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| Increased pension benefits or money for early retirement |
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| Each employee gets basic package and then chooses the benefits they want |
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| Allows a set amount of money to pick and choose from a variety of benefits |
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| Contributions to a plan are made solely by the employer |
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| Contributions to a plan are made jointly by employees and employers |
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| Guarantees benefits at retirement (even if unemployed) |
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| Family Medical Leave Act - time off from work for treatment of serious medical condition, care of ill child or parent, or care of newly born or adopted child |
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| Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - allows certain terminated employees to continue under the group health plan for 18 months |
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| Employee Retirement Income Security Act - established requirements and guidelines for participation, vesting, and funding of retirement plans |
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| Individual Retirement Account |
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| Employee makes tax-deferred contributions to retirement accounts |
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1. Improve employee work satisfaction
2. Meet employee health and security requirements
3. Attract and motivate employees
4. Reduce turnover
5. Maintain a favorable competitive position |
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| Rewards come from employee participation in improving productivity and reducing costs |
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| Shared rewards come from the difference between labor costs and sales value of production |
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| Any procedure by which an employer pays, or makes available to all regular employees, in addition to their base pay, current or deferred sums based upon the profits of the enterprise |
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| Tying pay to some measure of individual, group, or organizational performance |
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| Time not worked, insurance plans, security plans, employee services |
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| EX: wages/salaries, commissions, bonuses, gainsharing |
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| An incentive plan under which employees receive a certain rate for each unit produced |
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| Incentive payment that is supplemental to the base wage for cost reduction, quality improvement, or other performance criteria |
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| Employee Stock Ownership Plans - Stock plans in which an organization contributes shares of its stock to an established trust for the purpose of stock purchases by its employees |
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| Links an increase in base pay to how successfully an employee achieved some objective performance standard |
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| Establishes a performance "threshold" to qualify for incentive payments; emphasizes a shared focus on organizational objectives |
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| Concept that jobs held by men and women which are of equal value or worth should be paid the same |
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| Scattergram showing the relationship between relative worth of jobs and wage rates |
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| Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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| Publishes wage and salary data and benefits information |
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| Evaluating the individual components of the compensation program to see if they advance the needs of employees and the goals of the organization |
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| Wage increases larger than rises in the consumer price index |
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| Systematic process of determining the relative worth of jobs in order to establish which jobs should be paid more than others within the organization |
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| An employee's perception that compensation received is equal to the value of the work performed |
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| Pay-for-Performance Standard |
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| Standard by which managers tie compensation to employee effort and performance |
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| Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
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| Measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed "market basket" of goods and services |
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| Employees covered by the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act |
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| A quantitative job evaluation procedure that determines the relative value of a job by the total points assigned to it |
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| Job evaluation technique using three factors - knowledge, mental activity, and accountability - to evaluate executive and managerial positions |
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| Employees who are not covered in the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act |
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| Groups of jobs within a particular class that are paid the same rate |
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| Provide for quarterly upward cost-of-living (COLA) wage adjustments for inflation to protect employees' purchasing power |
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| Provides money for employees who become disabled or die at work. No-fault program. |
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| Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Workers Compensation, Family Leave |
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| Provides retirement income, disability income, Medicare, survivor benefits |
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| Unemployment Compensation |
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| Provides a percentage of normal pay while seeking work if loss of job was not for misconduct |
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| Federal Insurance Contribution Act of 1935 |
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| Deliberate or repeated sexual behavior that is not welcome, not asked for, and not returned |
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Behavior is illegal when
a) it interferes with the employee's work performance
b) it creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment |
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| Employment conditions (hiring, pay, promotion, etc.) contingent on sexual favors |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
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| Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson |
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| Supreme Court held sexual harassment is discrimination based on sex |
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| Burlington Industries v. Ellerth |
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| Ellerth alleged promotion dependent on having an affair with supervisor, she refused but was still promoted. This was still a hostile environment |
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| Boca Raton had a policy but failed to get all employees trained. Supervisor knew of harassment but failed to stop it. Court held that they did not exercise reasonable effort to prevent and correct; determines "reasonable care" |
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| Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services Inc. |
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| Plaintiff on all-male crew claimed verbal and physical harassment. Complaint to managers did not stop conduct. Supreme Court held same-sex harassment prohibited by Title VII. This was the first to address same-sex harassment. |
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| upheld harassment based on sexual orientation |
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| upholds the equal-opportunity harasser defense. Harassed all, not based on gender therefore not covered under Title VII |
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| Landmark case addressing workplace sexual harassment. First to actually look at harassment in the workplace. |
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| Henson v. City of Dundee and Katz v. Dole |
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| Established "hostile environment" |
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| Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards |
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| First case with posting pinups being considered sexual harassment |
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| Established the "reasonable woman" standard |
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| 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act |
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| Gave EEOC authority to sue |
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| A common-law rule that an employment contract of indefinite duration can be terminated by either the employer or the employee at any time for any reason; also known as terminable at will. |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act - assures the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvements in workplace safety and health. |
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| The Secretary of Labor is authorized by the Act to conduct workplace inspections, to issue citations, and to impose penalties on employers. |
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| Laws that require employers to advise employees about the hazardous chemicals they handle |
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| Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDs) |
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| Documents that contain vital information about hazardous substances |
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| Employee Assistance Program - services provided by employers to help workers cope with a wide variety of problems that interfere with the way they perform their jobs |
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| Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 |
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| Requires federal contractors and recipients of federal grants to ensure a drug-free work environment |
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| Any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that requires coping behavior |
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| Positive stress that accompanies achievement and exhilaration |
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| Harmful stress characterized by a loss of feelings of security and adequacy |
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| Most severe stage of distress, manifesting itself in depression, frustration, and loss of productivity |
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| Cumulative Trauma Disorders |
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| (Repetitive Motion Injuries) Injuries involving tendons of the fingers, hands, and arms that become inflamed from repeated stresses and strains resulting from jobs requiring repetitive motion of the fingers, hands, or arms. |
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| Older Workers Benefit Protection Act - prohibits age-based discrimination in benefits and early retirement |
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| The initial stage in the body's response to stressful stimuli, characterized by adaptive physiological changes, such as increased hormonal activity and increased heart rate |
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| Form of Participative Management where employees share management responsibilities, including decision making. Self-directed work teams are an outgrowth of empowerment where employee groups establish and implement their own work goals. |
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| American Disabilities Act |
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| The science of adapting the job and/or the equipment and the human to each other for optimal safety and productivity. |
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| Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party. |
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| Factors Affecting Awareness |
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1. Women entering and staying in workforce in large numbers
2. Title VII broadened to cover discrimination based on gender
3. Society's changing views of women, men, work, and family |
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