Law and Order in HR
The legal document in BC outlining minimum rights and standards for employees
the Employment Standards Act
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity
Ethics
Potential sources of harm or danger in a workplace
Hazards
The process of teaching employees the knowledge and skills needed for their specific job roles:
Job-specific training
The framework used to assess a candidate’s qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Union dues deducted from all employees, even non-union members
What is the Rand formula
The tendency for individuals to attribute success in an event or project to their own actions while attributing failure to others
Self-serving bias
This type of hazard can cause hearing loss and stress in the workplace
Noise
This form of learning happens when employees observe and learn from more experienced colleagues
mentoring or job shadowing
Demonstrable characteristics of a person that enable performance of a job
What is Competency
Allegation that an employer violated the collective agreement or statute affecting multiple employees
What is a Group grievance
The process of checking ongoing work against standards and taking action to ensure goals are met
Monitoring progress
Health and safety policies can boost this aspect of employee performance
job satisfaction and productivity
This evaluation framework measures training outcomes across four levels: reaction, learning, behaviour, and results
the Kirkpatrick model
The process of determining tasks, duties, and required attributes for a job
Job analysis
If an issue is dealt with differently than the collective agreement states, it can't later be enforced as written
What is Estoppel
A cognitive bias where we favor information that aligns with our preexisting beliefs, ignoring other facts to save time and energy
confirmation bias
To maintain workplace safety, employers must adhere to these
health and safety regulations
This term refers to the application of skills, knowledge, and behaviours learned in training back on the job
training transfer
An interview where multiple interviewers interview several candidates at once
A Mass interview
Comprehensive tool for job descriptions and job specifications compiled by the federal government
National Occupational Classification (NOC)
The idea that we can't be fully rational decision-makers due to limited information and cognitive capacity
What is Bounded rationality
These methods help employers evaluate the success of their health and safety programs
audits and employee feedback
The theory that adults learn differently than children, emphasizing practical, problem-solving approaches
andragogy
A federal tool for job descriptions and specifications with around 40,000 occupations
National Occupational Classification (NOC)