BUS 372 week 4 quiz (Employee & Labor Relations - entirecourse.com)

BUS 372 Week 4 Quiz 4
1. In many collective bargaining agreements
overtime pay is one and one-half times the regular rate.
pyramiding of overtime is prohibited.
the employer has the right to force employees to work overtime.
All of the above.
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2. Dismissal pay is
provided for in 85 percent of current contracts.
usually limited to workers discharged for cause.
usually not available in disability cases.
based upon length of service.
3. Negotiators commonly use at least three different standards when determining basic wage rates at the
bargaining table.
True
False
4. The ability-to-pay method of wage determination is not influenced by the
uncertainty about past profit levels holding for the future.
use to which the management intends to put its profits.
wide variety of benefit plans throughout industry.
ratio of labor costs to total costs.
5. The use of job evaluation to establish relative wage rates is
used by at least 75 percent of all managements today.
complicating the wage structure.
fully supported by organized labor.
is less popular than the job comparison method.
6. The employer is not often obligated to provide reporting pay when
work is not available because of a riot.
work is not available because of “acts of God.”
the employee fails to notify the management of an address change.
b and c.
7. At present, vacations with pay are a standard practice
in 80 percent of all contracts.
in nearly every collective bargaining agreement.
only in the auto industry.
as a direct result of federal legislation.

8. The basic idea behind the ability to pay principle of wage determination is that the economics of a
particular collective bargaining relationship should neither fall substantially behind nor be greatly
superior to that of other employer/union relationships.
True
False
9. Today, industry payments for fringe benefits are the equivalent of about 30 percent of total payroll.
True
False
10. The cost to employers of health insurance plans is
small compared to that of pensions.
easily passed along to consumers.
usually tax deductible as a business expense.
lessening with the easing of inflation.
11. One drawback of the incentive wage system is that increasing automation in industry is reducing
the individual worker’s ability to control his or her own output.
True
False
12. Non-wage economic benefits should not be considered part of a firm’s total wage bill because these
are indirect payments and therefore do not cost a firm as much as direct payments.
True
False

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