HRM307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Parental Leave, Collective Agreement, Bargaining Unit

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM307
• Professor: Neil Murray

Document Summary

Must comply with employment standards, human rights, and labour relations. Mandatory terms: are provisions that must be included in collective agreements because they are required by legislation. Voluntary terms: are provisions that the parties agree to include in the collective agreement; however, they are not required by legislation. Labour relations legislation requires the contract to include the following mandatory terms: prohibition against strikes and lockouts during agreement, provision for the arbitration of disputes relating to the administration of the agreement, minimum term of one year. Articles: are the terms or clauses in a collective agreement. Important because will identify the jobs which are in the bargaining unit and covered by the collective agreement. When union certified, labour relations board issues certificate that confirms the jobs included in the bargaining unit. Parties can agree to change the bargaining unit or amend the recognition clause when they negotiate a renewal of the collective agreement: there is a restriction.