Question $28(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is a level of pay that is a common source of dissatisfaction among employees?

Question $28$ options:

Variable pay

Skill$-$based pay

Relative pay

Absolute pay

Question $29(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is a pay raise given to an employee for longstanding tenure?

Question $29$ options:

Production bonus

Promotion

Merit raise

Indirect compensation

Question $30(1$ point$)$

Which phase in compensation management involves understanding the elements of the job and the skills needed to conduct the job?

Question $30$ options:

Reviewing the job analysis

Establishing the compensation philosophy

Matching employees to pay

Pricing jobs

Question $31(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is a job evaluation technique that focuses on what competitors are offering for similar work to determine how much the organization should pay for jobs?

Question $31$ options:

Job grading

Wage and salary surveys

Job ranking

Job analysis

Question $32(1$ point$)$

The principle of equal pay for men and women in jobs with comparable content is called:

Question $32$ options:

equal pay

merit pay

pay equity

employment equity

Question $33(1$ point$)$

Effective compensation management aims to do which of the following?

Question $33$ options:

Assess the internal and external supply of resources

Encourage unproductive employees to leave

Identify people who are likely to perform well on the job

Acquire qualified personnel

Question $34(1$ point$)$

Employee benefits seek to satisfy which of the following objectives?

Question $34$ options:

Legal

Economic

Societal

Demographic

Question $35(1$ point$)$

Employee relations practices are important for which of the following major reasons?

Question $35$ options:

They reduce overtime requirements

They reduce employment costs

They reduce employee fatigue

They reduce labour unrest

Question $36(1$ point$)$

Employee rights refer to rights desired by employees relating to which of the following?

Question $36$ options:

Employment status

Job security

Performance management

Employee selection

Question $37(1$ point$)$

Which of the following approaches to discipline aims to frame the discussion in such a way that the employees and employers are working together to achieve goals and objectives?

Question $37$ options:

Due process

Preventive discipline

Positive discipline

Progressive discipline

Question $38(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is a feature of legislation specific to provincial government employees?

Question $38$ options:

The right to join a union

Conciliation

The restriction of strikes by public sector workers

Good faith bargaining

Question $39(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is a change that can occur in the human resources function when unions are present?

Question $39$ options:

Management has more freedom to make unilateral changes

Specialists in labour relations are added to the human resource department

Employee record$-$keeping is less centralized

Line managers get increased authority

Question $40(1$ point$)$

Strikes were less common in organizations with which of the following features?

Question $40$ options:

Progressive human resource management practices

A larger organizational size

Unions that are in a strategically strong position

Workers with less autonomy

Question $41(1$ point$)$

The collective bargaining process involves which of the following overlapping phases?

Question $41$ options:

Preparation for negotiations

Outlining grievance procedures

Arbitration

Strike action

Question $42(1$ point$)$

Most collective agreements in Canada are settled with which of the following?

Question $42$ options:

Arbitration

No strike action

No union substitution

With mediation

Question $43(2$ points$)$

Is asking an employee what they value as rewards a valid method for determining rewards preferences? Why or why not?

Question $43$ options:

Question $44(6$ points$)$

What are the six steps for creating a performance improvement plan?

Question $44$ options:

Question $45(4$ points$)$

If you were asked to increase employee awareness of benefits, what actions would you take without changing the way the company provides benefits? If you could change the entire benefit program, what other methods might you use to increase employee awareness?

Question $45$ options:

Question $46(4$ points$)$

What are some communication methods an organization can put into place for employees to communicate with management?

Question $46$ options:

Question $47(2$ points$)$

What is the purpose of the wage and salary specialist and the benefit specialist on an employers bargaining team?

Question $47$ options: