Compiled by Erika Luebbe

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Labour Workplace Information Sources

• Compiled by Erika Luebbe
• March 16, 2007
• LIBR 530

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What does labour workplace cover?

• Human Resources
• Industrial Relations
• Labour Economics

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General Sources Background Information

• The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of
  Organizational Behavior
• David Lam Reference HD58.7 B57 1995
• Oxford Dictionary of Business Management
• Oxford Reference Online
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada
  (HRSDC)
• Databases
• ABI/Inform
• Business Source Premier
• CBCA Complete
• Factiva
• Academic Search Premier
• PsychInfo
• Social Sciences Index

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Information on Occupations
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Labour Statistics
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Employment Standards

• BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services
  Employment Standards Branch
• Individual Employment Law By Geoffrey England
• Law Library Reserve KE3247.E537 2000 (LC)
• Canadian Master Labour Guide a Guide to Canadian
  Labour Law
• Law Library Reserve KE3109.C36 (LC)
• BC Employment Standards Act (R.S.B.C., 1996, c.
  113)
• Canada Labour Code (R.S., 1985, c. L-2)
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• CD Howe Institute

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Organized Labour

• History of the Canadian Labour Movement 1850-1999
  
• Negotech Full-text Canadian collective agreements
• BC Labour Relations Board
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Yahoo Directory of Canadian Labour Unions

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Questions

• In British Columbia, what are the average annual
  earnings for a full-time announcer/broadcaster?
• List one reason why the labour strikes in Canada
  during the 1960s were different compared to
  strikes in earlier periods.
• Use The Yearbook of Labour Statistics (volume 2)
  to compare Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Of the
  economically active population, what total
  percentage of women were employed in 2004?
• In British Columbia, crop harvesters can be paid
  on a piece rate basis. What is the minimum rate,
  in dollars, for a pound of strawberries? That is,
  whats the minimum amount a crop harvester can
  earn per pound of strawberries picked?
• To be eligible for statutory holiday pay, an
  employee in British Columbia must meet what two
  qualifications?