10.8 Job action Flashcards
The participation of California Highway Patrol (CHP) employees in job actions such as work slowdowns, sick-outs, strikes, enforcement speedups or reduced attendance is:
incompatible
T/F
Make every effort to document the activity of those persons responsible for planning a job action, i.e., tape recordings, photographs, movies, notes, etc., so that dates, times, names, locations, number of people in attendance and their exact conversations and actions can be produced as evidence.
True
T/F
If a job action has been announced, the use of the State facility for employee meetings shall not be prohibited.
False, is prohibited
T/F
Regardless of the extent of the strike (statewide or wildcat), each employee should be contacted in advance of the day of the strike and asked not to enter in the strike effort. The unlawfulness of his/her actions should be stressed.
True
The striking employee (shall/should/may) be given a completed order to Report/Return to Work.
Should
If the employees fail to notify the CHP that they are striking, and fail to report for duty, each individual will be considered:
AWOL
Each absent employee (shall/should/may) be contacted and the reason for his/her absence determined.
Should
Any statement or refusal to report to duty should be documented ___________, outlining the exact conversation:
immediately
as near as possible.
Each employee suspected of participating in a strike (shall/should/may) be interrogated by a supervisor.
T/F
This interrogation shall only occur after the strike has concluded.
Shall
False, can occur either during or after the strike has concluded.
When a sick-out is suspected, employees (shall/should/may) be notified they are required to obtain medical verification of their illnesses, including a statement by the treating physician specifying the nature of the illness/injury, the treatment prescribed, and if the employee was advised to stay home from work.
Shall
If conditions allow, supervisory contact should be attempted to:
verify the reported illness/injury.
T/F
Each employee shall be advised that if he/she fails to provide the required medical substantiation of the illness/injury, he/she will be docked for the period of the absence.
True, NOTE: Docking does not preclude adverse action.
T/F
If the employee refuses this examination by alleging a religious objection, he/she should be advised that authority exists to examine his/her condition to determine his/her ability to report for duty. The employee (shall/should/may) be ordered to submit to the examination.
True, religious beliefs are not a legal basis for refusal to be examined UNLESS he/she already has on file an affidavit with SPB
Shall
T/F
Where a supervisor visits the employee and, after observation and documented interrogation, forms an opinion that the alleged family care sick leave is being used as a subterfuge, the Department is empowered to demand a reasonably prompt certification from the employee’s physician relative to the alleged ill person’s-condition.
True
If the positive approach fails, each employee suspected of a slowdown (shall/should/may) be interrogated by a supervisor.
Shall
