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HRIR EXAM 1
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10/05/2014

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Term
FMLA
Definition
Family and Medical Leave Act
Provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for Birth/adoption, family illness, serious illness, and urgent needs that arise when military called to duty
Term
Unions
Definition
Organizations formed for the purpose of representing members interesting and solving conflicts with employers
Term
Labor Relations
Definition
Emphasizes skills that managers and leaders can use to foster
Term
National Labor Relations Act
Definition
Federal law that supports collective bargaining and sets out the rights of employees to form unions.
Term
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Definition
Set balance. Right to refrain from union activity. Right to Work.
Term
Davis Bacon
Definition
Prevailing wages for federal contracts
Term
Norris-LaGuardia
Definition
Barred federal injunctions and yellow dog contracts
Term
Wagner Act
Definition
The big labor law. Allowed closed shops. Established ULPs for employers. Allowed collective bargaining.
Term
Landum-Griffin
Definition
Protects union members funds, protections from violence and abuses. Establishes bill of rights and freedom of speech.
Term
concerted activities
Definition
Two or more employees acting together to improve wages or working conditions, but the action of a single employee may be considered concerted if he or she involves co-workers before acting, or acts on behalf of others.
Term
Fair Labor Standards Act
Definition
Sets minimum wage
Child labor restrictions
Overtime pay
Travel time pay
Exempt and non-exempt pay
Term
Lily Ledbetter Pay Act
Definition
Resets clock with every discriminatory paycheck, not 180 days after first discriminatory pay check
Term
USERRA
Definition
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Provisions for
Leaves of absence
Return to employment rights
Prompt re-employment on return
Protection from discharge/retaliation
Health insurance continuation
Continued seniority rights
Term
EEOC
Definition
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The agency of the United States Government that enforces the federal employment discrimination laws
Term
TITLE VII of the Civil Rights Act
Definition
Prohibits employment discrimination based on
Race
Color
Religion
Sex
National origin
Term
Disparate Treatment
Definition
Differing treatment of individuals, where the differences are based on the individuals’ race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status.
Term
Disparate Impact
Definition
refers to policies, practices, rules, or other systems that appear to be neutral, but result in a disproportionate impact on protected groups
Term
BFOQ
Definition
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
A necessary (not merely preferred) qualification for performing a job
Term
ADEA
Definition
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - 1967
outlaws hiring, firing, setting compensation rates, or other employment decisions based on a person’s age being over 40.
Term
ADA
Definition
American Disabilities act of 1990Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a qualified individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because she has a disability.
Term
Disability
Definition
According to the ADA, it is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one of more major life activities. There is a record of having an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
Term
Equal Pay Act
Definition
Cannot pay employees less…..of the opposite sex for equal work, requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions.
Term
Allowable exceptions to Equal Pay Act
Definition
a seniority system;
a merit system;
a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or
a differential based on any other factor other than sex (shift work)
Term
Sexual Harassment
Definition
Actions that are sexually directed, are unwanted, and subject the worker to adverse employment conditions or create a hostile work environment.
Can occur between a boss and a subordinate, among co-workers, and when non-employees have business contacts with employees.
Term
Quid Pro Quo
Definition
Harassment in which employment outcomes are linked to the harassed individual granting sexual favors to the harasser
Term
Hostile Environment
Definition
Intimidating or offensive working conditions that unreasonably affect an individual’s work performance or psychological well-being
Term
OSHA
Definition
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency responsible for protecting the health and safety of workers.
Term
General Duty Clause
Definition
- Employers shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees;
Term
At-Will Employment
Definition
unless there is a union or other contract that says otherwise, people can usually be fired at any time for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all -- as long as the reason is not considered illegal discrimination
Term
Kant's Philosophy of Human Rights
Definition
Right of free consent
Right of privacy
Right of freedom of conscience
Right of freedom of speech
Right to due process
Term
Human Resource Management
Definition
The policies, practices, and systems that influence employees’:
behavior
attitudes
performance
Term
Human Capital
Definition
An organization’s employees described in terms of their:
training
experience
judgment
intelligence
relationships
Insight
Term
High-Performance Work System
Definition
An organization in which technology, organizational structure, people, and processes all work together to give an organization a competitive advantage. These activities enhance employees efforts and abilities
Term
Commitment
Definition
HR Strategy that includes
Broadly defined tasks.
High levels of employee participation.
Highly skilled workers.
Extensive training.
High wages.
High benefits.
Term
Control
Definition
HR Strategy that includes
Narrowly defined jobs.
Low participation.
Low skill requirements.
Intense supervision or control.
Limited training.
Low wages.
Low benefits.
Term
Three Paths to Competitive Advantage
Definition
Operational Excellence
Product Leadership
Customer Intimacy
Term
KSAO
Definition
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Other
Term
work flow analysis
Definition
RAW INPUTS, EQUIPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
^^^
ACTIVITY
^^^
OUTPUT
Term
Importance of Job Analysis
Definition
Work redesign
Human resource planning
Selection
Training
Performance appraisal
Career planning
Job evaluation
Safety
Term
Job Analysis
Definition
Look in-depth at what job. Detailed information.
Term
Job Description
Definition
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities (TDRs) that a job entails.
Term
Ergonomics
Definition
The study of the interface between individuals’ physiology and the characteristics of the physical work environment. (ie standing desks, yoga balls for chairs)
Term
Job Characteristics Model
Definition
A model that shows how to make jobs more motivating
Term
Job Characteristic
Skill variety
Definition
Employee uses a wide range of skills.
Term
Job Characteristic
Task identity
Definition
Worker is involved in all tasks of the job from beginning to end of the production process
Term
Job Characteristic
Task significance
Definition
Worker feels the task is meaningful to organization.
Term
Job Characteristic
Autonomy
Definition
Employee has freedom to schedule tasks and carry them out.
Term
Job Characteristic
Feedback
Definition
Worker gets direct information about how well the job is done.
Term
Position
Definition
Position
The set of duties (job) performed by a particular person.
Term
Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)
Definition
A standardized job analysis questionnaire containing 194 questions about
work behaviors, work conditions, and job characteristics that apply to a wide variety of jobs.
Term
industrial engineering
Definition
The study of jobs to find the simplest way to structure work in order to maximize efficiency.
Term
Job Enlargement
Definition
Broadening the types of tasks performed in a job.
Term
Job Enrichment
Definition
Empowering workers by adding more decision-making authority to jobs.
Term
Flextime
Definition
A scheduling policy
in which full-time employees may choose starting and ending times within guidelines specified by the organization.
Term
Job Sharing
Definition
A work option in which two part-time employees carry out the tasks associated with a single job.
Term
ELTON MAYO
Definition
Main researcher involved with hawthorne studies
Term
Hawthorne Studies
Definition
Psychological and workplace studies conducted at Hawthorne Electric which showed that workers wanted to be observed/cared about and by doing so it would improve production
Term
Triangle Factory Fire
Definition
Deadly fire in NYC in 1911 Which changed worker relations and rights forever, called for change in age for work and better safer conditions for workers
Term
Human Resource Management
Definition
The policies, practices, and systems that influence employees’ behavior, attitudes, and performance.
Term
Human Capital
Definition
An organization’s employees described in terms of their:

training
experience
judgment
intelligence
relationships
Insight

Employees are RESOURCES to the employer
Term
Performance Diagram
Definition
Term
Human Resource/Strategy Diagram
Definition
Term
Strategy/Performance Diagram
Definition
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