Exam 15: Managing Employee Separations: Turnover, Communication, and Employee Engagement

Helena feels that her employer's method for deciding on pay increases is not fair. Helena is concerned with which of the following components of organizational justice?

The sixth step in the termination interview process, what should management do?

Which industry has the highest turnover rate in Canada?

In employee separation, what is the formal term for the situation where an individual's employment with an organization is terminated?

If there is no employment contract and just cause is not present, then a termination without reasonable notice is considered unfair and is known as which of the following?

Alternatives to layoffs include voluntary reduction in pay plans, voluntary time off, and the use of contingent employees.

Identify and briefly describe three foundations of a fair and just discipline process.

What is the emotional and intellectual involvement employees in their work, such as intensity, focus, and involvement in his or her job called?

A study of over 34,000 workers in the Canadian labour force was conducted. What did the study find as employee gains tenure in a company?

Some companies are managing the labour shortage created by retiring employees by which of the following?

What is the "vendetta effect"?

A rule of thumb some organizations follow for reasonable notice is three to four weeks per year of service.

Ahmed is the accountant in a pharmaceutical distribution company. Ahmed is completing the separation forms for an employee who has left the company. Which turnover cost is Ahmed part of?

Identify and briefly describe the six steps to be followed in a termination interview.

According to Statistics Canada in 2011, what was the average life expectancy for women?

What is the number one reason for voluntary turnover?

Older workers are more likely to experience turnover than younger workers.

When an employee sues and employer feeling the notice period is unacceptable, the courts will rule on a notice period. What lengths of time have these notice periods rarely exceeded?

According to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, how many weeks of notice must an employee, who has worked more than two years for an employer, provide the employer before quitting?

A layoff refers to a situation when there is a permanent shortage of work for employees and management does not intend to recall the employees for work as it becomes available.