Labour and Industrial Relations November 2015 Past Paper: 302

Labour and Industrial Relations November 2015 Past Examination Question Paper

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THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINAY1ONS COUNCIL
BUSINESS EDUCATION SINGLE AND GROUP CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS
STAGE III
DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
MODULE III
LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
November 2015
Time: 3 hours

1. (a) Explain five ways in which employees may contribute to good industrial relations in an organization. (10 marks)

(b) Explain five objectives that the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) seeks to achieve in labour and industrial relations. (10 marks)

2. (a) Explain five challenges faced by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in executing its mandate. (10 marks)

(b) The Employment and Labour Relation Court (Industrial Court) is responsible for promoting good industrial relations in the country. Explain five ways in which the court achieves this objective. (10 marks)

3. (a) Outline six management practices that may lead to industrial disputes in an organization. (12 marks)

(b) Highlight four grounds on which the management of an organisation may refuse to recognise a trade union. (8 marks)

4. a) Explain four tactics that may be used by an employer‘ to force employees to end a strike. (8 marks)

(b) Outline six duties of employees in ensuring their own health and safety at the workplace. (12 marks)

5. (a) The public Officers and Ethics Act 2009 requires public officers to maintain professionalism when discharging their responsibilities. Outline five provisions of the Act, in relation to this requirement.

(b) Explain the five reasons that make it necessary for a country to enact laboiir laws. (10 Marks)

6. (a) Outline six information that should be contained in a contract of employment. (12 mails)

(b) The government bonds employees to ensure they do not leave service soon after benefiting from government sponsored training.

Explain four circumstances under which this bond obligation will be considered to have been discharged. (8 marks)

7. (a) Explain five reasons that make workers organize themselves into trade unions. (10 marks)

(b) Explain five provisions of the factories Act 2007, in regard to the fire precautions that should be observed by the factory occupier. (10 marks)