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How do we define Labour (industrial) relations? - answer Labour relations
attempts to understand the day-to-day interactions that occur between
worker, union, the state, and employer as well as the legal, political,
economic, and social structures that shape the employer-worker dynamic.
How does labour relations differ from human resource management? -
answer Compared to HR, Labour relations draws more emphasis to
unions and their impact on workplaces. Labour relations is seen as more
analytical and provides a more critical perspective. LR recognizes and
studies the tensions that are part of the employment relationship.
Additionally, LR ask why certain patterns and dynamics exist.
What are some of the reasons to study labour relations? - answer A job
may require unionization for employment and you may need to work with
companies that are unionized so it is best to be informed. It is important
to remember that unionization is a viable option to protect workers
rights/conditions
What are the key pieces of legislation governing labour relations in
Canada? - answer The federal jurisdiction is governed by the Canada
Labour code. For provincial jurisdictions, each province has it's own
governing legislation. In every jurisdiction, there is a human rights
legislation and an employment standards act that establishes minimum
standards for working conditions.
, Does it matter whether we define the term labour relations narrowly or
more broadly? - answer Narrowly the relationship between a union and
the employer in a workplace. More broadly, the legal, political, and
economic structures that surround it. Labour relations cannot be fully
understood without reference to the balance of power in a workplace. It is
important to understand the broad definition because the narrow
definition can hide important aspects of what labour relations fully is.
How would you describe the "average" unionized worker in Canada, given
the information provided in the reading? - answer The average unionized
worker is a female, middle-aged that works in the public sector, works full
time, and is well educated. This is a large shift away from the former
average worker which was defined as a middle-aged, male blue-collar
worker.
What are labour and capital? And how do their interests converge and
conflict in the employment relationship? - answer Labor refers to
workers/employees, people that exchange time for wages and must rely
on capital for income, and capital refers to individuals that do not need to
perform labor and draw money from investments (property, businesses)
and those with authority in the workplace.
The interests that converge are that both parties want the organization to
succeed. The conflict often arises from the wage-effort bargain. Capital
wants max profits with the least amount of labor costs and Labor wants
maximum pay for minimum work.
How is employment a social, as well as an economic, relationship? -
answer Employment is a social relationship because a worker agrees to
the rules and protocol of a work place to conduct themselves in a certain
way. It is economic because there is an exchange of labor for money.
What is a labour market and how does it work? - answer The labor market
is the supply and demand of labor. Employees provide the supply and
employers provide the demand.
Human effort/knowledge is bought and sold. Labor sells the capacity to
work and employers buy this capacity to work
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