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HRIR 3450 Test 1T or F? A non-union employee might file a complaint with the appropriate labour relations board, and
the Board might order the employer to reinstate the employee. - correct answer ✔✔False: the non-
union employees can sue the employer in the court of law and the court of law in most jurisdictions does
not have the power to force the employer to give the employee the job back.
T or F? A collective agreement provides that any work done on a Sunday will be paid at the overtime
rate. A union might be required to waive this term of the agreement to meet its obligations under
human rights legislation. That is, the union might be required to agree to an employee working on
Sunday and not be paid overtime if the employee cannot work on Saturday because of his or her
religious belief. - correct answer ✔✔True, due to the duty to accommodate
T or F? Some employers attempt to avoid unionization by paying non-union employees wages that are
equivalent to the wages of unionized employees. - correct answer ✔✔True: to threaten the effect of the
union
T or F? A government may pass back-to-work legislation ordering an end to a strike in the public sector;
however, strikes in the private sector cannot be ended by back-to-work legislation. - correct answer
✔✔False: the government can ask the private sector employees to also go back to work in the name of
public inconvenience.
T or F? Over the past 30 years the percentage of employees who are represented by Unions has
dramatically declined in both Canada and the US. - correct answer ✔✔False: the percentage of union
members has drastically declined in the US but not that much in Canada
T or F? When a union attempts to organize employees, there is always a vote held to determine if the
employees wish to be represented by a union. - correct answer ✔✔False: it depends on jurisdiction, for
example in Alberta there is a need for representation vote.
T or F? Collective agreements can provide that employees are required to become union members.
Accordingly, an employer could be forced to terminate an employee who refused to join the union. -
correct answer ✔✔True: under the concept of union shop, the employer can hire anyone but upon
joining the employee has to become a union member or else relinquish the job. The U of M follows the
union shop philosophy (student workers and for sessional employee)
,T of F? When an employee takes a complaint to his or her union— for example, the employee alleges
termination without cause— the union is required to pursue the matter with the employer. - correct
answer ✔✔False: the ownership of the grievance lies with the union, not the employee.
T or F? In the course of negotiation of a collective agreement, the employer may be required to reveal
information to the union even though the union has not requested it. - correct answer ✔✔True: known
as the duty of bargaining in good faith
T or F? When a vote is held to authorize a strike, all employees in the group that would be on strike are
entitled to vote. That is, both union members and employees who are not union members are entitled
to vote. - correct answer ✔✔True: as long as the job of all employees are being impacted they are all
entitled to vote
T or F? Some public sector employees have the right to strike, provided essential services are maintained
for the public by having some employees continue to work. - correct answer ✔✔True: maximum number
of union members in Canada work for the public sector.
T or F: unions reduce profitability and productivity - correct answer ✔✔False: it is known that unionized
firms are less profitable than non-unionized firms, but that does not mean the cause of low profitability
are the unions. In fact, the responsibility of making profit belongs to management. Maybe the
management is weak, that is why they are unable to make a profit. After all, they succumbed to being
unionized whereas other aggressive managements like those of Amazon, Walmart, McDonald's never
allow unions to be formed (Apple, Facebook, Google)
Industrial relations - correct answer ✔✔the study of unionized and non-unionized organizations,
employee relationships
Labour relations - correct answer ✔✔a sub part of industrial relations, deals with unions, and
management of the unionized employees
Legal basis of the relationship- No union - correct answer ✔✔individual contract of employment
Legal basis of the relationship- Union - correct answer ✔✔Collective agreement
, Terms of employment negotiated by- No union - correct answer ✔✔Individual employees
Terms of employment negotiated by- Union - correct answer ✔✔Union
Dismissal of employee no cause- No union - correct answer ✔✔Can be done only a notice period has to
be followed or money equivalent to notice period needs to be paid to an employee
Dismissal of employee no cause- Union - correct answer ✔✔Will very highly likely turn into a grievance
which will go all the way to the arbitrator and will result in reinstatement of the employee
Dismissal with cause- No union - correct answer ✔✔on the spot without given a notice period is fine
Dismissal with cause- Union - correct answer ✔✔can still be reinstated by the arbitrator
Changes in terms of employment- no union - correct answer ✔✔concept of constructive dismissal, it
applies in the case of non-union employees
Changes in terms of employment- union - correct answer ✔✔the concept of constructive dismissal does
not apply in the case of unionized employees
Process to resolve conflict- Non union - correct answer ✔✔court action
Process to resolve conflict- union - correct answer ✔✔grievance and arbitration process which is given in
collective agreement
Environmental factors affecting labour relations - correct answer ✔✔economic, technological, social,
demographic, cultural, political, legal, very recently because of public pressure (generally thanks to gen
Z) some thought is being given to ecological factors as well (at least it has been seen that the firms that
are eco friendly their share prices are being rewarded with high capital gains)
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