Deck 12: The Roles of Governments and Unions in Compensation

Question 1

The August holiday is not an official holiday in which of the following jurisdictions?

A) BC
B) Ontario
C) Yukon
D) Saskatchewan
E) New Brunswick

Answer 1

Ontario

Question 2

Employment equity legislation requires employers to report annually to the government, for each of the four designated groups, on which of the following?

A) demographic data
B) earning levels
C) education
D) unionization
E) religion

Answer 2

earning levels

Question 3

The four universal compensable factors are used as part of _______.

A) reducing gender wage gaps
B) pay equity
C) job evaluation
D) occupational segregation
E) termination pay

Answer 3

job evaluation

Question 4

Which of the following is a compensable factor used in job evaluation?

A) quality
B) effort
C) education
D) authority
E) ability

Question 5

Non-union firms that offer similar wages, benefits, and working conditions as rival, unionized firms are benefitting from which of the following?

A) merit-based pay
B) spillover effect
C) job evaluation
D) seniority-based pay
E) employment equity

Question 6

Unions minimize bias by using which of the following performance measures?

A) time study
B) engineering standard
C) team-based ratings
D) past performance
E) education

Question 7

A higher minimum wage can hurt low wage workers.

Question 8

If employees work on a statutory holiday, they may choose to take a substitute day off with pay or be paid at a premium rate for the hours worked on that day.

Question 9

Just cause does not include performance issues.

Question 10

The wage gaps in unionized work environments tend to be larger.

Question 11

What are the main reasons for the wage gap?

Question 12

What are the steps in the pay equity process?

Question 13

What is the impact of unions on wage and benefit levels?

Question 14

What are the main wage adjustment provisions in collective agreements?