Continuing Education

BFND570 - Labour Relations

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Course Overview

What are your rights and obligations as a supervisor working in a unionized environment? Learn how to interpret, administer and apply clauses of a collective agreement in your supervisory role. You will recognize your supervisory legal responsibilities of Alberta labour legislation and learn the history and societal role of unions in Alberta and Canada. In addition, you will gain an understanding of the supervisor’s role in the grievance procedure, progressive discipline and collective bargaining.

Instructor will guide students in interpreting specific clauses of a collective agreement. Role-plays regarding progressive discipline, collective bargaining, mediation and rights arbitration.

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  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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