Chapter 7 - Workplace Legislation Flashcards
List 5 aspects of the employee-employer relationship governed by the Employment Standards Act.
Making Employment Standards Act information available to employees.
Employment record keeping.
Payment of wages, including minimum wage.
Hours of work and overtime.
Vacation time, vacation pay, and public (statutory) holidays.
Employment exceptions for retail workers.
Benefit plans.
Different types of leave including pregnancy leave, parental leave, personal emergency leave, family medical leave, organ donor leave and reservist leave.
Termination of employment including giving notice, termination pay and severance pay.
Equal pay for equal work.
The use of lie detector tests.
Employment with exemptions or special rules.
How to file a complaint or a claim under the Employment Standards Act.
The role of the Ministry of Labour.
What is the purpose of the Labour Relations Act?
to regulate the relationship between unions and employers.
Specifically, the Act deals with the process for the certification and decertification of unions, the collective bargaining process, mandatory grievance arbitration, and the process for strikes and lock-outs. The Act also delineates unfair labour practices.
What are five areas of discrimination listed in the Ontario Human Rights Code?
race
ancestry
place of origin
colour
ethnic origin
citizenship
creed
sex
sexual orientation
gender identity
gender expression
age
marital status
family status
disability
What is the purpose of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
to set out how employees are to be kept safe in the workplace and what happens when accidents happen.
What is the purpose of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act?
to provide a no-fault system whereby employers pay into a fund on a regular basis and that fund is used to provide compensation and
training to employees and their families who are affected by a workplace accident.
What are the three components to WHIMS?
- a labeling system for controlled and hazardous materials
- materials safety data sheets for each material
- training and education for employees in the use of the labelling and the data sheets.
What are the five types of intellectual property?
- copyright
- trademark
- patent
- industrial design
- integrated circuit topography
What are the five types of works that can be copyrighted?
- literary works
- dramatic works
- musical works
- artistic works
- recordings.
List two guidelines that an employer might have for employee internet use.
The employee will use the internet for work purposes only, not personal purposes.
The employee will not use the internet to generate or receive correspondence or materials that would be construed as fraudulent, illegal, harassing, obscene, indecent, profane or intimidating.
The employee will not download from the Internet, and/or circulate among others, any programs or accessories not specifically authorized for use.
The employee understands that his or her [their] internet usage is a matter of public record and that no user is assured anonymity regarding their degree of internet usage and the specific sites visited.
List two guidelines that an employer might have for employee software use.
The employee will comply with any software or other copyright or licensing laws with respect to the software they have access to.
The employee will not use pirated copyrighted software.
The employee will not augment the software used with externally generated programs or add-ons that potentially could introduce viruses into the company’s computer environment.
What are three inappropriate uses of social media that may result in the termination of your employment?
Posting any of the following on social media:
Derogatory and harmful comments about colleagues, managers, employers and company products.
Company confidential and client confidential information.
Incriminating evidence about employee criminal behavior outside of work.
Sexually explicit photographs.
What is the key factor when determining whether an employee is legally a whistleblower or illegally a disgruntled employee causing trouble for an employer?
The key factor in designating an employee as a whistleblower as opposed to a disgruntled causing trouble is the employee’s motivation for revealing confidential company information. If the employee was motivated by professional and ethical reasons, then it is deemed to be whistleblowing.
List three pieces of legislation or sets of codes that might be related to engineering work.
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act
The Ontario Environmental Protection Act
The Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights
The Ontario Greenbelt Act
The Ontario Building Code Act
The Ontario Building Code
The Ontario Heritage Act
Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing
The Ontario Planning Act
The National Fire Code of Canada
The Ontario Electrical Safety Code
What are the three company/management approaches to the environment with respect to engineering work?
A crisis-oriented environmental management - devotes as few resources to environmental concerns as possible, except when necessitated by a crisis or getting cited for breaking environmental standards or legislation.
A cost-oriented environmental management - in which adhering to environmental regulations is considered a cost of doing business by the company, but nothing more.
An enlightened environmental management - in which environmental concerns are front and centre of what the company does.
What are a Cost Oblivious Approach and a Cost Benefit Analysis Approach to environmental decision-making?
A Cost Oblivious Approach simply disregards cost as a factor in the decision-making process. The decision is made solely based on the environment.
A Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) resolves conflict problems between the good of reducing environmental impact and other competing ‘social goods’ which make demands on economic and social resources.
