Exam 10: Employment

In the case of Herff Jones Canada Inc. v. Todd, the Court considered a clause in a sales representative contract that prohibited the representative from working for a competitor for four years. What did the Court hold?

Joe was an employee of Sam's and was using his own car to deliver manufactured goods to a client. Since the client was in North Vancouver, the same area where his girlfriend lived, he took time out to visit her for lunch. As he approached her house, he was involved in an automobile accident with George. George sued both Joe and his employer. Explain the likely outcome.

It is up to the labour relations board to determine how much notice must be given when an employee is dismissed.

Which one of the following statements about the compensation insurance scheme under the Workers' Compensation Act is false?

In RBC Dominion Securities Inc. v. Merrill Lynch, Virtually all of the investment advisors at the RBC branch left without notice, and went to work for a competitor , Merrill Lynch. What did the Court determine?

Which of the following statements more accurately describes an employee rather than an independent contractor?

The Wagner Act outlawed the practice of collective bargaining and prohibited trade unions from going on strike.

Indicate what is meant by the following terms: union shop, closed shop, agency shop, check off and maintenance of membership.

Joe was an employer, and he heard that the employees were considering joining a union to be certified. He called them together and stated that, if he had to pay union wages, he couldn't keep the business going and would probably have to close it down. The union immediately charged him with having committed an unfair labour practice. Explain the legal position of the parties.

Mediation involves a process whereby some third party tries to help the conflicting parties reach an agreement.

Certification is notice to a labour relations board that the union intends to go on strike.

The process by which a particular union achieves the status of bargaining agent for a group of employees is called