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Event Information
Overview of Labour Relations (On-Demand)
CPD Hours: 1.5
HR Competency: Employee and Labour Relations
Program Summary:
This course provides an overview of
union-management relations. This includes a historical perspective on the
origins and development of labour unions, including variations in union
approaches and philosophies. The instructor then turns to explaining what
unions actually do in providing representation services to bargaining unit
employees. The reaction and relationship of employers to unions is reviewed
next. An overview of how theLabour Relations Code of B.C.regulated union-management relations is presented.
The course concludes with a review of the major facets of labour relation, many
of which are covered in more detail in the two following courses: Collective Bargaining and the Collective Agreement and Discipline and "Just Cause"
Instructor:
THOMAS
(TOM) R. KNIGHT, Ph.D., CPHR received his Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees from the School of
Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University with a major in
collective bargaining, labor history and labor law and minors in organizational
behavior and law. Tom’s graduate research experience focused on plant-level
labour relations and included a year’s work conducting joint union-management
training with Consumers’ Power (Michigan) and the Utility Workers’ Union,
AFL-CIO.
In 1982 he joined the Sauder School of Business at the University of
British Columbia. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Organizational
Behaviour & Human Resources Division. He was founding Director of UBC’s
Centre for Labour and Management Studies from 1992-1997.
Since 1987 Tom has acted as a consultant, trainer and facilitator on a
variety of industrial relations and organizational development topics. These
have included collective bargaining and negotiations skills, grievance handling
and arbitration, joint union-management problem solving, conflict resolution,
change management and supervisory leadership. Over the past ten years, Tom’s
consulting has emphasized improving employment relations and adopting more
constructive approaches in the workplace and labour-management relations. Tom’s
clients have spanned a wide range of private sector industries and the major
components of the public sector.
Both registration and payment are required for every person accessing this course. You must log in using your CPHR BC & YK login and password to receive member pricing.
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Questions about registration or receipt can be directed to pd@cphrbc.ca.
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$99.00
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Non-Member |
$129.00
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All pricing excludes applicable taxes. HST/GST # 119446714
A full refund, less a $25 processing fee, will be issued for cancellations submitted at least one week prior to an event or workshop. Attendee substitutions are permitted; however, member/non-member rate differences will apply. Please submit cancellation or substitution requests by fax (604-684-3225) or e-mail (registration@cphrbc.ca). Please note that this policy does not apply to conferences, exams or no-charge registrations. CHRP exam fees are non-refundable if registration is canceled after the registration deadline. Please note our deferral policy.
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