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Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what determines wage and employement in competitive non union labor market | demand and supply of labor |
| economic environment impacts | trade liberalization, deregulation (move from gov regulation to open market), non standard work (other methods that are not full time) |
| why do part time employees challenge unions | paid less, less benefits, hard to organize since younger with less union experience |
| mergers and downsizing challenges | mergers create job redundancies, downsizing create higher grievances |
| tech environment | consequences for union bc leads to job security concerns, ergonomics, pay if job requires less skills |
| demographics | aging pop leads to labor shortage, or increase pensions |
| social environment | vlaues and beleifs of Canadiens relating to unions |
| political environment | - how political systems effect labor relations |
| divided jurisdiction | areas responsibilities shared by federal and provincial gov |
| federal vs provincially regulated employers | federally regulated follow federal legislation, provincial follow province law in which they condusct business in |
| employment standards legislation | mandates min terms of employment related to vacation, wages, holidays, if not in CA but in employment standards, employee entitled to it |
| human rights legislation | prohibits discrimination and harrasment and impose duty to accomodate |
| direct vs indirect discrimination | direct is intentional through rules or conduct indirect is systemic, invovles rule that doesnt appear as discriminatory but is like language tests |
| duty to accomodate | requires employer to take steps to prevent ppl adversly impacted by workplace requirements |
| undue hardship | difficulty to accommodate, limits determined by: costs, effect on employee morale, size of employer, CA, health and safety |
| bonafide occupational qualification | job requirement that employer can establsih is essential so have to discriminate |
| labor relations legislation | regulates relation between union and employer, dictates who can unionize |
| charter applicability | doesn't apply to private activity and is relevant if legislation applied or gov invovled |
| charter violation | charter only subject to reasonable limites so can be violated if violation essential for benefit of society - rights notwithstanding clause allows gov to pass law that violates charter |