Exam 9: Contract Clauses and Their Administration

Compulsory or mandatory arbitration agreements are rarely legal in the U.S.

Productivity is higher in nonunionized companies than it is in unionized companies.

Exclusive bargaining rights, a bulletin board in the workplace, and a union security clause are examples of ________________ rights.

The concept of past practice is one where arbitrators use their own prior experience and decisions to help decide a particular arbitration case.

Wage rates paid to a particular job, defined work assignments, protection from outsourcing are examples of _______________ rights.

Most union contracts have a duration of ______________ years.

The reserved rights clause in a collective bargaining contract is aimed at preserving the union's right to represent the company's workers.

The _______________________________ clause establishes management's authority over traditional management functions such as hiring, firing, assigning work, determining job content, and deciding what to produce and how and where to make it.

Employees covered by a just cause clause have the right to insist that there be valid, ____________________ reasons for being disciplined or fired.

Sandy was scheduled to work an 8 hour shift on a Thursday afternoon and evening. When she arrived at work, her supervisor told her the shipment she was to process had not arrived and that she could go home. Under her union contract, Sandy was entitled to four hours of pay because she showed up for work as scheduled. This contract provision is called:

Shop stewards are company employees that provide advice to union workers on matters such as interpretation of the contract and their rights in the workplace.

The 7 tests of just cause in an employee disciplinary action include all of the following except:

Management's legal right to control any decisions and issues that are not explicitly addressed in the contract is known as the _______________________________ doctrine.