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Program Requirements
Mentor: Professor R. Hebdon
This 30-credit major provides students with a general understanding of the factors affecting employer-employee relations, including labour unions and laws that regulate the employment relationship. It is integral to the practice of human resource management, particularly in a unionized environment.
In addition to giving students a foundation in various aspects of labour relations and labour markets, this program provides understanding of federal and provincial labour legislation, training in collective bargaining, the administration of trade union contracts, handling of grievances and preparation for participation in arbitration proceedings, a view of human resources, problems and planning on the macro level.
Required Courses (30 credits)
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ECON 306D1 Labour Economics and Institutions (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : Key features of the Canadian labour sector effects and its historical development are described. Economists' ideas about the labour sector are sketched. The labour sector of various public programs, unemployment, and the labour movement are examined. Much attention is given to the status of women in the labour sector.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or those listed under Prerequisites above
- Students must register for both ECON 306D1 and ECON 306D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 306D1 and ECON 306D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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ECON 306D2 Labour Economics and Institutions (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : See ECON 306D1 for course description.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: ECON 306D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 306D1 and ECON 306D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : An introduction to labour-management relations, the structure, function and government of labour unions, labour legislation, the collective bargaining process, and the public interest in industrial relations.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Guerin, Richard (Fall) Westgate, Chantal; Guerin, Richard (Winter) Guerin, Richard (Summer)
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INDR 449 Occupational Health and Safety (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Examines the public policy of occupational health and safety in Canada as well as the dynamics of contemporary occupational health and safety management. Topics include occupational safety and health, human rights and workers' compensation legislation, accident prevention and investigation, ergonomics, safety training, and workers' compensation claims management.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: George, Kenneth (Winter)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INDR 459 International Employment Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Examines employment relations systems of other nations including those of the European Union and the Pacific rim, including the existing industrial relations institutional structure, the historical and recent developments in these systems, the role of multi-national corporations, as well as the current economic and political context.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Hebdon, Robert Paul (Fall)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INDR 492 Globalization and Labour Policy (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Examination of labour policy in the context of globalization. The North American Wagner Act model is critically reviewed in light of the global economy. New models of industrial relations regulation are studied that ensure that economic and social benefits are equitably distributed.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Hebdon, Robert Paul (Winter)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INDR 494 Labour Law (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Introduction to the basic concepts of labour law relevant to the practice of industrial relations. Historical development of labour law in certain social and legal systems and the culmination in the legislative enactments and jurisprudence of Canadian jurisdictions and certain comparative foreign models.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Kaufer, Danny J; De Stefano, Corrado (Winter)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
- Restriction: Management: Open to Labour-Management Relations Major students in U3
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INDR 495 Labour Relations: Public Sector (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Labour relations in federal, provincial, municipal, and quasi-public services such as hospitals, schools, government agencies and boards. Contentious current issues in public service labour relations and compare and analyze the alternative methods that have been evolved to deal with them.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal (Winter)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INDR 496 Collective Bargaining (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Principles of collective bargaining in Canada and abroad. Problem oriented. Mock collective bargaining sessions provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge gained.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Hebdon, Robert Paul (Fall)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INDR 497 Contract Administration (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : The processes of grievance handling and arbitration under the terms of collective bargaining agreements. Substantive and procedural issues as well as behavioural and policy aspects of contract administration.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Buswell, Alexandre; Di Iorio, Nicola (Fall)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
Desautels Faculty of Management—2010-2011 (last updated Nov. 3, 2010) (disclaimer)