PHR Labor Relations & Complaints Practice Questions
Labor Relations & Complaints makes up 5 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest PHR practice test. Here are 10 of the 20 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the HRCI PHR Exam Content Outline (2024). Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real 115-question exam. 70% is Tigertest's readiness line; HRCI reports a scaled score. Not affiliated with HRCI.
1. Under Section 7 of the NLRA, a group of nonunion employees who complain together about pay are:
- A.Covered only by state law
- B.Engaged in protected concerted activity
- C.Unprotected, since there is no union yet
- D.Breaking the duty of loyalty
Answer: B. Section 7 protects concerted activity for mutual aid or protection whether or not a union is involved. Supervisors and managers are not covered.
2. Which law added union unfair labor practices and let states pass right-to-work laws?
- A.The Norris-LaGuardia Act
- B.The Landrum-Griffin Act
- C.The Wagner Act
- D.The Taft-Hartley Act
Answer: D. The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley) added union ULPs, banned the closed shop and, in Section 14(b), allowed state right-to-work laws.
3. The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 is best known for:
- A.A bill of rights for union members
- B.Banning child labor
- C.Creating the NLRB
- D.Setting the federal minimum wage
Answer: A. The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act gave union members rights such as free speech and secret ballots and required union financial reporting.
4. Which law limited federal court injunctions in labor disputes and made yellow-dog contracts unenforceable?
- A.The Railway Labor Act of 1926
- B.The Wagner Act
- C.The Norris-LaGuardia Act
- D.The Taft-Hartley Act
Answer: C. The 1932 Norris-LaGuardia Act restricted injunctions against strikes and barred enforcement of contracts in which workers promised not to join a union.
5. To file a petition with the NLRB for a representation election, a union must show interest from at least what share of the unit?
- A.50%
- B.66%
- C.30%
- D.10%
Answer: C. A petition needs a showing of interest, usually signed cards, from at least 30% of employees in the proposed unit. The election itself is decided by a majority of votes cast.
6. During a union campaign, which supervisor statement is lawful?
- A.Sharing facts about the company's pay
- B.Promising a raise if the union loses
- C.Hinting the plant may close if it wins
- D.Asking employees how they will vote
Answer: A. Supervisors may share facts and opinions. Threats, interrogation, promises of benefits and spying (TIPS) are unfair labor practices.
7. A unionized employee asks for a union representative at an investigatory interview she believes may lead to discipline. These are called:
- A.Miranda rights
- B.Beck rights
- C.Garrity protections
- D.Weingarten rights
Answer: D. NLRB v. J. Weingarten (1975) gives union-represented employees the right to a representative at investigatory interviews they reasonably fear may lead to discipline.
8. Under the NLRA, which subject is a mandatory subject of bargaining?
- A.The union's internal elections
- B.Wages and hours
- C.The company's product prices
- D.Choice of advertising agency
Answer: B. Wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment are mandatory subjects. An employer may not change them on its own during bargaining.
9. Union members strike over the employer's unfair labor practices. Compared with an economic strike, these strikers:
- A.Must give 90 days' notice
- B.Cannot be permanently replaced
- C.Lose all reinstatement rights
- D.May be fired at once
Answer: B. Unfair labor practice strikers are entitled to reinstatement when they offer to return. Economic strikers may be permanently replaced.
10. A union contract clause requires disputes over its meaning to go to a neutral third party whose decision is final. This is:
- A.Fact-finding by a neutral
- B.Conciliation
- C.Mediation
- D.Binding arbitration
Answer: D. In binding arbitration the arbitrator's decision is final. A mediator only helps the parties reach their own agreement.
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