CLN4U - CH 11 & 12 Key Terms

Definition: A major change in the terms of the employment contract that results in an employee resigning.

• collective bargaining

• compensation package

• conditional discharge

• constructive dismissal

Definition: A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality.

• Ratification

• collective bargaining

• binding arbitration

• specific deterrence

Definition: A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work.

• strike

• Mistake of Law

• Lockout

• general deterrence

Definition: honest and reasonable belief that conduct is not criminal

• denunciation

• binding arbitration

• Mistake of Fact

• Absolute Discharge

Definition: A release with certain conditions, such as probation, attached; if conditions are violated, the offender can be brought back to court and given the original sentence on the charge.

• conditional discharge

• binding arbitration

• constructive dismissal

• Absolute Discharge

Definition: process in which a neutral party hears arguments from two opposing sides and makes a decision that both must accept

• binding arbitration

• compensation package

• conditional discharge

• specific deterrence

Definition: a misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the law relevant to the situation at hand.

• Mistake of Fact

• compensation package

• Absolute Discharge

• Mistake of Law

Definition: Canadian Auto Workers.

• CUPE

• PSAC

• CAW

• parole

Definition: Canadian Union of Public Employees.

• PSAC

• CUPE

• CAW

• parole

Definition: Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.

• Ratification

• compensation package

• denunciation

• specific deterrence