Before submitting to the employer a demand for recognition, the labor union must acquire signed authorization cards from employees. This essentially provides an of ficial statement from employees about their intent to unionize and lets the NLRB know that unionizing activity has support from employees. Petitioning the NLRB for voluntary recognition occurs next. Establishing a bargaining position and meeting with the employer to discuss alternatives are activities of the union itself, but they are not part of the actual unionization process.

The process of succession planning requires that a human resources prof essional consider employees within their current positions. As a result, answer choice B falls outside the focus on employees within the positions and instead focuses on the position itself. This is not a part of succession planning. Answer choices A, C, and D all belong to the process of categorizing employees who are currently in positions within an organization.

If the leave is considered foreseeable, the employee is expected to notif y his employer at least 30 days in advance. Foreseeable leave can be considered a medical procedure, birth, adoption or other similar lif e event planned in advance. An advance notice of 15 days is too short. while an advance notice of 45 or 60 days is not required (though certainly not inappropriate, if the employee expects the leave to be necessary that far in advance).

The EEO-I report must be completed on or before September 30 of each year (as this reflects the federal fiscal calendar). The other dates-January 31, April I, and June 15-all reflect possible times for submitting the report, if viewed as falling 'before" September 30, but they do not reflect the required date. Also, it is unlikely that any human resources prof essional would submit the report on these dates. It is far more likely that the report will be completed and submitted closer to the required date.

The Privacy Act of 1974 reflects data collection activities within federal agencies. It does not apply to private employers. The Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 19 52, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 all currently have elements that apply to private employers.