Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
47 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Adjudicatory |
Page 590 decision-making power |
|
|
Affirmative action |
The term reverse discrimination refers to claims by whites that they've been subjected to adverse employment decisions because of their race. Affirmative action plans and resulting allegations of reverse discrimination are very controversial. 2 interest class here. |
|
|
Age discrimination in Employment Act |
Comes into play age 40 to 70 |
|
|
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
Protect disabled workers from employment discrimination. Disabilities are defined as physical or mental impairment that substantially limit one or more major life activity |
|
|
Bona fide occupational qualifications |
Someone has to have the Bonafide qualifications for job discrimination and a rule of disparity that the Supreme Court recognizes is within two standard deviations from the mean would create discrimination in employment |
|
|
Boycotts |
Concerted refusals to deal with firms so as to disrupt there business |
|
|
Picketing |
Demonstrations near E-Business to publicize a labor dispute and to encourage the public to refuse to do business with the employer |
|
|
Peaceful strikes |
Organized refusal to work |
|
|
Taft-hartley Act |
Prohibits unfair labor practices by unions separates in El Arby's functions and Powers course to Grant various civil and criminal remedies creates the Federal let's go to mediation and conciliation service |
|
|
Wagner Act of 1935 |
The Wagner Act also called The National Labor Relations Act allows employees to organize and to engage in collective bargaining prohibit specific employer unfair labor practices establishes and National Labor regulations board |
|
|
Wildcat strikes |
Unauthorized withholdings of service or labor during the term of a contract |
|
|
Taft-hartley Act also known as Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 |
Prohibits unfair labor practices by Union separates the nlrb's functions and Powers courts to Grant various civil and criminal remedies creates the federal mediation and conciliation service |
|
|
Landrum Griffin Act otherwise known as Labor Management reporting and disclosure Act of 1959 |
Requires extensive reporting of unions financial affairs allow civil and criminal sanctions for Union Officers Financial wrongdoings mandates Democratic procedure in the conduct of Union elections and meetings |
|
|
Norris LaGuardia Act otherwise known as the labor disputes Act |
Protect certain activities from federal court actions activities protected including peaceful refusal to work boycotts and picketing it also promotes collective bargaining |
|
|
Consumer Price Index |
Cost of living escalators tied to the Consumer Price Index which is the measurement of how the price of a group of consumer goods changes between two time periods May raise benefits |
|
|
Covert discrimination |
National origin discrimination often takes the form of covert discrimination. If an employer fails to hire a worker on the basis of the applicants language difficulties or accents the employer must prove that the criteria are job-related an example would be English speaking only rules |
|
|
Disparate treatment |
Employers Also may be liable for the disparity treatment of their employees. Such cases may involve an employer who only considers women for clerical positions only considered men for positions on an assembly line or only considers white males for managerial positions. |
|
|
Dual capacity Doctrine |
Workers compensation statutes presumably do not cover corporate directors, officers, or stockholders. You under the dual capacity doctor in such persons can receive compensation if they are performing The Ordinary duties of the business when they suffer |
|
|
Equal employment opportunities Commission |
Title 7 authorized creation of equal employment opportunity commission a bipartisan 5 member panel appointed by the president to enforce the various equal employment opportunity statue |
|
|
Ethnic slurs |
Repeated jokes and other derogatory statements directed at once as Nick Origins May constitute national origin discrimination |
|
|
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
Mandates that eligible employees receive up to 12 weeks of leave during any 12-month period for certain family or medical related events |
|
|
Featherbedding |
Requiring employees pay for services not actually performed by an employee |
|
|
Good faith bargaining |
Banned by the taft-hartley Act was the refusal to bargain in good faith which is to bargain with good intentions on a c ethical Behavior |
|
|
Recognition of picketing |
Picketing in which a union attempts to Forest recognition of a different Union from the certified bargaining representative it also allows and its Collective activities |
|
|
Unfair labor practices |
As the guidelines and the taft-hartley ACT unfair labor practices by unions include engaging and secondary boycott for sampler to discriminate against employees on the basis of their Union affiliation or lack thereof refusing to bargain in good faith featherbedding recognition or picketing |
|
|
Secondary boycott |
Boycotts at employers customers or suppliers in attempt to influence the employer |
|
|
Federal Insurance contribution Act |
FICA taxes are paid by both employees and employers on wages earned by workers. FICA taxes fun Social Security and Medicare |
|
|
Federal mediation and conciliation service |
The taft-hartley ACT also created a federal mediation and conciliation service for settling disputes between labor and management. It requires a cooling off period In certain situations before strikes can occur. It also preserves the power of States under their right to work laws to invalidate other Union devices designed to consolidate the unions hold on workers. Right to work laws are discussed in the chapter |
|
|
Fully insured worker |
Is one who has worked at least 40 quarters 10 years |
|
|
Group Health Insurance |
One common and popular employee benefit is group health insurance the premiums are generally significantly less than the cost of purchasing Health Care insurance as an individual |
|
|
Health care and education reconciliation Act |
President Obama signed the patient protection and affordable Care Act and health care and education reconciliation act these acts are important to business and their employees because they encourage more businesses to offer health insurance to their workers. Small businesses receive tax credits to make health care more affordable. |
|
|
Pot cargo clause |
Clothes that require the employer to cease doing business with non-union companies |
|
|
Informational picketing |
Taft-hartley act preserved employees right to engage and peaceful informational picketing |
|
|
Key employees |
The FMLA allows an employer to refuse to reinstate key employees of the employer can show that substantial and Grievous economic injury would occur if the key employees were restored to their original positions |
|
|
Medicare |
Federal Social Security Act first enacted in 1935 created retirement benefits for workers since then Social Security benefits is extended to work or spouse and minor children and severely disabled workers |
|
|
Patient protection and Affordable Care Act |
Passed by Obama along with the Affordable Care Act and health care and education reconciliation Act |
|
|
Pretext |
Is a false or weak motive used to hide the real or strong motive |
|
|
Quid pro quo |
Title 7 quid pro quo in which a supervisor request sexual favors in exchange for employment benefits or opportunities and hostile workplace sexual harassment was June Vols missed conduct that creates and intimidating hostile or offensive workplace for the victim |
|
|
Race norming |
Employers are unable to modify scores use different cutoff scores or otherwise it just a result of employment-related test on the basis of Color Race religion sex or national origin |
|
|
Reasonable accommodations |
Title 1 prohibits employment discrimination the adaa requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of a person with a disability unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business |
|
|
Recognized hazards |
May cause or likely to cause death or serious physical injury harm to employees |
|
|
Right to work law |
A statute that prohibits requiring union membership as a condition for employment in other words a state can prohibit Union agreements between unions and management |
|
|
Serious Healthcare condition |
One that requires even overnight stay at a hospital a period of incapacity requiring an absence from work for more than 3 days that involves continuous treatment by a healthcare provider continuing chronic treatment for long-term health condition if left untreated like we will result in a period of incapacity for more than 3 days |
|
|
Sex plus cases |
The employer as a selection criteria for women that is not added for men such as women with preschool-age children are not hired but men who are children are |
|
|
Strict liability |
Workers compensation laws impose strict liability on the employer for injuries two employees during the scope of their employment |
|
|
Tangible employment action |
Is a significant change in employment status such as hiring firing failing to promote reassignment with significant Lee different responsibilities or a decision causing significant change and benefits |
|
|
Union shop clauses |
Require an employee to join a union after being hired are illegal |
