HRM 701 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What can employers do to deter sexual harassment? - ✔✔Employers must develop
an effective sexual harassment policy if they wish to deter sexual harassment. The
policy should be clear and comprehensive, publicizing to all organizational members
that sexual harassment will not be tolerated. Supervisors and managers should be
trained to understand human rights legislative requirements and their role in providing
an environment free from harassment. A formal complaint procedure should be
established that allows employees to report harassment occurrences without fear of
retaliation. All charges should be investigated immediately and, if warranted, discipline
should be administered. Cases should be followed up to ensure a satisfactory resolution
of the problem.
✔✔ Which of the following statements best describes employment equity? - ✔✔It
impacts all aspects of the employment relationship.
✔✔Organization Z is about to undertake an organization-wide process of ensuring
equitable representation in terms of designated groups, including an analysis and
redressing of past discriminations. Organization B is undertaking which of the following?
- ✔✔employment equity policy implementation
✔✔Aboriginals face major employment barriers, which may be compounded by which of
the following? - ✔✔language and cultural barriers
✔✔Green Grass Hospital pays its hallway painters/technicians nearly twice the hourly
rate that it pays the nurses. This fact is likely to cause further investigation in a pay
equity program implementation under which of the following circumstances? - ✔✔if the
nurses are predominately women and the painters are predominantly men
✔✔What is the most important thing an organization can do if it wants to retain women?
- ✔✔implement policies that focus on the family
, ✔✔As a result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling regarding the right to bargain
collectively and to strike, governments can weaken the collective bargaining process
through which of the following? - ✔✔limiting salary increases
✔✔Which of the following groups is most likely to view the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms as a disappointment? - ✔✔women
✔✔If a religious organization insists on hiring a member from its own faith, it is probably
safe to do so legally, if it claims which of the following legal defences? - ✔✔bona fide
occupation qualification
✔✔Which of the following is a possible outcome of a human rights complaint filed by an
individual? - ✔✔It is deemed as trivial by the CHRC and refused.
✔✔Which of the following statements best describes the enforcement of provincial
human rights laws? - ✔✔Independent boards of inquiry have similar powers as a federal
tribunal.
✔✔How is the Canadian Human Rights Act typically enforced? - ✔✔through complaints
from individuals
✔✔Employers that pay men and women performing the same job a different salary are
violating the Pay Equity Act only if the differences are based on which of the following? -
✔✔gender
✔✔What is the difference between pay equity and pay equality? - ✔✔Equity is equal
pay for work of comparable worth; equality is equal pay for equal work.
✔✔Which of the following groups would NOT fall under the broad definition of a
designated group? - ✔✔individuals who are 40 years of age or older
✔✔Which of the following is the most serious possible occurrence if an HR professional
was dishonest in a human rights investigation? - ✔✔The HR professional could be
imprisoned.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true of the Employment Equity Act (1995)? - ✔✔All
Canadian organizations must have some form of employment equity program.
✔✔What is the law that requires large firms bidding on federal government contracts
worth $200,000 or more to have an employment equity plan? - ✔✔the Federal
Contractors Program
✔✔What can employers do to deter sexual harassment? - ✔✔Employers must develop
an effective sexual harassment policy if they wish to deter sexual harassment. The
policy should be clear and comprehensive, publicizing to all organizational members
that sexual harassment will not be tolerated. Supervisors and managers should be
trained to understand human rights legislative requirements and their role in providing
an environment free from harassment. A formal complaint procedure should be
established that allows employees to report harassment occurrences without fear of
retaliation. All charges should be investigated immediately and, if warranted, discipline
should be administered. Cases should be followed up to ensure a satisfactory resolution
of the problem.
✔✔ Which of the following statements best describes employment equity? - ✔✔It
impacts all aspects of the employment relationship.
✔✔Organization Z is about to undertake an organization-wide process of ensuring
equitable representation in terms of designated groups, including an analysis and
redressing of past discriminations. Organization B is undertaking which of the following?
- ✔✔employment equity policy implementation
✔✔Aboriginals face major employment barriers, which may be compounded by which of
the following? - ✔✔language and cultural barriers
✔✔Green Grass Hospital pays its hallway painters/technicians nearly twice the hourly
rate that it pays the nurses. This fact is likely to cause further investigation in a pay
equity program implementation under which of the following circumstances? - ✔✔if the
nurses are predominately women and the painters are predominantly men
✔✔What is the most important thing an organization can do if it wants to retain women?
- ✔✔implement policies that focus on the family
, ✔✔As a result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling regarding the right to bargain
collectively and to strike, governments can weaken the collective bargaining process
through which of the following? - ✔✔limiting salary increases
✔✔Which of the following groups is most likely to view the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms as a disappointment? - ✔✔women
✔✔If a religious organization insists on hiring a member from its own faith, it is probably
safe to do so legally, if it claims which of the following legal defences? - ✔✔bona fide
occupation qualification
✔✔Which of the following is a possible outcome of a human rights complaint filed by an
individual? - ✔✔It is deemed as trivial by the CHRC and refused.
✔✔Which of the following statements best describes the enforcement of provincial
human rights laws? - ✔✔Independent boards of inquiry have similar powers as a federal
tribunal.
✔✔How is the Canadian Human Rights Act typically enforced? - ✔✔through complaints
from individuals
✔✔Employers that pay men and women performing the same job a different salary are
violating the Pay Equity Act only if the differences are based on which of the following? -
✔✔gender
✔✔What is the difference between pay equity and pay equality? - ✔✔Equity is equal
pay for work of comparable worth; equality is equal pay for equal work.
✔✔Which of the following groups would NOT fall under the broad definition of a
designated group? - ✔✔individuals who are 40 years of age or older
✔✔Which of the following is the most serious possible occurrence if an HR professional
was dishonest in a human rights investigation? - ✔✔The HR professional could be
imprisoned.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true of the Employment Equity Act (1995)? - ✔✔All
Canadian organizations must have some form of employment equity program.
✔✔What is the law that requires large firms bidding on federal government contracts
worth $200,000 or more to have an employment equity plan? - ✔✔the Federal
Contractors Program
