Which of the following is most likely to be considered a minor offence?

Which of the following is most likely to be considered a minor offence?
 
  a. stealing at the workplace
  b. picket line violence
  c. threatening coworkers
  d. failure to attend meetings

Question 2

Which of the following factors is most likely to be considered by an arbitrator while resolving a case of employee misconduct?
 
  a. the skill set of the employee
  b. the educational qualification of the employee
  c. the employee's length of service with the company
  d. the employee's designation in the company

Question 3

Which of the following statements is TRUE of a progressive discipline system?
 
  a. It addresses serious employee offences.
  b. Its objective is to determine whether or not to discharge an employee accused of misconduct.
  c. It develops a last chance agreement on behalf of the employer.
  d. It allows employees to correct their inappropriate behavior without serious or permanent consequences.

Question 4

Which of the following types of employee misconduct is most likely to warrant discharge on the first incident?
 
  a. Sam gets caught in a drunken driving case on a Saturday night while coming back from a party.
  b. Ron uses his office e-mail to communicate with his friends.
  c. Jack damages a glass cutting machine at the work place to inconvenience his colleague who uses it.
  d. Samantha participates in lunch-hour poker.

Question 5

Like-skilled workers, such as printers, shoemakers, tailors, and bakers, organized the earliest unions in the United States.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 6

If an employee holds a second job during his/her free time then it is known as ________.
 
  a. whistle-blowing
  b. moonlighting
  c. astroturfing
  d. social loafing

Question 7

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding job evaluation?
 
  a. Job evaluation procedures do not include analyzing employee performance.
  b. Job evaluation involves reviewing the tasks of jobs so as to write a description of the jobs.
  c. Job evaluation is the process of recruiting and hiring new employees for a job.
  d. The process of job evaluation is performed by the management to determine the amount of wage increase that can be offered to the workers.

Question 8

Which of the following types of employee misconduct is most likely to be handled through a progressive discipline system?
 
  a. threatening coworkers
  b. loafing during working hours
  c. stealing at the workplace
  d. picket like violence