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featherbedding
feath·er·bed·ding F0061700 (fĕth′ər-bĕd′ĭng)n.1. The hiring of more workers than necessary or the limiting of worker productivity in order to allow employment of more persons, usually as a result of a union contract with an employer.2. The paying for services that are not actually performed, as in a union-imposed fee upon an employer.
feath′er·bed′ v. & adj.featherbedding (ˈfɛðəˌbɛdɪŋ) n (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the practice of limiting production, duplicating work, or overmanning, esp in accordance with a union contract, in order to prevent redundancies or create jobsfeath•er•bed•ding (ˈfɛð ərˌbɛd ɪŋ)
n. the practice by some unions of requiring an employer to hire more employees than are necessary or to limit production according to a union rule or a safety statute. [1920–25] feath′er•bed`, v.i., v.t. -bed•ded, -bed•ding. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | featherbedding - the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are requiredpractice, pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
Featherbedding
Featherbedding1. Pejorative; a term for the hiring or maintaining the employment of more workers than a company needs, or of instituting unnecessary work procedures so that workers may have something to do without increasing the company's production. Historically, this has applied to union contracts in which a union insists the employer hire more union members than he/she needs. However, the term is also used to describe unnecessary or nepotistic management level positions.
2. Under the Taft-Hartley Act, an illegal agreement providing for payment for services that are unperformed and not to be performed. This was passed as an anti-union measure limiting the ability to create "make-work" programs, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such programs to be legal in American Newspaper Publishers Association vs. National Labor Relations Board (1953). This decision defined featherbedding exclusively as paying a worker not to work.featherbedding
Related to featherbedding: Secondary boycottWords related to featherbeddingnoun the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are requiredRelated Words |