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| Written statement of how the organization intends to actively recruit, hire, and develop members of relevant protected classes |
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| Compensation other than wages and salaries |
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| Individual performance incentive in the form of a special payment made over and above the employee's salary |
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| Labor action in which workers refuse to buy the products of a targeted employer |
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| A benefit plan that sets limits on benefits per employee, each of whom may choose from a variety of alternative benefits |
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| Process by which labor and management negotiate conditions of employment and draft a labor contract for union-represented workers |
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| Total package of rewards that organizations provide to individuals in return for their labor |
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| Arbitration required by law; method of resolving a labor dispute in which both parties agree to submit to the judgment of a neutral party |
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| Employee hired on something other than full-time basis to supplement an organization's permanent workforce |
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| Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) |
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| Labor contract clause tying future raises to changes in consumer purchasing power |
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| Labor action in which employees temporarily walk off the job and refuse to work |
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| Employee Information System (Skills Inventory) |
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| Computerized system containing information on each employee's education, skills, work experiences, and career aspirations |
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| The principle, increasingly modified by legislation and judicial decision, that organizations should be able to retain or dismiss employees at will |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity |
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| Legally mandated nondiscrimination in employment on the basis of race, creed, sex, or national origin |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) |
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| Federal agency enforcing several discrimination-related laws |
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| Process of attracting persons outside the organization to apply for jobs |
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| Incentive plan that rewards groups for productivity improvements |
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| Form of sexual harassment deriving from off-color jobs, lewd comments, and so forth |
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| Human Resource Management (HRM) |
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| Set of organizational activities directed at attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce |
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| Human Resources Management |
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| Cost of Living Adjustment |
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| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
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| Special compensation program designed to motivate high performance |
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| Process of considering present employees as candidates for openings |
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| Systematic analysis of jobs within an organization |
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| Description of the duties and responsibilities of a job, its working conditions, and the tools, materials, equipment, and information used to perform it |
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| Description of the skills, abilities, and other credentials and qualifications required by a job |
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| Employees who are of value because of the knowledge they possess |
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| Process of dealing with employees who are represented by a union |
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| Group of individuals working together to achieve shared job-related goals, such as higher pay, shorter working hours, more job security, greater benefits or better working conditions |
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| Management tactic whereby workers are denied access to the employer's workplace |
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| Method of resolving a labor dispute in which a third party suggests, but does not impose, a settlement |
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| Individual incentive linking compensation to performance in nonsales jobs |
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