Pick 12 to answer. Approximately 60 to 80 words for each questions:

Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity

1.      What's the difference between an employee perk and an employee benefit? Please share one example of each. How does your organization stack up in the area of employee perks? How about employee benefits?

2.      What is Title VII? What does it state?

3.      What important precedents were set by the Griggs v. Duke Power Company case? The Albemarle v. Moody case?

4.      What is adverse impact? How can it be proven?

5.      Assume that you are a supervisor on an assembly line; you are responsible for hiring subordinates, supervising them, and recommending them for promotion. Compile a list of discriminatory management practices that you should avoid.

6.      Explain the defenses and exceptions to discriminatory practice allegations.

7.      What is the difference between affirmative action and equal employment opportunity?

8.      Explain how you would set up an affirmative action program.

Compensating Employees

1.  What is the difference between exempt and nonexempt jobs?

2.  What are examples of compensable factors?

3.  What is merit pay? Do you think it’s a good idea to award employees merit raises? Why or why not?

Managing Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

1.  Discuss the steps in an NLRB election.

2.  Describe important tactics you would expect the union to use during the union drive and election.

3.  Briefly explain why labor law has gone through a cycle of repression and encouragement.

4.  What is good-faith bargaining? When is bargaining not in good faith?

5.  Define impasse, mediation, and strike, and explain the techniques used to overcome an impasse.