HRM Law and Diversity

Question 1

Labour law

Answer 1

• law of employment
• industrial law

Question 2

individual contract that all employees have with their employer

Answer 2

law of employment

Question 3

regulates the manner in which employees collectively relate with employers or groups of employers

Answer 3

industrial law

Question 4

Restraint of trade, Confidentiality agreements, Whistle-blowers, Workplace Intellectual Property, Moral rights —- ARE SOURCES OF WHAT

Answer 4

Sources of legal obligation

Question 5

Limits an employees ability to engage in similar employment for a specified period

Answer 5

Restraint of trade

Question 6

Legislation that provides protection for individuals who seek to properly disclose dishonest, corrupt or unethical dealings for public interest

Answer 6

Whistle-blower

Question 7

An invention made during the course of an employment contract will belong to the employer and not the employee

Answer 7

Workplace intellectual property

Question 8

Employees can still retain certain right of their inventions created during the course of their employement

Answer 8

Attribution of authorship / moral rights

Question 9

Any practice that makes distinctions between different groups based on
characteristics race, colour, sex, transgender, sexual preference, age,
physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibility, pregnancy,
religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin which results in
particular individuals or groups being advantaged and others
disadvantaged in an unreasonable or unjust manner

Answer 9

discrimination

Question 10

dismissing an employee purely based on gender is an example of

Answer 10

direct discrimination

Question 11

company declaring that promotions are based on continuous five years of work, disadvantaging those who have reasonable reasons for long service leaves

Answer 11

indirect discrimination

Question 12

types of dismissals

Answer 12

summary dismissal, dismissal on notice, redundancy, constructive dismissal

Question 13

three diversity dimensions

Answer 13

• demographic
• organisational
• psychological

Question 14

Researchers have differentiated diversity using:

Answer 14

– observable attributes (e.g., ethnic background, age, gender)
– non-observable attributes (e.g., personal values)
– functional characteristics (e.g., knowledge, skills).

Question 15

A process of managing employees’ differences and similarities so
that individuals can achieve maximum personal growth and can
contribute positively to organisational goals.

Answer 15

diversity management

Question 16

types of diversity management

Answer 16

negative, minimalist, complaint, comprehensive