CHRP Diagnostic Exam - Employee and Labour Relations

Pregunta 1 de 18

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The relationship between a bargaining agent and an employer is described as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Stakeholder relations

  • Employee relations

  • Industrial relations

  • Labour relations

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 18

1

Which of the following is false about the Employment Standards Act?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Terms that are lower than the minimum standards set out in the Act can be
    negotiated through collective bargaining.

  • The Act stipulates overtime payments for non-management employees.

  • Some occupations are excluded from the Act.

  • Employment Standards Act is a provincial legislation.

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 18

1

Which of the following Acts protects individuals from harassment?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Employment Equity Act

  • Pay Equity Act

  • Employment Standards Act

  • Human Rights Code

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 18

1

Which of the following individuals is NOT a focus of employment equity legislation?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Women

  • Immigrants

  • Visible minorities

  • Aboriginals

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 18

1

What strategy is an organization using when it adopts superior working conditions
in an effort to remain non-union?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Union substitution

  • Union resistance

  • Union acceptance

  • Union busting

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 18

1

In order for a union to represent a group of employees, it has to engage in:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • An arbitration process

  • A mediation process

  • A grievance process

  • A certification process

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 18

1

The legal oversight of labour relations comes from:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The courts

  • Common law

  • Contract law

  • Labour boards

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 18

1

A bargaining style that engages an adversarial approach is known as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Integrative bargaining

  • Distributive bargaining

  • Mutual gains bargaining

  • Interest-based bargaining

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 18

1

What union security clause requires employees of a bargaining unit to pay dues but
allows them to opt out of the union?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Closed shop

  • Open shop

  • Union shop

  • Rand Formula

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 18

1

Under the principle of "management rights", management retains all the rights it
held before unionization except those changed by the collective agreement. What is
another term for "management rights"?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Acquired rights

  • Residual rights

  • Inherent rights

  • Bargaining rights

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 18

1

In labour relations, the purpose of an authorization card is to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Approve the deduction of union dues from employee wages

  • Indicate an employee's willingness to be represented by the union

  • File a grievance against management by a union member

  • Vote in a secret ballot for or against a renewed collective agreement

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 18

1

The new management of a company insists that it has the right to embark on a
downsizing program; however, the union is challenging them on the grounds that
downsizing is not addressed in the collective agreement. The basis for
management's position is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Business rights

  • Collective rights

  • Defined rights

  • Residual rights

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 18

1

In the field of labour relations, what is conciliation?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • One side agreeing to give up previously negotiated collective agreement
    terms

  • A union/management agreement to follow bargaining precedents set by
    industry negotiations

  • A cooling-off period during collective bargaining

  • Engaging a third-party to facilitate a dispute resolution

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 18

1

The practice of allowing more senior level employees whose positions are being
eliminated to accept alternative positions for which they may be qualified and which
are currently occupied by other employees with less seniority is called:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • ) Discretionary staffing

  • Priority rights

  • Bumping

  • Transfer

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 18

1

What is constructive dismissal?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Employee termination with cause

  • A fundamental breach of the employment contract by the employer

  • Just cause dismissal

  • A temporary layoff of a group of employees

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 18

1

Compulsory and binding interest arbitration is used:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • When collective bargaining breaks down

  • To settle grievances

  • During the certification process

  • To settle wrongful dismissal claims

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 18

1

Which of the following is NOT an unfair labour practice?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Promising to improve benefits during a union certification drive

  • Providing union employees with a Christmas bonus that was not negotiated

  • Engaging in pattern bargaining

  • Hiring professional strike breakers

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 18

1

What does super seniority mean?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Union representatives have the highest seniority in the bargaining unit.

  • Minimum level of seniority is needed before one has bumping right.

  • Employees of the parent company are given additional seniority in the event
    of a merger.

  • Employees with high seniority cannot be terminated.

Explicación

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