Exam 1: Introduction to Labor Relations

According to the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employee can take up to 20 weeks of unpaid leave each year under certain specified circumstances.

The Civil Rights Act prevents employers from using lie detector tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.

The Federal Reserve Bank is an employer, according to the NLRB.

The employers who are subject to the Railway Labor Act are excluded from the definition of the employer by the NLRB.

The term "labor relations" refers to any activity between management and unions or employees concerning the negotiation or implementation of a collective bargaining agreement.

The ________ industry is the only industry in the U.S. in which the union membership has increased over the past few years.

Union membership in the United States has declined over the past years.

The earliest labor unions in America were formed by ________.

Unions tend to negotiate rewards that are across-the-board or are based on seniority, not individual performance.

The term "labor union" refers to a group of employees who join together to discuss and usually positively affect their employment relationship.

Which of the following is the only wholly owned government corporation that falls under the jurisdiction of the NLRB?

In professional sports, free agents are ________.

If an activity is clearly protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, the state is totally preempted from the field and federal law controls.

Transportation unions in the airline industries are governed by the ________ Act.

Which of the following acts banned child labor in the U.S.?

Union members who present themselves as job applicants and upon hiring organize from within the company, are referred to as ________.

As defined by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a(n) "________" is any employee committee or other organization of any kind in which employees deal with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, or working conditions.

According to the salary arbitration procedure in baseball, the arbitrator must choose the final salary offer of either the player or the team without any compromise.

Generally, union membership results in lower job security.

A collective bargaining agreement is negotiated under the provisions of the ________ Act.