CHRP Diagnostic Exam - Employee and Labour Relations

Questão 1 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Stakeholder relations

  • Employee relations

  • Industrial relations

  • Labour relations

Explicação

Questão 2 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 3 de 18

1

Which of the following Acts protects individuals from harassment?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Employment Equity Act

  • Pay Equity Act

  • Employment Standards Act

  • Human Rights Code

Explicação

Questão 4 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Women

  • Immigrants

  • Visible minorities

  • Aboriginals

Explicação

Questão 5 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Union substitution

  • Union resistance

  • Union acceptance

  • Union busting

Explicação

Questão 6 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • An arbitration process

  • A mediation process

  • A grievance process

  • A certification process

Explicação

Questão 7 de 18

1

The legal oversight of labour relations comes from:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The courts

  • Common law

  • Contract law

  • Labour boards

Explicação

Questão 8 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Integrative bargaining

  • Distributive bargaining

  • Mutual gains bargaining

  • Interest-based bargaining

Explicação

Questão 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?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Closed shop

  • Open shop

  • Union shop

  • Rand Formula

Explicação

Questão 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"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Acquired rights

  • Residual rights

  • Inherent rights

  • Bargaining rights

Explicação

Questão 11 de 18

1

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

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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

Explicação

Questão 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:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Business rights

  • Collective rights

  • Defined rights

  • Residual rights

Explicação

Questão 13 de 18

1

In the field of labour relations, what is conciliation?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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

Explicação

Questão 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:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • ) Discretionary staffing

  • Priority rights

  • Bumping

  • Transfer

Explicação

Questão 15 de 18

1

What is constructive dismissal?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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

Explicação

Questão 16 de 18

1

Compulsory and binding interest arbitration is used:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • When collective bargaining breaks down

  • To settle grievances

  • During the certification process

  • To settle wrongful dismissal claims

Explicação

Questão 17 de 18

1

Which of the following is NOT an unfair labour practice?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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

Explicação

Questão 18 de 18

1

What does super seniority mean?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação