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IDRL 215 Exam Prep Questions With Correct Answers How do we define labour relations? Does it matter whether we define the term narrowly or more broadly? - answerA) Labour relations can be defined as the relationship between a union and an employer. B) Labour relations should be defined more br...

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IDRL 215 Exam Prep Questions With
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How do we define labour relations? Does it matter whether we define the term narrowly or more

broadly? - answer✔A) Labour relations can be defined as the relationship between a union and

an employer.




B) Labour relations should be defined more broadly because narrowly defining the term can

mask important details about what labour relations is.




C) Moreover, labour relations is the study of the employment relationship and acknowledges that

the employment relationship is one of power and that inherent power disparities exist between

employers and workers.

Does labour relations bring a different perspective to work than human resource management? -

answer✔Human resource management typically deals with non-unionized work environments,

whereas labour relations focuses on unions and their impact on workplaces. Although relevant to

one another, labour relations has its own priorities and principles.

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What are labour and capital? And how do their interests converge and conflict in the

employment relationship? - answer✔A) Labour refers to the part of the population that trades its

time for the wages required to support itself.




B) Capital is wealth in the form of money or property to purchase investments, such as

businesses, from which income can be drawn without the need to perform labour.




C) Their interests converge in that the duties and obligations of employers and employees are

asymmetrical. More specifically, employers issue commands, and employees obey them.




Furthermore, employers seek to cheapen and intensify labour to increase profit. Therefore,

employers' interests lie in maximizing profit, while workers' interests lie in maximizing wages.


How is employment a social, as well as an economic, relationship? - answer✔The employment

relationship is both social and economic because not only do employers sell their labour for

remuneration, but by accepting employment they are also accepting managerial authority and

agreeing to comply with managerial rules and direction.


What is a labour market and how does it work? - answer✔A) A labour market is where

employers buy and workers sell the workers' capacity to work.

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B) The labour markets is largely influenced by supply and demand for labourers. For instance,

wages rates increase when there is a shortage of workers. Conversely, wage rates might decrease

if there is a surplus of labour.

What sorts of challenges and tasks face employers when trying to turn the capacity to work into

actual work? - answer✔Employers face three main tasks when utilizing employees' capacity to

work:




1) defining the nature of the job

2) matching the employee to the job

3) regulating the performance and behaviour of the employee on the job

What are the common law duties and obligations of employers and employees? -

answer✔Common law duties of employers include:




a) work and remuneration

-to provide employees with the wage and work opportunities agreed upon.




b) notice of termination

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