WGU D 351 QUESTINS AND ANSWERS LATEST EDITION
ALREADY VERIFIED AS A+
A manager transfers an employee to a new role that involves hazardous work and exposure to
chemicals and does not provide advance notice.
Which employee right does this violate?
Free consent
A high-performing employee with 20 years of service is dismissed from a company shortly before
becoming eligible for the retirement plan.
Which standard exception of the concept of employment-at-will does this action violate?
Lack of good faith and fair dealing
An employee has been through three steps of progressive discipline, which took three months.
Another three months have passed, and the supervisor notices that the problem is still occurring.
Which step does the supervisor now need to execute?
Termination
A manager creates a communication plan about changes to the employee cost share. How should this
manager determine whether the communication achieves its purpose?
By obtaining formal feedback
A human resources (HR) director who is concerned about communication issues on their team
requires everyone to take a course in active listening skills.
How does the manager expect the course to help the team?
Improve concentration in discussions
A labor representative is discussing a grievance issue with a human resources (HR) analyst and asks if
they agree that the grievant is due on-call pay as outlined in the contract because they had to respond
to a call over the weekend.
Which stage in the message-sending process model is this?
Checking the receiver's understanding
In an attempt to pressure a company's management to correct a perceived pay discrepancy, a union
influences other unions to avoid companies that do business with that company.
What is the union engaging in?
Unfair labor practice
, Which form of transportation is subject to the same negotiation and mediation processes as
railroads?
Airlines
An employee is working under unreasonable conditions that include projects being unassigned and
coworkers refusing communication. The employee decides to resign.
Which end-of-job type is this resignation?
Constructive discharge
A company has had multiple Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations over
several years. An on-site safety accident results in a fatality, and the company is issued a citation.
Why is this latest violation willful?
Management demonstrated a disregard for employee safety and health.
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspector arrives to conduct an inspection
following a warehouse employee complaint about hazardous working conditions.
What is a right for the employee who made the complaint?
Maintain personal anonymity
Due to a reduction in budget, a human resources (HR) officer has to dismiss 30% of the staff. Which
provision dictates how much notice the HR officer must give the impacted employees?
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
An employee publicly complains about a company policy. The employee's hours are reduced, and they
are ostracized by peers and management, causing the employee to resign. Which labor relations
matter has occurred?
Constructive discharge
A plant manager received an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citation for not
having an adequate number of signs around an assembly line conveyor belt. The manager was on
leave and missed the settlement date for posting the signs.
Which OSHA violation did the manager commit?
Failure to abate
A nonunion company requires employees to sign an agreement. The agreement includes a clause
whereby the employee and employer agree to abide by an independent, neutral third party's decision
to resolve employment disputes without going through a litigation process.
Which alternative dispute resolution option does the company use?
Arbitration
ALREADY VERIFIED AS A+
A manager transfers an employee to a new role that involves hazardous work and exposure to
chemicals and does not provide advance notice.
Which employee right does this violate?
Free consent
A high-performing employee with 20 years of service is dismissed from a company shortly before
becoming eligible for the retirement plan.
Which standard exception of the concept of employment-at-will does this action violate?
Lack of good faith and fair dealing
An employee has been through three steps of progressive discipline, which took three months.
Another three months have passed, and the supervisor notices that the problem is still occurring.
Which step does the supervisor now need to execute?
Termination
A manager creates a communication plan about changes to the employee cost share. How should this
manager determine whether the communication achieves its purpose?
By obtaining formal feedback
A human resources (HR) director who is concerned about communication issues on their team
requires everyone to take a course in active listening skills.
How does the manager expect the course to help the team?
Improve concentration in discussions
A labor representative is discussing a grievance issue with a human resources (HR) analyst and asks if
they agree that the grievant is due on-call pay as outlined in the contract because they had to respond
to a call over the weekend.
Which stage in the message-sending process model is this?
Checking the receiver's understanding
In an attempt to pressure a company's management to correct a perceived pay discrepancy, a union
influences other unions to avoid companies that do business with that company.
What is the union engaging in?
Unfair labor practice
, Which form of transportation is subject to the same negotiation and mediation processes as
railroads?
Airlines
An employee is working under unreasonable conditions that include projects being unassigned and
coworkers refusing communication. The employee decides to resign.
Which end-of-job type is this resignation?
Constructive discharge
A company has had multiple Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations over
several years. An on-site safety accident results in a fatality, and the company is issued a citation.
Why is this latest violation willful?
Management demonstrated a disregard for employee safety and health.
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspector arrives to conduct an inspection
following a warehouse employee complaint about hazardous working conditions.
What is a right for the employee who made the complaint?
Maintain personal anonymity
Due to a reduction in budget, a human resources (HR) officer has to dismiss 30% of the staff. Which
provision dictates how much notice the HR officer must give the impacted employees?
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
An employee publicly complains about a company policy. The employee's hours are reduced, and they
are ostracized by peers and management, causing the employee to resign. Which labor relations
matter has occurred?
Constructive discharge
A plant manager received an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citation for not
having an adequate number of signs around an assembly line conveyor belt. The manager was on
leave and missed the settlement date for posting the signs.
Which OSHA violation did the manager commit?
Failure to abate
A nonunion company requires employees to sign an agreement. The agreement includes a clause
whereby the employee and employer agree to abide by an independent, neutral third party's decision
to resolve employment disputes without going through a litigation process.
Which alternative dispute resolution option does the company use?
Arbitration
