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IRE244 Final Prep Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Article, 🗹🗹: A larger, numbered section of the collective agreement
Q: Clause, 🗹🗹: A particular, numbered section of the collective agreement
Types: The rights of parties, distribution of work, labour relations processes, training
and development, and working conditions
Q: Letter of Understanding, 🗹🗹: Letter between the parties, usually placed at the
end of an agreement and describing a specific practice they have agreed to follow
Q: Residual Rights, 🗹🗹: A principle whereby management retains all rights it held
before unionization except those changed by the collective agreement
Q: Legislative Reference, 🗹🗹: Equity clause in collective agreements that references
legislation. This is preferred since it is current with the law
Q: Explicit Reference, 🗹🗹: Equity clause in collective agreements that specifies
which groups are covered. Others argue that this is better since it doesn't lack specifics,
references specific groups that will be protected, and parties can add in specific groups
as well
Q: Red-Circling, 🗹🗹: Protecting employees pay at a level higher than the normal rate
of their current job
Q: Pyramiding, 🗹🗹: Compounding of premiums and benefits
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Q: Corrective Action, 🗹🗹: A warning process designed to improve employee
performance or behavior
Q: Bumping, 🗹🗹: A process whereby employees pass on their layoff to more junior
employees
Q: Super Seniority, 🗹🗹: The status of union representatives who, while in office,
have highest seniority in the bargaining unit
Q: Reinstatement Rights, 🗹🗹: Employees are guaranteed their old jobs after the
strike is over
Q: Informal Stage in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: This is not a requirement but the
employee may bring a complaint to their immediate supervisor in an attempt to settle
the issue
Q: Step 1 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: The employee presents the written
grievance to their immediate supervisor where they will have a specific amount of time
to respond to the situation
Q: Step 2 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: The grievance is reviewed by the next level
of management and they will have a specific amount of time to respond
Q: Step 3 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: If the grievance is not yet resolved, then the
process ends here. If not, then the parties turn to a third-party intervention such as
arbitration
Q: Exit-Voice Theory, 🗹🗹: Predicts that employees will improve performance and
reduce turnover after a grievance settlement
Q: Non-Union Grievance Procedures, 🗹🗹: Open door policy and formal appeals
Q: Industrial Dispute, 🗹🗹: A disagreement arising from entering into, renewing, or
revising a collective agreement
IRE244 Final Prep Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Article, 🗹🗹: A larger, numbered section of the collective agreement
Q: Clause, 🗹🗹: A particular, numbered section of the collective agreement
Types: The rights of parties, distribution of work, labour relations processes, training
and development, and working conditions
Q: Letter of Understanding, 🗹🗹: Letter between the parties, usually placed at the
end of an agreement and describing a specific practice they have agreed to follow
Q: Residual Rights, 🗹🗹: A principle whereby management retains all rights it held
before unionization except those changed by the collective agreement
Q: Legislative Reference, 🗹🗹: Equity clause in collective agreements that references
legislation. This is preferred since it is current with the law
Q: Explicit Reference, 🗹🗹: Equity clause in collective agreements that specifies
which groups are covered. Others argue that this is better since it doesn't lack specifics,
references specific groups that will be protected, and parties can add in specific groups
as well
Q: Red-Circling, 🗹🗹: Protecting employees pay at a level higher than the normal rate
of their current job
Q: Pyramiding, 🗹🗹: Compounding of premiums and benefits
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Q: Corrective Action, 🗹🗹: A warning process designed to improve employee
performance or behavior
Q: Bumping, 🗹🗹: A process whereby employees pass on their layoff to more junior
employees
Q: Super Seniority, 🗹🗹: The status of union representatives who, while in office,
have highest seniority in the bargaining unit
Q: Reinstatement Rights, 🗹🗹: Employees are guaranteed their old jobs after the
strike is over
Q: Informal Stage in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: This is not a requirement but the
employee may bring a complaint to their immediate supervisor in an attempt to settle
the issue
Q: Step 1 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: The employee presents the written
grievance to their immediate supervisor where they will have a specific amount of time
to respond to the situation
Q: Step 2 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: The grievance is reviewed by the next level
of management and they will have a specific amount of time to respond
Q: Step 3 in a Grievance Procedure, 🗹🗹: If the grievance is not yet resolved, then the
process ends here. If not, then the parties turn to a third-party intervention such as
arbitration
Q: Exit-Voice Theory, 🗹🗹: Predicts that employees will improve performance and
reduce turnover after a grievance settlement
Q: Non-Union Grievance Procedures, 🗹🗹: Open door policy and formal appeals
Q: Industrial Dispute, 🗹🗹: A disagreement arising from entering into, renewing, or
revising a collective agreement
