Workplace Relations and Regulations MCQs

Workplace Relations and Regulations MCQs

Answer these Workplace Relations and Regulations MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Workplace Relations and Regulations.
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1: What is a closed shop?

A.   A form of penalty in the retail sector

B.   The compulsion to a join a trade union when doing particular jobs

C.   Avoiding a ballot before industrial action

D.   A step prior to industrial action in the retail sector

2: What does the Pluralism model presume?

A.   There are different groups in the organisation with different agendas

B.   There will be harmony in an organisation

C.   There will be disputes within the organisation

D.   The leader determines the extent of conflict in an organisation

3: What is collective bargaining?

A.   Consultation between the employer and all employees

B.   Debate between different organisations

C.   Negotiation between an employer and a recognised trade union

D.   A form of employee involvement

4: What is an ET1?

A.   The form used to inform the government of impending redundancies

B.   The form used to respond to a claim to the Employment Tribunal

C.   The form used to claim expenses from the Employment Tribunal

D.   The form used to bring a claim to the Employment Tribunal

5: What is an ET3?

A.   The form used to inform the government of impending redundancies

B.   The form used to respond to a claim to the Employment Tribunal

C.   The form used to claim expenses from the Employment Tribunal

D.   The form used to bring a claim to the Employment Tribunal

6: What is a protected characteristic?

A.   A form of discrimination

B.   A feature of an individual on which it is not lawful to discriminate

C.   A specific term used in disability discrimination

D.   A specific term used in race discrimination

7: What does the Unitarism model presume?

A.   There are different groups in the organisation with different agendas

B.   There will be harmony in an organisation

C.   There will be disputes within the organisation

D.   The leader determines the extent of conflict in an organisation

8: What is the recognition process in trade union terms?

A.   Identification of trade unions who are abiding by the law

B.   A way of identifying employers who treat employees well

C.   A formal agreement that the employer will bargain with the trade union

D.   The pay review process

9: How many employees does an employer have to employ in the EU before a group of employees can request that it sets up a European Works Council?

A.   1000

B.   150

C.   100

D.   500

10: When was the first piece of discrimination legislation introduced?

A.   1995

B.   2010

C.   1980

D.   1970

11: The expression of workplace conflict which partly seeks to demonstrate that workplace performance relies on workers exercising discretion beyond the requirements of their formal contract of employment is referred to as

A.   Work-to-rule

B.   Sabotage

C.   Sit-ins

D.   Lockouts

12: What has been the dominant trend in the employee expression of conflict in the workplace

A.   Individualism to collectivism

B.   Collectivism to individualism

C.   Sabotage to strikes

D.   Long- to short-term

13: What is the term given to those workers who are more likely to experience multiple workplace problems, partly because they are afforded little scope to assert their individual rights in the absence of trade unions

A.   Disenfranchised workers

B.   Remote workers

C.   Flexible workers

D.   Vulnerable workers

14: Which of the following dimensions of employee discipline is most consistent with ‘high performance HRM’

A.   Punitive

B.   Remedial

C.   Authoritative

D.   Penal

15: Which of the following is a form of discipline typically associated with the workplace

A.   Managerial discipline

B.   Self-discipline

C.   Peer discipline

D.   Customer discipline