Mohawk College

HRM 01

Quiz #4

1)In most circumstances, an employer wants a new employee to be

contractually bound by its general policies. What should an employer do to make this happen?

2. According to the text, employers can minimize the risk of inequality of bargaining power by:

3. An oral contract that contains an offer, acceptance and consideration, is just as binding as a written contract.

4. A well-drafted written contract has several advantages that include all the following, except for:

5. Where the issue in dispute was not addressed in an oral contract, or was left out of a written contract, a court imports                                                                                               into the agreement:

6. The issues that can affect the enforceability and interpretation of written contracts include:

7. The case Francis v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada, represented the importance of:

8. Obsolescence refers to:

9. To protect against obsolescence, employers should:

10. In the Machtinger v. HOJ Industries Ltd., decision, the Supreme Court of Canada had to decide whether the employer’s attempt to contract out of the termination provision of the ESA nullified the termination provisions of the employment and whether an employee is entitled to common-law damages for pay in lieu of reasonable notice when an employment contract is silent on the issue of termination notice. In that decision the Court held that:

11. The contra proferentem rule refers to:

12. An unhappy party may challenge a contract’s enforceability by raising this core issue (embedded in contract law):