Employee and Labor Relations: Unions and Collective Bargaining

Overview/Description
One of the key goals of a labor union is to gain official recognition so that it is entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of its members in a particular bargaining unit. This course examines the unionization process laid out by the National Labor Relations Act. Labor regulations also identify unfair labor practices by employers, such as activities that inhibit employees' effort to unionize, or inhibit their employment rights and conditions of work. Certain unfair labor practices by unions and employees are identified too. The course goes on to discuss the process, subjects of, and approaches for collective bargaining between unions and employers. The course also presents strikes, picketing, and secondary boycotts as the legal means of protest by employees. This course is created to help HR professionals preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) PHR and SPHR certification examinations. The content in this course is based on the responsibility and knowledge statements of the PHR and SPHR Body of Knowledge of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Target Audience
Human resource professionals, managers, and all individuals preparing for the PHR and SPHR certification examinations of Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI); compensation and benefits analysts, administrators, staffing managers and recruiters will also have interest in this certification path

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Employee and Labor Relations: Unions and Collective Bargaining

sequence the steps of the unionization process

identify common requirements of a cooperation agreement between a union and employer

identify the rules for employers in the event that an election is granted

identify examples of unfair labor practices by employers

identify examples of unfair labor practices by unions

differentiate between types of collective bargaining strategies

identify contract negotiation approaches

categorize examples of labor protests

identify the rules for lockouts