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| Involves responsibilities to consider physical, human, and financial factors to protect organizational and individual interests. |
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| General state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. |
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| Condition in which the physical well-being of people is protected. |
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| Protection of employees and organizational facilities. |
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| Use of illicit substances or misuse of controlled substances, alcohol, or other drugs. |
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| Supportive approach of facilitating and encouraging healthy actions and lifestyles among employees. |
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| Programs designed to maintain or improve employee health before problems arise. |
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| Employee Assistance Program (EAP) |
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| Program that provides counseling and other help to employees having emotional, physical, or other personal problems. |
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| Comprehensive review of organizational security. |
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| Powers, privileges, or interests that belong to a person by law, nature, or tradition. |
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| Rights based on laws or statutes passed by federal, state, or local governments. |
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| Obligations to perform certain tasks and duties. |
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| Formal agreement that outlines the details of employment. |
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| Agreements that prohibit individuals who leave an organization from working with an employer in the same line of business for a specified period of time. |
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| Common-law doctrine stating that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, or promote whomever they choose, unless there is a law or contract to the contrary. |
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| Termination of an individual's employment for reasons that are illegal or improper. |
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| Process of deliberately making conditions intolerable to get an employee to quit. |
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| Reasonable justification for taking employment-related action. |
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| Requirement that the employer use a fair process to determine employee wrongdoing and that the employee have an opportunity to explain and defend his or her actions. |
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| Process that uses a neutral third party to make a decision. |
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| A committee of employees and managers whole resolve employment disputes when employees appeal disciplinary actions. |
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| Individuals outside the normal chain of command who act as problem solvers for both management and employees. |
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| An individual's freedom from unauthorized and unreasonable intrusion into personal affairs. |
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| Individuals who report real or perceived wrongs committed by their employees. |
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| General guidelines that focus organizational actions. |
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| Customary methods of handling activities. |
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| Specific guidelines that regulate and restrict the behavior of individuals. |
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| Any failure by an employee to report for work as scheduled or to stay at work when scheduled. |
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| Form of training that enforces organizational rules. |
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| When an employee is removed from a job at an employer. |
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| Union whose members do one type of work, often using specialized skills and training. |
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| Union that includes many persons working in the same industry or company, regardless of jobs held. |
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| Group of autonomous unions. |
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| A full-time union official who operates the union office and assists union members. |
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| Employee elected to serve as the first-line representative of unionized workers. |
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| Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) |
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| Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act) |
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| Landrum-Griffin Act (Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act) |
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| Prohibit requiring employees to join unions as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment. |
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| Composed of all employees eligible to select a single union to represent and bargain collectively for them. |
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| Process whereby a union is removed as the representative of a group of employees. |
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| Process whereby representatives of management and workers negotiate over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. |
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| Rights reserved so that the employer can manage, direct, and control its business. |
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| Union Security Provisions |
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| Contract clauses to help the union obtain and retain members. |
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| Issues identified specifically by labor laws or court decisions as subject to bargaining. |
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| Issues that are not mandatory and that relate to certain jobs. |
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| Collective bargaining issues that would require either party to take illegal action. |
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| Process by which union members vote to accept the terms of a negotiated labor agreement. |
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| Process by which a third party assists union and management negotiators to reach a voluntary settlement. |
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| Process by which a third party helps the negotiators reach a settlement. |
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| Process that uses a neutral third party to make a decision. |
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| Work stoppage in which union members refuse to work in order to put pressure on an employer. |
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| Shutdown of company operations undertaken by management to prevent union members from working. |
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| Indication of employee dissatisfaction. |
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| Complaint formally stated in writing. |
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| Formal channels of communication used to resolve grievances. |
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| Means by which a third party settles disputes arising from different interpretations of a labor contract. |
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