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Which of the following requires that employees act in the best interest of the employer?
Correct : D
swer option D is correct.
Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations
Objective: Federal Employment Legislation
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Which of the following is illegal except in the construction industry?
Correct : B
Answer option B is correct.
The closed shop clause is illegal except in the construction industry. The closed shop clause requires that all new hires be members of the union before they are hired.
Answer option C is incorrect. The agency shop clause specifies that all employees must either join the union or pay union dues if they choose not to join the union.
Answer option A is incorrect. The union shop clause requires that all employees join the union within a grace period specified by the contract.
Answer option D is incorrect. There is no such term as common shop clause.
Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations
Objective: Union Organization
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Richard, who works at the customer service counter in an auto-supply store, told his manager that because of chronic back pain, it is difficult for him stand for long periods and asked for an accommodation. The manager isn't sure, based on the essential job functions, how an accommodation can be provided. You advise the manager to begin the interactive process with the employee. What should the manager do to begin this process?
Correct : C
Answer option C is correct.
To assess the reasonableness of a requested accommodation, employers should ask employees to describe their limitations, how those limitations affect their performance of essential job functions, and whether they have suggestions for an accommodation that would allow them to perform the functions. See Chapter 8 for more information.
Chapter: Risk Management
Objective: Risk Management
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As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. An organization utilizes union labor and non-union labor in their operations. The union goes on a strike; so the organization shifts work to the non-union labor to offset the effects of the strike. If the union labor decides to picket the operations of the non-union labor, what term is assigned to this process?
Correct : A
Answer option A is correct.
When a union is on a strike and the organization shifts work to non-union operations, the union can picket the non-union operations. This is called a double breasting picket.
Answer option D is incorrect. A sympathy strike occurs when non-striking workers don't cross the picket line of striking workers.
Answer option B is incorrect. The common situs picketing happens when members of a picketing labor union picket a workplace in which multiple employers work. This could include employers who the picketers don't have a disagreement with.
Answer option C is incorrect. A wildcat strike is when a collective bargaining agreement restricts strikes, but workers strike anyway.
Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations
Objective: Union Organization
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Which of the following injuries would be considered work-related for purposes of reporting?
Correct : D
Answer option D is correct.
Generally, injuries are not work-related if the employee is engaged in a voluntary wellness activity (C), eating food prepared for personal consumption (A), or has the common cold/flu (B). This is important for two reasons: to determine OSHA recordability and to determine compensability under workers' compensation.
Chapter: Risk Management
Objective: Review Questions
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