An Employee Who Has Been Absent Three Times More Than

question 46

Multiple Choice

An employee who has been absent three times more than the bargaining unit average for more than three years because of a medical condition was discharged. A grievance was filed and at the arbitration hearing it was established that a new medical adviser had prescribed a newly developed medication that would prevent the employee from being absent in the future. Which of the following is correct:

• A) This situation illustrates culpable absenteeism and the discharge will be upheld.
• B) This situation illustrates innocent absenteeism; however, the discharge will be upheld.
• C) This situation illustrates innocent absenteeism and an arbitrator will never uphold a discharge for innocent absenteeism.
• D) This situation illustrates culpable absenteeism; however, the discharge will not be upheld.
• E) This situation illustrates innocent absenteeism and this discharge will not be upheld.

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Definitions:

Direct Materials Variances

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the expected (standard) cost of those materials.

Fixed Overhead

Regular, unchanging costs incurred by a business, regardless of its level of production or sales, such as rent or salaries.

Direct Labor

The labor costs directly associated with the production of goods or services, such as wages for workers who are involved in the manufacturing process.

Raw Material

Basic materials used in the production process, which are transformed into finished goods.