Sabbatical leave, 386

Sabotage, 514–515

Safety. See Workplace safety/health

Safety programs, 517, 519–520

Salaried employees, 3

Salaries. See also Compensation

• executive, 346–347

• performance appraisal interview discussion of, 221

• for women, 136

Sales commission plans, 350

Salespeople, compensation plans for, 350

Same-sex marriage, 130–131

Same-sex sexual harassment, 92

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 415, 441

SARs (stock appreciation rights), 348

Scanlon Plan, 340

Secret Ballot Protection Act, 482

Security issues

• after employee layoff, 194

• human resource information systems, 75

• internal security, 15–16

Segar v. Civiletti, 216

Segmented communication channels, 125

Selection. See also Employee recruitment/selection

• costs of, 185

• for expatriate assignments, 543–543

• explanation of, 155, 163

• job performance predictors for, 164–171

• legal issues related to, 173–174

• person/organization fit and, 171

• reaction to selection devices, 172–173

• reliability and validity in, 163–164

Self-assessment, 266–268

Self-funding plans, 378

Self-insurance pools, 370

Self-managed teams (SMTs), 12, 50–51

Self-review, 215

Senior employees, 2

Seniority

• layoffs and, 193

• in unionized companies, 491

Seniority defense, 89–90

Senior mentoring programs, 141

Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR), 35

SEP (simplified employee pension), 384

Separation pay, 185

Service industry, 9–10

Severance pay, 185, 387

Severity error, 216

Sexual harassment

• cases involving, 90–93, 137

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations on, 85

• hostile work environment, 90

• investigation of complaints of, 93–94

• policies related to, 9

• quid pro quo, 90

• reducing potential liability for, 93

• same-sex, 92

• Title VII and, 90–91

Sick leave, 385–386

Simplified employee pension (SEP), 384

Simulations, for employee training, 246–247

Situational factors, of performance, 224

Skill assessment exercises, 267

Skill-based pay, 294

Skills assessment, 267

Skills-based compensation plans, 311

Skills inventories, 272

Skills training, 248

Slides, for employee training, 245–246

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 534–535

Small businesses

• compensation case, 357

• compensation plans in, 311–312

• employee suggestions in, 419

• family-owned, 311–312

• flexible work schedules in, 72

• global markets and, 534–535

• growth of, 12

• layoffs in, 189

• minority and women-owned, 121–122

• pay-for-performance plans in, 351–353

• workers’ compensation and, 369–370

SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), 534–535

Smoking, 438

SMTs (self-managed teams), 12, 50–51

Socialization

• explanation of, 155

• process of, 254–255

Social media. See Technology/social media

Social networking, 408–409

Social Security, 367–369

Social Security Act of 1935, 367–369, 370

Software

• performance appraisal, 230

• recruitment, 5–6

South Africa, AIDS in, 512

Speak-English-only rule, 90

Speak-up programs, 414–415

Special-purpose teams, 51

SPHR (Senior Professional Human Resources), 35

Spirit of cooperation, 326–327

Staff employees, 2

Staffing process, 24

Statistical selection strategy, 171

Statutory rights, 430

Stereotypes

• of Asian Americans, 127

• avoiding promotion of, 142

• cultural, 553

• of Hispanics, 132

• of Muslims, 134–135

• of older individuals, 133

Stereotyping, 119

Stock appreciation rights (SARs), 348

Stock awards, 348

Stock-based programs, 348

Stock options, 347, 348

Stock purchase plans, 348

Strategic HR choices

• compensation as, 26

• employee and labor relations as, 26–27

• employee rights as, 27

• employee separations as, 26

• explanation of, 24

• international management as, 27

• performance appraisal as, 26

• staffing as, 24

• training and career development as, 26

• work flows as, 24

Strategic human resource (HR) planning

• benefits of, 21

• challenges of, 22–24

• explanation of, 21

• strategic HR choices and, 24–27

Strategic plans, 23

Stress

• burnout, 520

• pay-for-performance and, 329

• from rapid change, 3–4

Strikes. See Labor strikes

Structured interviews, 167–168

SUB (supplemental unemployment benefits), 371

Subcontracting, 69. See also Outsourcing

Subordinate review, 215

Substance use/abuse, 454–455

Succession planning, 151, 269

Suggestion systems, 418–419

Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB), 371

Support groups, 139

Survivor benefits, 369

Suspension, 446

SWOT analysis, 282

System factors of performance, 224