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Program Requirements

Mentor: Professor R. Hebdon

The objective of the Labour-Management Relations Concentration is to provide a general understanding of the factors affecting employer-employee relations, both at the micro-level and in relation to the socio-economic context in which they occur. Students interested in more intensive study of this area are urged to consider the Major Program in Labour-Management Relations.

Required Courses (6 credits)

• INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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)

• INDR 496 Collective Bargaining (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

Selected from the following:

• INDR 434 Topics in Labour Management Relations 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Industrial Relations : Topics will be selected from current issues in the labour management relations area.

  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: INDR 294
• INDR 449 Occupational Health and Safety (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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
• INDR 459 International Employment Relations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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
• INDR 492 Globalization and Labour Policy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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
• INDR 494 Labour Law (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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
• INDR 495 Labour Relations: Public Sector (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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
• INDR 497 Contract Administration (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  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