The term labor relations refers to any activity between management and unions or employees ...

The term labor relations refers to any activity between management and unions or employees concerning the negotiation or implementation of a collective bargaining agreement.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

________ agreements require an employee who voluntarily quits before a specified period of time to pay the employer the cost of certain benefits.
 
  a. Back-loaded
  b. Legacy
  c. Payback
  d. Concessional

Question 3

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act is also known as the ________ Act.
 
  a. Walsh-Healey
  b. Landrum-Griffin
  c. Davis-Bacon
  d. Taft-Hartley

Question 4

Which of the following benefits is most likely to be included in a payback agreement?
 
  a. housing rent allowance
  b. conveyance costs
  c. health insurance premium
  d. relocation costs of new employees

Question 5

Payback agreements require an employee ________.
 
  a. to pay a fine to the employer if the employee actively solicits support for the union
  b. to contribute a fixed percentage of his/her salary to the employee provident fund
  c. to pay the employer the cost of certain benefits if he/she voluntarily quits before a specified period of time
  d. to pay a fine to the employer if his/her output is less than the predefined level of output

Question 6

The Taft-Hartley Amendments ________.
 
  a. restrict the federal courts from issuing injunctions in labor disputes, except to maintain law and order
  b. require employers with federal contracts to pay time and a half to any employee working more than eight hours per day
  c. protect employees from losing their jobs for not joining a union
  d. allow employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family reasons

Question 7

According to the concept of preemption, ________.
 
  a. the NLRB has authority only in purely local disputes
  b. employees have the right to decide whether they want to join a union or not
  c. federal law takes precedent over state law
  d. wholly owned government corporations are under the jurisdiction of the NLRB

Question 8

Contract costs for retiree benefits increases in retirement and health care provided in earlier contracts are known as _______ costs.
 
  a. legacy
  b. sunk
  c. historical
  d. inflation

Question 9

The Labor-Management Relations Act is also known as the ________ Act.
 
  a. Taft-Hartley
  b. Smith-Connally
  c. Walsh-Healey
  d. Davis-Bacon