Union Work Environments (HRCI/PHR)

Overview/Description
 The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certifications, including PHR (Professional in Human Resources), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee and labor relations. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are in line with work rules of union environments and that union-employer issues are resolved in a legally defensible manner. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of work regulations and employee issue resolution. This course will also help you understand union organization, grievance processes, dispute resolution, and arbitration. In the areas of work regulations, you will learn about collective bargaining, contract negotiations, good faith bargaining, and strikes and boycotts. This SkillSoft product has been reviewed by the Employment Practice Group of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. As of the date reviewed, the content of this course is in compliance with federal law and court decisions. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Human Resources Professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification examination

Expected Duration
1.5

Lesson Objectives:

Work Rules in Union Environments

  • identify the benefits of understanding the work rules that apply to union environments.
  • the learner will match unfair labor practices by employers with examples.
  • identify examples of the unfair labor practices by unions.
  • sequence examples of the steps of the NLRB election process.
  • match the voting protocols for unions with examples.

    • Union-employer Relations

  • identify the advantages of understanding union-employer relations.
  • match the typical collective bargaining subjects to examples.
  • match collective bargaining strategies to examples.
  • match the good faith bargaining guidelines to examples.
  • match activities that occur during labor protests with examples.


    • Course Number: HR0246