WORKPLACE RULES

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WORKPLACE RULES

• Criteria By Which Decisions in the Workplace are
  Made

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Examples of Workplace Rules

• How much to be paid?
• How much of an increase?
• What will be the criteria for increases?
• When will increase be given?
• Any fringe benefits associated with the job?
• What will be the criteria for promotion?
• What will be the criteria for layoffs, if
  necessary?
• Who will be trained?
• Who will be disciplined?
• How will discipline occur?
• What hours will be worked?
• Who will work what shift? For how long?
• Who is assigned what work?
• . Pay for part-time workers.
• Procedure for moving from part-time to
  full-time.

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How are the Rules Made?

• Individual Bargaining
• Employer Unilateral Determination
• Collective Bargaining
• With a union\labor organization as representative
  of employees
• usually done pursuant to legal procedures

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Forms of Rules

• Unarticulated - ad hoc (created as needed)
• oral statements of intent
• written statements of intent
• oral policies
• written polices
• oral contracts
• written contracts
• individual bargaining
• collective bargaining

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Procedures for Modifying Rules

• Modified at Will of Employer
• Unarticulated - ad hoc (created as needed)
• oral statements of intent
• written statements of intent
• oral policies
• written policies
• oral contracts?
• Modified only with Agreement of Both Parties or
  at an agree-upon date
• written contracts
• collective agreements

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PCT. UNIONIZATION BY INDUSTRY SECTOR,UNITED
STATES, 2008
SOURCE U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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SOURCES U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Statistics Canada
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SOURCES Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development Chi, Wang, Xie, 2009
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SOURCE Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
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SOURCE Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
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Weekly Earnings, Non-Union and Union, All
Workers, 25 Years and Older, United States
SOURCE U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Weekly Earnings, Non-Union and Union, Women
Workers, 25 Years and Older, United States
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Weekly Earnings, Non-Union and Union,
African-American Workers, 25 Years and Older,
United States
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Summary Table, Weekly Earnings, Workers 25 Years
and Older, United States
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Work Stoppages

• Table 1. Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more
  workers, 1947-2008