List five aspects of the employee-employer relationship governed by the Employment Standards Act.
- Employment record keeping.
- Payment of wages, including minimum wage.
- Hours of work and overtime.
- Vacation time, vacation pay, and public holidays.
- Employment exceptions for retail workers.
- Benefit plans.
What is the purpose of the Labour Relations Act?
Regulates the relationship between unions and employers. Deals with:
• Certification/decertification of unions
• Collective bargaining
• Grievance arbitration
• Strikes/lock-outs
What are five areas of discrimination listed in the Ontario Human Rights Code?
- Race
- Sex
- Marital Status
- Age
- Citizenship
What is the purpose of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
Sets out how employees are to be kept safe in the workplace and what happens when accidents occur
What is the purpose of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act?
- Promote health and safety in the workplace
- Mitigate the effects of workplace accidents & illnesses on employees and their families
- Provide compensation to employees injured/killed
What is WHMIS? What are the three components to WHIMS?
National system for labelling controlled products that can be unsafe if not handled, stored, transported, and disposed of properly
- Labelling System
- Material Safety data Sheets (MSDS)
- Education
What are the five types of intellectual property?
- Copyright
- Trademark
- Patent
- Industrial Design
- Integrated Circuit Topography
What are the five types of works that can be copyrighted?
- Books
- Articles
- Photographs
- Video
- Software
What are legal means of use of copyrighted materials?
Assignment
• Transfer of part or all copyright to another party
Licence
• Allows another party to use copyrighted work for certain purposes and under certain conditions
Royalty
• Amount paid to owner as commission for use of work
Tariff
• Fee user pays for using copyrighted material
List two guidelines that an employer might have for employee internet use.
- Employees use internet for work purposes only
* Not use internet to generate or receive correspondence considered fraudulent, illegal, harassing
List two guidelines that an employer might have for employee software use.
- Comply with any software or copyright laws
* Not use pirated software
What are three inappropriate uses of social media that may result in the termination
of your employment?
- Harmful comments about colleagues, managers, employers, and company products
- Confidential company information
- Incriminating behaviour outside of work
- Sexually explicit photographs
What is the key factor when determining whether an employee is legally a whistleblower or illegally a disgruntled employee causing trouble for an employer?
Employee reveals confidential company information to authorities, or the public, for sake of public good
List three pieces of legislation or sets of codes that might be related to engineering work.
- The Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- The Ontario Environmental Protection Act
- The Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights
- The Ontario Green Belt Act
- The Ontario Building Code Act
- The Ontario Building Code
- The Ontario Heritage Act
- Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing
- The Ontario Planning Act
- The National Fire Code of Canada
- The Ontario Electrical Safety Code
What are the three company/management approaches to the environment with respect to engineering work?
Crisis Oriented Environmental management
• Little resources allocated to environmental concerns
Cost Oriented Environmental management
• Resources allocated to cover the cost of doing business
Enlightened Environmental management
• High concern for environment, concerns at the front and centre of what the company does
What are a Cost Oblivious Approach and a Cost Benefit Analysis Approach to environmental decision-making?
Cost Oblivious Approach:
• Acts and regulations that are essentially oblivious to cost considerations and economic feasibility required
Cost Benefit Analysis:
• Provides an appealing way of resolving conflict between reducing environment impact and economic costs involved
What is conflict of interest?
When an individual or organization in a position of trust, in either a public or private company, exploits that position of trust for personal benefit, usually financial
