Exam 9: Management Rights, employee Rights, and Discipline

With an open-door policy,decisions tend to be consistent across managers.

Disciplinary action taken against an employee must be for justifiable reasons and backed up by effective policies and procedures.

Which statement explains a significant benefit of using arbitration to resolve an employer-employee discrimination complaint?

Managers are discovering that the traditional responsibility of management to discipline and discharge employees is easier to exercise because of the growing attention paid to employee responsibilities.

Employee behaviour standards are established through the setting and communicating of organizational procedures and rules.Identify and briefly describe five of the seven key suggestions for establishing rules in the workplace.

Electronic monitoring can create adverse working conditions and lead to stress and anxiety.

Why would an employer who is using positive discipline procedures grant a paid decision-making leave to an employee?

As an employee,Mike would be denied due process if his employer refused to allow him to work overtime when offered.

What does most human rights legislation consider substance abuse to be?

In order to maintain a complete record of employee misconduct,written warnings should remain as permanent documents in the employee's file.

The three legal considerations regarding the security of one's job are: statutory rights,contractual rights,and ethical rights.

Which common meaning of the term "discipline" is associated with an employee's willingness to practice self-control?

Which programs,focused on employee misconduct,are joint discussion and problem-solving activities central to?

Which statement best describes privacy rights for employees?

What common mistake do organizations make that results in reduced effectiveness of the organizational rules?

Public-sector employees have fewer job protection rights than their counterparts in the private sector.

What must managers do if they want to maintain an effective open-door policy?

How is a Hearing Officer expected to function within an organization?

The failure of an employer to ensure a safe and drug-free workplace can result in astronomical liability claims.

Which statement regarding access to personnel files is permissible?