
o ratio-rank
Question 8.
The provision that prohibits outsourcing bargaining unit work while any union member is in layoff status is known as the ________.
o scope clause
o Scanlon plan
o absolute rank principle
o surviving group principle
o length-of-service principle
Question 9.
Which of the following points must be shown to prove that an employee involvement program is in violation of the Wagner Act?
o The entity created by the program does not deal with labor disputes
o Union members are included in the entity created by the program.
o Employees can voluntarily accept the membership of the entity created by the program.
o The entity created by the program consists of management representatives.
o The employer interferes with the formation or administration of the entity created by the program.
Question 10.
________ is a mandatory subject of bargaining.
o Alcohol and drug testing of current employees
o Separation of employees by race
o Preferential hiring
o Scope of a bargaining unit
o Continuation of past contract
Question 11.
Seniority is a mandatory subject in the collective bargaining process.
o True
o False
Question 12.
Generally, new employees begin accruing seniority after they complete the probationary period.
o True
o False
Question 13.
Union officers and committee personnel may be given preferred seniority rights for layoff and recall situations. This is referred to as superseniority.
o True
o False
Question 14.
The process of a company posting notices of new job positions to give permanent employees the opportunity to apply is referred to as job bidding.
o True
o False
Question 15.
Since the Stotts case, Affirmation Action rights have generally been upheld over seniority rights in cases of layoffs when the two are in conflict.
o True
o False
Question 16.
Advance written notice of 60 days is required when mass layoff decisions are going to affect at least 50 full-time workers and 33 percent of all employees or whenever 500 or more are affected.
o True
o False
Question 17.
When the length of service principle is used for combining the seniority lists of the merged companies, all the employees of the acquiring company receive greater seniority consideration than any employee of the acquired company.
o True
o False
Question 18.
A management decision of relocating either all or part of the business for economic reasons is not a mandatory subject of bargaining.
o True
o False
Question 19.
A committee or group is generally considered a labor organization if employees participate in it and at least one purpose is to deal with the employer on issues of grievances, labor disputes, wages, work rules, or hours of employment.
o True
o False
Question 20.
If a genuine change of employer exists but the employing industry remains substantially the same, the successor employer is required to recognize the existing collective bargaining unit and its representative, but is not bound by the agreement.
o True
o False
Question 21.
What is job bidding?
Question 22.
Describe the various methods of combining the seniority lists of merged companies.