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| collective bargaining | a negotiation between unions and employers about terms of employment |
| flextime | a work schedule that allows employees to choose their working hours within defined limits |
| job rotation | a job design in which employees are trained to do more than one specialized task and move from one task to another. |
| job sharing | a job design in which two people share one full-time position. |
| labor union | a group of people in the same or similar occupations organized for the benefit of all and whose primary function is negotiating the terms of employment |
| lobbying | trying to influence public officials to take political action that benefits a certain group |
| professional organization | organization of people in a particular occupation that requires considerable training and specialized skills and works toward setting standards and further education for the group. |
| seniority | a workplace policy in which the last workers hired will be the first fired when jobs must be cut. |
| vested | entitled to the full amount accumulated in a retirement plan |
| incentive | money offered to encourage employees to strive for higher levels of performance |
| profit sharing | allows employees to share a portion of the company's profits at the end of the year |
| mediation | a neutral third party helps the parties in a dispute reach a voluntary settlement |
| telecommuting | working offsite and using technology to stay in contact with the employer |
| compressed workweek | a work schedule that fits a 40-hour week into less than five days |
