Be Prepared – Examination Section A: Short Questions (2 to 2½ minutes per question)
1. Column 1 is a list of industrial relations terms. Column 2 is a list of possible explanations for these terms. (One explanation does not refer to any of the terms.) Column 1 – Terms 1. Shop steward
Column 2 – Explanations
A. Employees in dispute withdraw their labour
2. Strike 3. Redundancy B. Employees laid off as no work is available
C. Employees refuse to do any overtime D. Employees’ elected representative in a trade union
2. 3. Question Time
1. Section A: Short Questions 2. Section B: Long Questions
Sorry
to BUG you! Always use the
BUG technique: Box, Underline, and Glance.
Match the industrial relation term in Column 1 with its explanation in Column 2. 1.
2. Tick () the correct box. A shop steward is: A security person in a shop.
A person who represents the trade union in the workplace. A person who is employed in a shop.
3. Indicate if the following are work or employment by placing a tick () in the appropriate column.
Statement
Doctor dealing with an ill patient A teacher buys paint in Woodies and paints their house Pizza Co making pizzas for a school Jane making a pizza for her lunch Ambulance crew dealing with a 112 call A nurse looking after her sick son
4. What might be a source of income for each of the following: Person
Retired person Employed person Unemployed person Self-employed Volunteer
5. Sean, a bodhrán maker in the Aran Islands, has his own business.
Indicate with a tick () whether each of the following activities is considered employment, work or voluntary work.
Employment Work Voluntary work
Making a bodhrán for his daughter. Participating in a music Zoom event to raise awareness of wellbeing.
Making 10 bodhráns to export to New York.
6. Indicate the difference between work and employment. 7. (i) Why might an employee join a trade union? (ii) State two functions of a trade union. 1. _________________ 2. _________________ (iii) Name a trade union. (iv) The union representative is called a ___________________________.