Employment Law Exam Review
Course Introduction
Employment Law explores the legal framework governing the relationship between employers and employees, covering topics such as employment contracts, discrimination, workplace health and safety, wrongful termination, wage and hour regulations, and collective bargaining. The course examines key statutes, court decisions, and administrative regulations, providing students with an understanding of workers' rights and employer responsibilities. Through case studies and practical scenarios, students learn to analyze legal issues in the modern workplace and develop strategies for compliance and dispute resolution.
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Industrial Relations in Canada 2nd Edition by Robert Hebdon
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Dunlop's concept of shared ideology refers to a set of common beliefs held by the actors of the IR system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which term refers to employment relationships and issues, often in unionized workplaces?
A) labour relations
B) employment relations
C) industrial relations
D) workplace relations
Answer: C
Q3) Dunlop's concept of shared ideology is not consistent with the human resources/strategic choice view of industrial relations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Legal Environment
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Q1) Which of the following is a form of dispute resolution common in Canada?
A) voluntarism
B) certification
C) arbitration
D) discrimination
Answer: C
Q2) Conciliation is a process in which a neutral third party forces labour and management to settle their dispute.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Scientific management and mass production resulted in which phenomenon?
A) greater labour-management cooperation
B) rise of craft unionism
C) rise of industrial unionism
D) stricter labour legislation
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Economic, Social, and Political Environments
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Q1) Which term refers to the situation in which it is easier to use machines and technology than to use labour?
A) product market
B) substitution effect
C) electronic commerce
D) labour intensity
Answer: B
Q2) An argument in favour of restructuring policies is that they benefit workers who lack the necessary skills to compete in the new economy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What are teleworking and flextime examples of?
A) contingent work
B) occupational shifts
C) employee demands
D) union demands
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Labour History
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Q1) The largest strike since the Winnipeg General Strike was a response to what major initiative?
A) free trade agreements
B) Crown corporations
C) public sector cutbacks
D) exclusive jurisdiction
Q2) The One Big Union (OBU) is often associated with the Winnipeg General Strike.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The CLC's formation deviated from which of the original founding principles of the AFL?
A) exclusive jurisdiction
B) political nonpartisanship
C) business unionism
D) pure unionism
Q4) The Berlin Convention resulted in the TLC being solely comprised of unions affiliated with the AFL.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Union Perspective
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a social justice unionism goal that extends beyond the workplace?
A) organization of all workers in an industry
B) elimination of harassment and discrimination
C) organizational conservation
D) implementation of quality standards
Q2) Provincial federations of labour are the main bodies pushing labour's issues on legislation and other policy areas with provincial governments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List four issues that are important for unions to address when they try to organize women.
Q4) Which of the following entitlements is typical of an enterprise union?
A) Workers are entitled to a safe and healthy workplace.
B) Workers are entitled to a strong economic system.
C) Members of society are entitled to a strong economic system.
D) Members of society are entitled to a safe and sustainable environment.
Q5) List five reasons why a democratic structure is important for unions.
Q6) What are the three main categories of unions?
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Chapter 6: The Management Perspective
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Q1) Which characteristic is considered key to participative management?
A) Reward systems are in place.
B) It is common for decisions to be made at the highest level.
C) There is limited investment in training and development.
D) Jobs are designed so that workers handle small, specialized parts of the product.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of nonunion representation?
A) total quality management
B) joint councils
C) strategic choice management
D) labour federations
Q3) Which argument suggests that the strategic choice framework does NOT apply in Canada?
A) Labour legislation in Canada is pro-management.
B) Canada's union density rate has fallen rapidly.
C) Union organizing has avoided new sectors of the economy.
D) Canada's public sector is heavily unionized.
Q4) Kochan, Katz, and McKersie's strategic choice framework states that IR decisions are made at three levels. What are the three levels?
Q5) What are the three key elements of human resources strategies?
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Chapter 7: Negotiations
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Q1) The three steps in IBB are to identify the problem, search for alternative solutions, and ratify.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Fisher and Ury assume a dichotomy between integrative and interest-based bargaining processes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the parties trying to distribute in distributive bargaining?
A) costs of arbitration
B) control over work rules
C) roles during bargaining
D) equal participants on bargaining teams
Q4) Define and describe the four subprocesses of collective bargaining.
Q5) What is the purpose of having a single spokesperson during collective bargaining?
A) prevents haggling at the bargaining table
B) eliminates conflict within bargaining teams
C) protects confidential information
D) manages unrealistic expectations
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Chapter 8: Collective Agreement Administration
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Q1) Many collective agreements are printed in pocket-size format or are posted on the internet so employees can use them at work. This practice supports which purpose of a collective agreement?
A) defines grievance procedure
B) defines work rules
C) meets environmental commitment
D) provides equal access to information
Q2) Generally speaking, unions seek layoff language that protects the most senior employees.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A significant difference between common law and collective bargaining law relates to management's ability to exercise what right?
A) ability to assess work performance
B) ability to assign work duties
C) ability to fire employees
D) ability to reward employees
Q4) Present three reasons why union leaders are often given special protection from layoffs through super seniority clauses.
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Chapter 9: Strikes and Dispute Resolution
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Q1) Which strike statistic do the textbook authors feel is the best to use when examining strike trends over time?
A) strike frequency
B) number of workers affected
C) length of strike
D) person-days not worked
Q2) Which of the following is a formal complaint that a specific clause in the collective agreement has been violated?
A) strike
B) complaint
C) grievance
D) appeal
Q3) What is a typical management response to a wildcat strike?
A) fire striking workers
B) ask for a court order to send workers back to their jobs
C) deduct wages for each lost day of work
D) suspend collective bargaining indefinitely
Q4) Strikes are less likely to occur when the economy is doing well.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Impacts of Unionization
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Q1) Your friend John owns a coffee shop that recently unionized. He asks you how unionization will affect the business's profitability, productivity, pay, and selection practices. Briefly outline your response to John.
Q2) Unions may have a negative effect on firm productivity due to which of the following?
A) Collective voice increases the number of employee complaints.
B) Formal grievance procedures are used to discuss workplace conflict.
C) The industry may have a history of union-management conflict.
D) Unions increase participative decision making.
Q3) In a unionized firms, which job evaluation approaches is likely to be used?
A) ranking
B) point factor
C) job analysis
D) whole job comparison
Q4) Which of the following staffing practices is an effect of unionization?
A) the use of informal internal recruitment techniques
B) a lack of probationary periods
C) the use of seniority in selection decisions
D) the use of less formal promotion criteria
Q5) Name and briefly describe the three elements of total compensation.
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Chapter 11: Public-Sector Issues
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Q1) What are Marshall's conditions of elasticity? How do they relate to the power of unions?
Q2) Name three factors that account for the rise of public-sector unions in the 1960s.
Q3) Mandatory third-party intervention in labour disputes, particularly when the right to strike is banned, often results in the parties being unable to reach an agreement. This finding presents support for which of the following?
A) interest arbitration model
B) designation model
C) unfettered-strike model
D) legislated outcomes
Q4) What do statistics show about unions' most popular reaction to privatization?
A) They responded proactively to reduce adverse effects.
B) They responded by striking and/or using worker slowdowns.
C) They responded by going to court and/or arbitration.
D) They responded creatively by offering alternatives.
Q5) Interest arbitration is used instead of striking in the no-strike model.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define and explain the four generations of public-sector bargaining.
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Chapter 12: Globalization of Labour Markets
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Q1) As a result of globalization, corporations have been adapting concepts and ideas on how to improve efficiency from other corporations worldwide.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Globalization has allowed most countries to achieve equity in terms of trade.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a common element in the integration theory of globalization?
A) there is a minor impact on corporations
B) management has a great deal of power
C) there is an increase in strikes
D) production becomes decentralized
Q4) What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? Briefly explain how it, along with globalization, affected Canada.
Q5) In the integration theory of globalization, a main function is the decentralization of bargaining.
A)True
B)False
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