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HRIR 3450 - Chapter 1
Questions and Verified
Answers
Question: What percentage of the Canadian workforce is unionized?
Ans: 30%
Question: Labour relations affects...?
Ans: 1. Costs
2. Productivity
3. Profitability
4. Wages
5. Working conditions
Question: Industrial Relations
Ans: A broad interdisciplinary field of study and practice that encompasses all
aspects of the employment relationship
Question: Labour Relations
Ans: The study of all aspects of the union - management relationship. Including the
establishment of union bargaining rights, the negotiation process, and the
administration of a collective agreement.
Question: Labour Relations Legislation
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Ans: Law regulating union management relations
Question: Employee Relations
Ans: Activities and processes aimed at maintaining a productive workplace while
meeting the needs of employees.
Question: What does employee relations include?
Ans: 1. Communication
2. Workplace discipline
3. Employee involvement
4. Diversity management
5. Employee rights
Question: How do some authorities distinguish between union and non union employees?
Ans: By using "employee relations" to refer to non-union employees and "labour
relations" to refer to unionized employees.
Question: Human Resources Management
Ans: A set of interrelated workplace programs and services that attract, retain, and
motivate the desired number of people at the right time, with the required
knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes in order to achieve and
organizations goals and objectives.
Question: Can labour relations be viewed as part of human resources management?
Ans: Yes
Question: In larger workplaces...
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Ans: There might be a dedicated human resources specialist or a separate labour
relations department just as there are separate departments dealing with staffing
or training.
Question: In smaller workplaces...
Ans: Labour relations activities may be carried out by and HR generalist, with
support from outside consultants or legal advisors.
Question: Do HR managers and labour relations specialists have different perspectives on
unions?
Ans: Yes.
Human resources management tends to view unions as an external factor, which
could be avoided through sound practices.
Labour relation specialists are more inclined to think that employee interests and
management interests are not the same and that employees may logically seek to
protect their interests through a union.
Question: Do the HRPA and the CPHR/CRHA identify labour relations as a competency
required to be a human resource practitioner?
Ans: Yes.
Question: What governs the employment relationship with out a union?
Ans: Common law
Question: What is Common Law
Ans: Rules of law that originate from the decisions of court judges.
HRIR 3450 - Chapter 1
Questions and Verified
Answers
Question: What percentage of the Canadian workforce is unionized?
Ans: 30%
Question: Labour relations affects...?
Ans: 1. Costs
2. Productivity
3. Profitability
4. Wages
5. Working conditions
Question: Industrial Relations
Ans: A broad interdisciplinary field of study and practice that encompasses all
aspects of the employment relationship
Question: Labour Relations
Ans: The study of all aspects of the union - management relationship. Including the
establishment of union bargaining rights, the negotiation process, and the
administration of a collective agreement.
Question: Labour Relations Legislation
, Page | 2
Ans: Law regulating union management relations
Question: Employee Relations
Ans: Activities and processes aimed at maintaining a productive workplace while
meeting the needs of employees.
Question: What does employee relations include?
Ans: 1. Communication
2. Workplace discipline
3. Employee involvement
4. Diversity management
5. Employee rights
Question: How do some authorities distinguish between union and non union employees?
Ans: By using "employee relations" to refer to non-union employees and "labour
relations" to refer to unionized employees.
Question: Human Resources Management
Ans: A set of interrelated workplace programs and services that attract, retain, and
motivate the desired number of people at the right time, with the required
knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes in order to achieve and
organizations goals and objectives.
Question: Can labour relations be viewed as part of human resources management?
Ans: Yes
Question: In larger workplaces...
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Ans: There might be a dedicated human resources specialist or a separate labour
relations department just as there are separate departments dealing with staffing
or training.
Question: In smaller workplaces...
Ans: Labour relations activities may be carried out by and HR generalist, with
support from outside consultants or legal advisors.
Question: Do HR managers and labour relations specialists have different perspectives on
unions?
Ans: Yes.
Human resources management tends to view unions as an external factor, which
could be avoided through sound practices.
Labour relation specialists are more inclined to think that employee interests and
management interests are not the same and that employees may logically seek to
protect their interests through a union.
Question: Do the HRPA and the CPHR/CRHA identify labour relations as a competency
required to be a human resource practitioner?
Ans: Yes.
Question: What governs the employment relationship with out a union?
Ans: Common law
Question: What is Common Law
Ans: Rules of law that originate from the decisions of court judges.
