IDRL 215 Definitions Exam Questions
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industrial relations - ANSWERS-Relations between employers and employees. Generally the
relations between a union or other group representing the workers at the firm and the
management of the firm.
Human Resource Management - ANSWERS-the policies, practices, and systems that influence
employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance
Automatic Certification - ANSWERS-the union is granted the right to represent the employees
without undergoing any further tests of employee support
Exempt Employees - ANSWERS-work shares characteristics of managerial positions
perform work involving administrative support to top managers
access to confidential information
Employee - ANSWERS-Someone who works on a regular basis for an employer in a dependent
relationship.
Outsourcing - ANSWERS-Elimination of a position within company and work performed by
workers employed by another company
Company Union - ANSWERS-unions created or dominated by employer
Sweetheart Agreement - ANSWERS-union-management agreement that favours management
and/or does not consider needs and wants of employees
, Terminal Date - ANSWERS-date by which submissions must be received in order for the board to
consider them along with application
Representation Vote - ANSWERS-vote held to determine whether employees wish to be
represented by a union
Certification Order - ANSWERS-document that legally creates bargaining relationship between
union and employer
- makes union exclusive bargaining agent for employees in bargaining unit
- compels parties to commence bargaining for a collective agreement
Time Bar - ANSWERS-limits that restrict time within which organizing efforts can take place
following a failed certification
Application Bar - ANSWERS-particular type of time bar that imposes mandatory waiting period
after unsuccessful certification attempt
Raid - ANSWERS-union attempting to certify workers represented by another union
Time Bar - ANSWERS-Restrict when a raid can take place
- ban on immediate organizing of newly certified bargaining units
- application to represent already unionized workers can only be made at certain times during
collective agreement (open periods)
Open Period - ANSWERS-Time that Certification application can be made during an existing
collective agreement with another union
and Answers7
industrial relations - ANSWERS-Relations between employers and employees. Generally the
relations between a union or other group representing the workers at the firm and the
management of the firm.
Human Resource Management - ANSWERS-the policies, practices, and systems that influence
employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance
Automatic Certification - ANSWERS-the union is granted the right to represent the employees
without undergoing any further tests of employee support
Exempt Employees - ANSWERS-work shares characteristics of managerial positions
perform work involving administrative support to top managers
access to confidential information
Employee - ANSWERS-Someone who works on a regular basis for an employer in a dependent
relationship.
Outsourcing - ANSWERS-Elimination of a position within company and work performed by
workers employed by another company
Company Union - ANSWERS-unions created or dominated by employer
Sweetheart Agreement - ANSWERS-union-management agreement that favours management
and/or does not consider needs and wants of employees
, Terminal Date - ANSWERS-date by which submissions must be received in order for the board to
consider them along with application
Representation Vote - ANSWERS-vote held to determine whether employees wish to be
represented by a union
Certification Order - ANSWERS-document that legally creates bargaining relationship between
union and employer
- makes union exclusive bargaining agent for employees in bargaining unit
- compels parties to commence bargaining for a collective agreement
Time Bar - ANSWERS-limits that restrict time within which organizing efforts can take place
following a failed certification
Application Bar - ANSWERS-particular type of time bar that imposes mandatory waiting period
after unsuccessful certification attempt
Raid - ANSWERS-union attempting to certify workers represented by another union
Time Bar - ANSWERS-Restrict when a raid can take place
- ban on immediate organizing of newly certified bargaining units
- application to represent already unionized workers can only be made at certain times during
collective agreement (open periods)
Open Period - ANSWERS-Time that Certification application can be made during an existing
collective agreement with another union
