{"title":"The practical labor lawyer: an employers' guide to strike contingency planning.","authors":"H R Stang, G W Robinson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An employer's capacity successfully to survive a strike will depend largely on the extent to which it has anticipated the strike and taken the steps necessary to defend against it. It is the purpose of this article to catalog the factors employers should consider in approaching an imminent strike and devising contingency plans. It attempts to focus on the types of problems, legal and practical, that frequently arise in strike situations, and suggests certain measures that employers may adopt in preparing for, and defending against, the economic impact of a strike.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"6 2","pages":"314-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21115857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hospital collective bargaining: structure and process.","authors":"G W Bohlander","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing influence of third parties on collective bargaining has continued to interest labor relations practitioners. The authors discusses the role of third-party payers and state regulatory agencies in labor-management negotiations at voluntary hospitals. Highlighted is the bargaining strategy adopted by negotiators when collective bargaining operates under a prospective rate-setting system. Also presented are the economic variables by which the payers influence hospital-union relationships and their effect on the outcomes of bargaining. The author describes the political context of health-care bargaining and the growing significance of cost control on hospital negotiations. He concludes that third-party payers cause health-care bargaining to change from a bilateral structure to a multilateral dimension.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"6 1","pages":"41-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21141541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is the HMO Act and what is its impact on employers?","authors":"A Sloan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The explosion in health care costs has spurred the development of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOS). It is predicted that $180 billion will be spent on health care this year. The search for more economical alternatives to the traditional fee-for-service type of care has naturally focused attention on HMOs. Evidence indicates that the cost of HMO services can be one-fourth to one-third less than the cost of traditional care. Such figures make HMOs one of the most important, and least understood, topics confronting employers today.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 4","pages":"608-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21162347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bargaining unit determination procedures in the public sector: a comparative evaluation.","authors":"S L Hayford, W A Durkee, C W Hickman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A crucial first step in the formulation of a statutory framework for public sector collective bargaining is the selection of a procedure(s) for bargaining unit determination that will produce stable and workable employer-union relationships. In an attempt to provide empirically based policy guidance to legislators and administrative agency officials, this study presents an extensive examination and analysis of the experience of the several government jurisdictions that have previously made this decision. In the final section of the report, the authors explore the ramifications of their findings for any future state and/or federal collective bargaining legislation for public employees.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"84-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21162357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee and government access to personnel files: rights and requirements.","authors":"J C Fox, P J Ostling","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A maze of record-keeping, disclosure, and privacy statutes and regulations, with accompanying case law, have created a boom in privacy law. Employers find themselves caught in this rising tide, torn between the often conflicting requirements. The issue of access to employee files--by employees, government, and unions--is one of the most difficult issues in this complicated situation. This article discusses recent developments in the field and aims to help readers thread their way through the maze of contradictions and pitfalls confronting employers.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"67-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21162356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The National Labor Relations Act and health care institutions: the persistent paradox.","authors":"K A Reed","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the wake of 1974 amendments to the NLRA, nonprofit health care institutions have been involved in a steady stream of labor relations cases. This article examines some of the new labor relations problems facing these institutions, and it provides valuable information and analysis to help administrators keep abreast of the legal and practical developments stemming from the cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 3","pages":"357-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21162343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Rehabilitation Act of 1973--its impact on employee selection practices.","authors":"J H Guy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The employee selection practices of private and public enterprises that contract with the federal government or receive federal financial assistance have been subjected to extensive regulation by the agencies administering sections 503 and 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, which provide protection to qualified handicapped individuals. The author discusses the nature and significance of these restrictions and gives practical guidance on compliance. She cautions that the enforcement powers of the agencies administering the Act--the power to cut off federal funds, debar from future contracts, award back pay, and provide equitable relief--make it necessary for employers to show good faith and proper justification when a decision is made to reject a handicapped person for a job or a promotion.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"2-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21187574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Labor Reform Act of 1977: a detailed analysis.","authors":"P G Nash","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a former General Counsel of the NLRB, Peter Nash enjoyed a vantage point from which to observe the procedures of the Board and evaluate how the provisions of the NLRA itself operated. Nou in private practice, he has made a detailed analysis of the labor reform legislation pending in Congress and strongly supported by organized labor. Writing from management's point of view, Mr. Nash concludes that the bills now pending are designed solely to assist unions in their organizing efforts; will not expedite the processing of Board cases; and contain harsh, unfair, and unnecessary deterrent remedies against employers.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"59-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21179880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EEO's next frontier: assignments, training, and promotion.","authors":"E Ginzberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Too often, says Prof. Ginzberg, newly hired employees from minority groups are overlooked when it comes to training and assignment to better jobs. The only safe and sane policy for employers to follow is to consider everyone who is hired in any opening position to be in a pool of potential promotables. With the num0er of qualified persons from previously underrepresented groups growing rapidly, the pressure is on management to reflect this fact in promoting individuals from these groups to higher ranks.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"24-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21178350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of multi-employer bargaining in metropolitan hospitals.","authors":"P Feuille, C Maxey, H Juris, M Levi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To join with the others or go it alone--that is the question faced by every hospital and health care facility where a unionization drive is either on the horizon or in progress. The factors that have entered into the decisions of hospital trustees and administrators on this touchy problem are the subject of this article. The authors discuss the experiences of the hospital industry in six areas across the country and analyze the factors involved in the evolution of different bargaining structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":79590,"journal":{"name":"Employee relations law journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"98-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21179882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}