- Shock Effect
Occurs when increased costs and protection shock management into more formal management practices.
- Collective Voice
The ability of a group of workers or a union to express concerns as an alternative to an individual worker resigning out of frustration.
- Recruitment
Techniques designed to make potential employees aware of job openings
- Probationary Period
A short period of time after an employee is hired in which he or she is not fully protected by a union.
- Bumping Rights
A provision in a collective agreement that permits a senior employee who has been laid off to bump a junior employee out of their job.
- Recall Right
A provision in the collective agreement that entitles laid-off employees to be given priority for rehiring
- Job Evaluation
A process whereby the firm determines the value of a job.
- Job analysis
A process whereby the key competencies for a job are identified.
- Monopoly Effect
The union’s ability to raise wages above non-union rates.
- Total Compensation Mix
The total base pay, performance pay, and indirect pay that an employee receives.
- Base pay
The part of pay that is solely based on time worked
- Performance Pay
The part of pay that is based on output or performance.
*Compensation is always much better in a unionized environment.
- Indirect pay (or benefits
Anything that an employer pays for, to the benefit of the employee, that is not part of base or performance pay.
- Spillover Effect
A belief that increases in union wages result in decreases in non-union wages.
- Threat Effect
A belief that non-union employees increase wages to avoid unionization
- Wage Differential
The difference in wages earned by two groups of workers.
- Gain Sharing (Not in union environment
A group performance pay that is based on firm productivity gains.
- Profit Sharing (Can be in union environment): A group performance pay that is based on firm profits.
A group performance pay that is based on firm profits.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP):
A counselling service available to employees.
- Defined Benefit
A type of pension plan that guarantees a specific payout
- Meta-analysis
A statistical technique that looks for trends across many studies
- Job Satisfaction
An Employee’s assessment of his or her job experience
- Intention to Quit
A survey measure assessing the likelihood that an employee will quit
