Jambrone Foods and CUPE Local 5000 Have a Collective Agreement

question 42

Multiple Choice

Jambrone Foods and CUPE Local 5000 have a collective agreement in place that allows for wages to be paid at more than the minimum wage set by the Employment Standards Act. Which of the following describes this agreement?

• A) illegal
• B) legal
• C) legal but ill-advised
• D) acceptable under the Employment Standards Act but illegal under the Canada Labour Code

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Definitions:

Gestational Carrier

A carrier who is not related to the fetus. In this case, a woman with ovaries but no uterus uses her own egg and the man’s sperm to create the embryo, which is then placed within the carrier’s uterus.

Surrogate Mother

A woman who agrees to bear a child for another person or couple, often through artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.

Labor Stage

The period during childbirth when the muscles of the uterus contract to dilate the cervix and push the baby out.

Uterine Fibroids

Noncancerous growths in the uterus that often appear during childbearing years.