Chapter 10 Intro To Business

agency shop agreement

Clause in a labor-management agreement that says employers may hire nonunion workers; employees are not required to join the union but must pay a union fee.

Affirmative Action

Employment activities designed to "right past wrongs" by increasing opportunities for minorities and women.

management development

The process of training and educating employees to become good managers and then monitoring the progress of their managerial skills over time.

True or false: Human resources professionals are responsible for assuring that the company acts within laws that regulate safety and discrimination.

True

union shop agreement

clause in a labor-management agreement that says workers do not have to be members of a union to be hired, but must agree to join the union within a prescribed period

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 strengthened the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by:

mandating specific record keeping procedures for employers adding enforcement powers to the EEOC permitting the EEOC to issue guidelines for employer compliance

Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its amendments include:

overtime pay for more than 40 hours per week establishment of a minimum wage establishment of the 40 hour work week

Human resource managers

staffing an organization with employees able to meet organizational goals ensuring that all of the HR functions comply with legal requirements

The changes in the U.S. workforce that create challenges for human resource managers include:

employees who want leisure time new workers who are undereducated more single-parent homes

Human resource management is critical to the success of the organization because:

finding qualified employees has become more difficult it is an organization's people who have the creative ideas to keep it competitive