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Benoit goes to pick up a shipment from a supplier, but when he arrives, he finds the unionized employees who work there are on strike. Benoit is unsure about whether he can, or should, cross the picket line. Which of the following statements is true?


A) Benoit has no legal obligation to honour the picket line.
B) Benoit is prohibited from doing business with an employer involved in a strike.
C) Benoit is free to continue doing business with the employer, but the employer will face serious fines for continuing to operate during a strike.
D) Benoit has the legal right to cross the picket line, but if he is injured by those on strike, he will have no recourse against them.
E) Benoit must cross the picket line, otherwise the supplier can sue him under the Canada Labour Code.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Which one of the following is just cause for dismissal?


A) Absenteeism twice in the last year
B) Tardiness once in the last two years
C) Refusal to work in an unsafe work environment
D) Habitual negligence or incompetence
E) No work to do

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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When an employee leaves the job because of constructive dismissal, his only recourse is to complain to the appropriate human rights tribunal.

A) True
B) False

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A certified union has exclusive rights to represent the employees, and individual bargaining unit employees are no longer free to enter into separate contractual arrangements with their employer.

A) True
B) False

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An employer is responsible for only those torts committed by an employee that take place while the employee is doing what he is employed to do.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a False statement about the employer-employee relationship?


A) The critical factor in this relationship is control; the employer tells the employee not only what to do but also how to do it.
B) An employee for a company could also be an agent for the company.
C) One responsibility of an employer is to provide the employee with a safe workplace.
D) An employee sometimes owes a fiduciary duty to his or her employer.
E) If an employer contracts to paint Mr. Shore's barn and sends the employee out to do the painting, if the employee is not paid he can sue his employer or Mr. Shore for his wage.

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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Elad starts a brand new job. Lena, his new co-worker, is showing him around. Lena informs Elad that she is a union member and is required to pay dues and to maintain her membership. Elad is certain that he was told he did not need to join the union. What arrangement is in place?


A) Closed shop
B) Agency shop
C) Rand formula
D) Maintenance of membership
E) Check-off provision

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Prejudice or bias exercised against a person or class for the purpose of correcting a pattern of discrimination against another person or class is known as ________.

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Bruce was a union representative working for Ace Manufacturing Co. The union and management had just concluded a collective agreement that set out terms under which certain functions of the plant would be computerized. A few months after the agreement was signed, the management started installing the computers, and in the process laid off three people who were no longer required. This in fact was exactly what Bruce had taken great care to prevent by the provisions that were included in the collective agreement. The management was in clear violation of these terms. Bruce called the members of the union out on strike and set up a picket line that effectively shut down the plant. Which of the following is true with regard to the legal position of the parties?


A) The picket line has the legal right to physically block people from the plant if they are not persuaded to turn back.
B) The management was in the wrong and would be unsuccessful in getting an injunction to stop the strike and picketing.
C) The union was right in objecting to the layoffs, but it should have followed the grievance procedures in the collective agreement. Their strike is illegal.
D) In this type of dispute, the workers can slow down and disrupt production, but they can't walk off the job.
E) If the workers disagreed with the layoffs, management could lock them out.

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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What is meant by secondary picketing?

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The correction of employment situations where there has been a tradition of racial or gender imbalance is known as ________.

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Distinguish between the terms bargaining agent and bargaining unit.

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A bargaining agent is a body c...

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Indicate under what circumstances an employer can dismiss an employee.

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The employer is free to dismiss an emplo...

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A union shop requires that employees become members of the union when they are hired.

A) True
B) False

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Trade unions were once considered illegal organizations with no status separate from their membership.

A) True
B) False

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"If the Employment Standards Act (or its equivalent in your jurisdiction) states that an employee who has worked for a specific length of time is entitled to up to eight weeks' notice, and the employee you wish to dismiss has worked for that long, you can be sure that's all the notice or pay in lieu of notice that you have to give that employee." Discuss the accuracy of this statement.

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The Employment Standards Act s...

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Explain how the Workers' Compensation Act modifies the common law position of injured workers.

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The process by which a third party imposes a solution to a dispute on the employer and union is called


A) binding arbitration.
B) certification.
C) conciliation.
D) job action.
E) mediation.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Jeff had worked for Sweetums Candy Shoppe for the last 12 years. His boss came in one morning and told Jeff that although he had always been a great employee, he was being let go for financial reasons. He gave Jeff only 2 weeks' notice. Jeff checked his employment contract and verified that the agreement provided that only 2 weeks' notice was required. Under the terms of the employment standards legislation, Jeff is entitled to a minimum of 8 weeks' notice. If Jeff sues for wrongful dismissal, what is the Court likely to find?


A) The contractual term overrides the common law and statutory provisions by virtue of the freedom to contract. Jeff would lose his lawsuit.
B) The contractual term does not comply with the legislation, so the Court would substitute the minimum notice period set out in the statute. Jeff would be entitled to 8 weeks' notice.
C) Jeff is not entitled to any notice. When a business runs into financial difficulty, that it considered just cause to terminate an employee.
D) Jeff is entitled to the amount set out in the legislation, plus any amount specified in the contract. Jeff should have been given 10 weeks' notice.
E) The contractual term does not comply with the legislation, so it is void. The Court would award damages calculated on the basis of a reasonable amount of notice.

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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Collective agreements must have provisions in them providing for the arbitration of which of the following kinds of disputes?


A) Jurisdictional dispute
B) Rights dispute
C) Interest dispute
D) Recognition dispute
E) Commercial disputes

F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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