1. What are three cost-containment measures that were implemented through the collective bargaining process in 1985? Why were these considered milestones in curtailing health benefit costs to employees?
2. What is the concept of comparative norm in determining the basic wage rate? Why there are limitations to this approach? What has led companies to grant various forms of individual treatment to companies?
3. What are the standard rules of overtime pay? Provide examples of why it is not always simple to administer. Address issues such as double pay, pyramiding, compulsory overtime, and fair distribution.
4. What are three court cases where the Supreme Court actually bolstered private arbitration? What are the reasons behind their rulings?