LABOUR LAW SUMMARY NOTES AND
QUESTIONS ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL SOLVED ANSWERS
⩥ Describe the major impacts of the Labor Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act, of 1959.
Answer: Increased power of Union Members by:
1. Unions had to give union members a bill of rights;
2. Unions required to hold elections every 3 years;
3. Unions had to submit annual financial reports to the department of
labor, federal crime to embezzle or steal union funds.
Also, union members could attend union meetings, vote and nominate
people for union offices.
⩥ Define the steps in the union organization process. Answer: 1. Union
contacts employees or employees contact union.
2. Initial organizational meeting with union to gather employee support.
3. 30% of authorization (employee) signatures are required to move
forward with unionization process.
4. Once 30% of signatures are gathered, a secret ballot election is
administered by the NLRA.
5. If the vote is "yes" (51% majority), the NLRB certifies the union as
the legal bargaining representative of the employees.
,⩥ Describe the collective bargaining process. Answer: Collective
bargaining is the negotiations between the employer and the the union
(on behalf of the workers) to form a new contract which governs the
working relationship between the parties. Under the NLRA, both the
union and the employer are required to bargain in good faith. The
concept of good faith does not mandate agreement, but instead requires a
mutual obligation of the parties to participate actively in negotiations,
showing intent to find a basis for agreement. Workplace issues are
divided into three categories: mandatory, permissive and illegal
bargaining items.
⩥ Compare unfair labor practices for management and labor. Answer:
Management cannot: refuse to bargain with labor; coerce, interfere or
intrude on employees' rights to become involved with unions;
For unions, they must bargain in good faith. During strike activity,
unions are prohibited from preventing persons who wish to work from
entering the business, may not damage employer property, and may not
picket other businesses that provide goods and services to the employer.
Such a picket is called a secondary picket.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Lockout Answer: the employer either shuts down business operations
and prevents employees from coming to work or continues work but
hires replacement employees
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
, Strikes Answer: a mass work stoppage; economic strikes (used to
pressure management into conceding to compensation demands) and
ULP strikes (employer committed ULP) are lawful. Wildcat strikes, in
which employees stop work without the union's permission, are illegal.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Mediation Answer: voluntary process, bringing a neutral third-party into
a negotiation as a facilitator. It may or may not lead to an agreement
between the parties
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Arbitration Answer: process agreed to by the parties in which, at its
conclusion, a neutral third-party will impose a binding agreement on
both parties
⩥ Summarize worker eligibility and E-verify. Answer: E-verify is used
to allow employer to determine eligibility of an employee to work in US.
They have to submit form I-9 and have to submit it within 3 days and
keep in their records. Contractors with $100,000 or more/or 120 days or
longer from Federal government contracts must use e-verify. Other
employers, optional. If e-verify gives non-confirmation, candidate has 8
days to respond. (employer has to wait out that 8 days)
⩥ Explain negligent hiring. Answer: Negligent hiring is when an
employer ignores a reputation or record of an applicant and still hires
QUESTIONS ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL SOLVED ANSWERS
⩥ Describe the major impacts of the Labor Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act, of 1959.
Answer: Increased power of Union Members by:
1. Unions had to give union members a bill of rights;
2. Unions required to hold elections every 3 years;
3. Unions had to submit annual financial reports to the department of
labor, federal crime to embezzle or steal union funds.
Also, union members could attend union meetings, vote and nominate
people for union offices.
⩥ Define the steps in the union organization process. Answer: 1. Union
contacts employees or employees contact union.
2. Initial organizational meeting with union to gather employee support.
3. 30% of authorization (employee) signatures are required to move
forward with unionization process.
4. Once 30% of signatures are gathered, a secret ballot election is
administered by the NLRA.
5. If the vote is "yes" (51% majority), the NLRB certifies the union as
the legal bargaining representative of the employees.
,⩥ Describe the collective bargaining process. Answer: Collective
bargaining is the negotiations between the employer and the the union
(on behalf of the workers) to form a new contract which governs the
working relationship between the parties. Under the NLRA, both the
union and the employer are required to bargain in good faith. The
concept of good faith does not mandate agreement, but instead requires a
mutual obligation of the parties to participate actively in negotiations,
showing intent to find a basis for agreement. Workplace issues are
divided into three categories: mandatory, permissive and illegal
bargaining items.
⩥ Compare unfair labor practices for management and labor. Answer:
Management cannot: refuse to bargain with labor; coerce, interfere or
intrude on employees' rights to become involved with unions;
For unions, they must bargain in good faith. During strike activity,
unions are prohibited from preventing persons who wish to work from
entering the business, may not damage employer property, and may not
picket other businesses that provide goods and services to the employer.
Such a picket is called a secondary picket.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Lockout Answer: the employer either shuts down business operations
and prevents employees from coming to work or continues work but
hires replacement employees
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
, Strikes Answer: a mass work stoppage; economic strikes (used to
pressure management into conceding to compensation demands) and
ULP strikes (employer committed ULP) are lawful. Wildcat strikes, in
which employees stop work without the union's permission, are illegal.
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Mediation Answer: voluntary process, bringing a neutral third-party into
a negotiation as a facilitator. It may or may not lead to an agreement
between the parties
⩥ Describe the following strategies to resolve labor disputes:
Arbitration Answer: process agreed to by the parties in which, at its
conclusion, a neutral third-party will impose a binding agreement on
both parties
⩥ Summarize worker eligibility and E-verify. Answer: E-verify is used
to allow employer to determine eligibility of an employee to work in US.
They have to submit form I-9 and have to submit it within 3 days and
keep in their records. Contractors with $100,000 or more/or 120 days or
longer from Federal government contracts must use e-verify. Other
employers, optional. If e-verify gives non-confirmation, candidate has 8
days to respond. (employer has to wait out that 8 days)
⩥ Explain negligent hiring. Answer: Negligent hiring is when an
employer ignores a reputation or record of an applicant and still hires
