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Test Bank Labour Relations 3rd Edition CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO LABOUR RELATIONS RELATIONS True!alse

1. Some human resourc resourcee managers use use the terms terms industrial industrial relation relationss and labour relations relations interchangeably. Answer: True 2. There is is a consensus consensus on the meaning meaning of the the terms industr industrial ial relatio relations ns and labour labour relations. Answer: False 3. Labour relati relations ons are importa important nt because because they affect affect both both union and nonunio nonunion n employees. Answer: True !. Labour relati relations ons is defined defined as the the study of all aspects aspects of the the unionmanage unionmanagement ment relationship. Answer: True ". The issue issue of impro#ing impro#ing health health and safety safety in in the wor$place wor$place is within within the domain domain of industrial relations.

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Answer: True %. &ollecti#e &ollecti#e bargai bargaining ning refers refers e'clusi#el e'clusi#ely y to the negotiati negotiation on of a contact contact between between the union and the employer. employer. Answer: False (. )nions ha#e e*ual e*ual strengt strength h and import importance ance in all pro#ince pro#inces. s. Answer: False +. After an employer employer has been unioni,ed unioni,ed an an employee employee in the the bargainin bargaining g unit cannot cannot ma$e an agreement with the employer pro#iding for additional #acation time. Answer: True -. hen employees employees are are not represent represented ed by a union the the employment employment relation relationship ship is go#erned by the contract between the parties/ common law/ and employment legislation. Answer: True 10. A unioni,ed employer must gi#e members of the bargaining unit reasonable reasonable notice to terminate them. Answer: False 11. The courts ha#e the authority to to order employers to reinstate reinstate nonunion employees who ha#e been wrongfully dismissed. Answer: False 12. &onstructi#e dismissal dismissal means that an employer could not reduce an employees pay by 1" unless the employee consented. Answer: True 13. )nioni,ation affects the profitability but not the producti#ity of employers. Answer: False





1". The processes in labour relations relations refer only to oint oint unionmanagement acti#ities such as contract negotiations. Answer: False 1%. 4uman resource managers and labour relations relations specialists may ha#e a different perspecti#e on unions. Answer: True 1(. ithout ithout a union/ the employment relationship would be go#erned e'clusi#ely by agreements between employers and indi#idual employees. Answer: False 1+. 5rongful dismissal6 means that an employer must ha#e a #alid reason reason to terminate an employee. Answer: False 1-. 7t is possible possible for collecti#e agreements to pro#ide less notice of termination termination to employees than the common law reasonable notice period. Answer: True 20. There are studies indicating indicating that unioni,ed employees ha#e lower ob satisfaction satisfaction than nonunion employees. Answer: True 21. A systems framewor$ for labour relations contains fi#e fi#e elements: the parties/ processes/ the en#ironment/ outputs/ and feedbac$. Answer: True 22. The en#ironmental factors affecting affecting labour relations refer e'clusi#ely to the economy/ economy/ technology/ technology/ and legal issues. Answer: False 23. &ountries with higher rates rates of unioni,ation tend to ha#e lower lower economic ine*uality





Answer: False 2". Some employers and unions unions ha#e attempted to to mo#e to a more collaborati#e relationship by agreeing that contract disputes will not be resol#ed through stri$es. Answer: True 2%. The legal en#ironment hinders hinders collaboration between employers and unions because it pro#ides that unions cannot agree to gi#e up the right to stri$e. Answer: False





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1. Labour Labour rela relati tions ons is define defined d as the the study study of: of: a. employ employmen mentt in union union and nonuni nonunion on organi organi,at ,ation ionss b. all aspects of the unionmanagement relationship c. the negotia negotiation tion and and administ administratio ration n of collecti#e collecti#e agreements agreements d. methods methods to impro impro#e #e unionm unionmana anageme gement nt relati relations ons e. compens compensati ation on in in union unioni,e i,ed d wor$pl wor$place acess Answer: b 2. hen hen a unio union n repre represen sents ts empl employee oyees: s: a. 7ndi#idual 7ndi#idual employees employees can negotia negotiate te terms terms of employment employment pro#ided pro#ided that that the terms terms are better than the terms of the collecti#e agreement. b. 9mployers are obligated to gi#e reasonable notice when terminating employees. c. isputes isputes between between the union union and the employer employer are are resol#ed resol#ed in in the courts. courts. d. 9mploy 9mployee ee ob ob secu securit rity y is reduce reduced. d. e. A termination termination of of an employee employee could could be o#erturned o#erturned by by an arbitra arbitrator tor.. Answer: e 3. The unioni,at unioni,ation ion of employees employees at &ompany &ompany A is the the least li$ely to affect: a. &ompany &ompany A;s compens compensati ation on costs costs b. &ompany A; A;s producti#ity c. ob sati satisfa sfacti ction on of emplo employees yees at at &ompan &ompany yA d. employment employment standar standards ds legisla legislation tion affecti affecting ng &ompany &ompany A e. &ompany A;s policies policies and procedures procedures relating relating to employee dispute dispute resolution resolution Answer: d !. &ompany &ompany A is reducing reducing productio production n because of a decreas decreasee in demand demand for its product product.. hen the company reduces the si,e of its unioni,ed wor$force/ which of the following is correct< a. the union union must must be gi#e gi#en n reaso reasonab nable le noti notice ce b. employees must be gi#en reasonable notice c. employees employees must must be gi#en gi#en the notice notice pro#ided pro#ided for for in the the collecti#e collecti#e agreement agreement d. younger younger empl employee oyeess must must be laid laid off off first first e. employees employees cannot be termi terminated nated unless unless the the union union consents consents Answer: c ". unlops unlops model of industr industrial ial relations relations systems systems contains contains which which of the followi following ng as





d. wor$ wor$pl plac acee demo democr crac acy y e. poli politi tica call econ econom omy y Answer: b %. A system systemss framewor$ framewor$ for for labour relations relations has the the following following elements elements:: a. parties/ parties/ contract contract negotiation negotiation// the en#iron en#ironment/ ment/ outcomes/ outcomes/ and and feedbac$ feedbac$ b. the en#ironment/ parties/ processes/ outcomes/ and feedbac$ c. parties/ parties/ process processes/ es/ the the en#ironme en#ironment/ nt/ outcomes/ outcomes/ and legisl legislation ation d. partie parties/ s/ proces processes ses// feedbac$ feedbac$// and outcom outcomes es e. the en#ironme en#ironment/ nt/ parties/ parties/ processes/ processes/ outcome outcomes/ s/ and collect collecti#e i#e agreement agreementss Answer: b (. hic hich h of the the fol follo lowi wing ng is is not part of the e'ternal en#ironment affecting labour relations: a. grie grie#a #anc ncee proc proces esss b. free trade agreements c. glob global alii,at ,ation ion d. the the rat ratee of of infl inflat atio ion n e. human human rig right htss leg legis isla lati tion on Answer: a +. The process process component component in a system systemss approach approach to labour labour relations relations includes includes which which of the following< a. unilat unilateral eral action action by manage managemen mentt b. unilateral action by unions c. the en#i en#irronm onment ent d. a and b e. a and c Answer: d -. hic hich h of the the fol follo lowi wing ng is is not correct regarding feedbac$ in a systems framewor$ for labour relations: a. 9'perience 9'perience with with a process process could could result result in a party see$ing see$ing to change change the process. process. b. The feedbac$ affects only the actors and processes in the system. c. =utputs =utputs of the labour labour relation relationss system system affect affect the processe processess used by the the parties. parties. d. =utputs =utputs of the labour labour relation relationss system system affect affect the obecti# obecti#es es of the parties parties.. e. =utputs =utputs of the labour labour relat relations ions system system affect affect the economy economy.







a. b. c. d. e.

a suit suit for for cons constru tructi cti#e #e dism dismiss issal al a suit for wrongful dismissal reinst reinstate atemen mentt ordere ordered d by an arbit arbitrat rator or reinst reinstate atemen mentt order ordered ed by a udge udge damages awarded awarded by a udge udge for for the breach of the collecti#e collecti#e agreem agreement ent

Answer: c 11. The unioni,atio unioni,ation n of employees is the least li$ely to affect which of the following< a. ob ob satis satisfa fact ctio ion n of empl employe oyees es b. costs of operations for the employer c. ob ob secu securi rity ty for for empl employ oyee eess d. the reaso reasonabl nablee notice notice employe employees es are entitl entitled ed to e. in#est in#estmen mentt decisi decisions ons made made by by the empl employer oyer Answer: d 12. hich of the the following following is not included in a systems approach to labour relations< a. actors b. the en#ironment c. proces processes ses engaged engaged in by the actors actors d. outputs e. distr distribu ibutio tion n of power power in societ society y Answer: e 13. A political economy approach to labour relations relations emphasi,es which of the following< following< a. conflic conflictt between between employe employerr and employee employee inter interest estss b. a web of rules c. an ideol ideology ogy shar shared ed by empl employer oyerss and unio unions ns d. go#er go#ernm nment ent int inter er#e #enti ntion on e. the #alues #alues of employ employers ers and unions unions





1". The #alues and beliefs beliefs of the &anadian public are part of: a. the the lega legall en#i en#iro ronm nmen entt b. social en#ironment c. polit politic ical al en#i en#iro ronm nmen entt d. tech technol nolog ogic ical al en#iro en#ironm nment ent e. econ econom omic ic en#i en#iro ronm nmen entt Answer: b 1%. hich of the following is is correct regarding the issue issue of employer and union collaboration< a. the legal legal en#i en#iron ronmen mentt may hinder hinder coll collabor aborati ation on b. the labour relations system is #iewed as being collaborati#e collaborati#e c. collaborati collaboration on is uni#ersall uni#ersally y accepted accepted as being good good for both partie partiess d. collaborati collaboration on is part of of the political political economy economy approach approach to labour labour relatio relations ns e. collaborati collaboration on is an essentia essentiall component component in a systems systems approach approach to labour labour relations relations Answer: a 1(. hich of the following is is correct regarding a systems systems framewor$ for labour relations< a. 7t establi establishes shes that that employers employers are are the $ey $ey actor in labour labour relation relations. s. b. 7t minimi,es the importance of en#ironmental factors. c. 7t establi establishes shes that that contract contract negotia negotiation tion is the only only process process in#ol#ed in#ol#ed in in labour relations. d. 7t illustr illustrates ates that that the components components of of the system system are self selfcontai contained. ned. e. 7t illustr illustrates ates that that there there are are numerous numerous result resultss or outputs. outputs. Answer: e





Essa& 'uestions

1. escribe escribe the diffe differences rences in in the relations relationship hip between between employers employers and employee employeess in non union and unioni,ed en#ironments. 2. iscuss iscuss the followin following g statement: statement: Labour Labour relations relations are importan importantt for employers/ employers/ employees/ and society. society. 3. Two of the elements elements of a systems systems approach approach to labour labour relations relations are are the actors actors and the the processes or acti#ities the actors engage in. 7dentify the actors in the system and describe the processes that each one could be engaged in. !. escribe escribe the en#ironm en#ironmental ental factors factors that that could affe affect ct labour relati relations. ons. ". escribe escribe the outputs outputs of a systems systems approach approach to labour labour relati relations. ons. %. escribe escribe the elements elements of a syste systems ms framewor framewor$ $ for labour labour relati relations. ons. (. Some of the employee employeess of an an organi,at organi,ation ion ha#e ha#e been unioni,ed. unioni,ed. 9'plain 9'plain three three ways that the employer could be affected.

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