Navigating labour relations issues can be challenging, but with the right tools and knowledge, HR professionals and leaders can effectively manage these situations. The Labour Relations Foundations Certificate equips you with essential skills and competencies to address labour-related challenges in both unionized and non-unionized environments.
Gain foundational knowledge in labour relations management, including negotiation processes, union-management relationships, labour legislation, and workplace policies. With hands-on application, you will also learn to handle grievance arbitration processes, draft collective bargaining agreements, and align actions with Canadian HR laws and regulations. Additionally, you'll obtain frameworks and tools to create productive workplace relationships, ensuring consistent application of agreements, policies, and legislation.
By completion of this program, successful students will be able to:
- Recognize the transformational role of the human resource manager in a unionized environment
- Identify the differences and similarities between managing a unionized and non-unionized environment
- Explain the basic legal environment in which trade union's function, the process by which trade unions become legally entitled to represent workers, and the factors that motivate workers to become unionized
- Describe the factors that influence workers to form or join trade unions and the political dynamics among employees, trade unions and employers
- Describe the importance of having an equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) strategy to support an organization's objectives and priorities
- Describe critical areas of human resource legal compliance within an organization
- Apply different problem-solving methods, labour relations management models, documentation and artifacts required for successful project implementation to workplace disputes, such as the grievance arbitration process
- Investigate organization's policies and initiatives for compliance around legal guidelines in the Canadian labour context
- Recommend work policies that align with labour relations agreements, provincial and Canadian labour laws
This program is perfect if you...
- Are an HR professional seeking expertise in labour relation
- Are a supervisor or manager who needs to understand labour laws and regulations
- Are a professional in another discipline but have HR-related responsibilities
- Are a small business owner wanting to navigate labour laws
- Are a labour union representative
- Have completed the Human Resource Fundamentals Certificate or Human Resource Advanced Certificate and want to specialize in labour relations
What will I get?
Students who complete this program will receive a Professional Certificate.
Program details
Online
Courses in this program are delivered online. Courses are scheduled at convenient times, allowing you to complete the program at a pace that fits your life.
You should plan on studying and working approximately 6 hours per week per course.
Online learning fits into busy schedules by taking the learning experience out of the traditional classroom. Students have online access to instructors, fellow learners, and learning materials.
Before taking your first online course, we recommended taking our free course: Digital Skills for Learning Online
5 Courses, 130 Hours
All Continuing Education programs are developed with part-time learners in mind. The Labour Relations Foundations Certificate is a 130-hour program.
The length of time it takes to complete this program varies by student. If you take one course per term (four courses a year), you will likely complete the program in 12 to 18 months. You will complete the program faster if you take multiple courses per term.
$2,871
The approximate cost to complete the Labour Relations Foundations Certificate is $2,871.
This includes the $105 admission fee.
You do not require a degree or diploma to apply for admission to this program. You can take individual courses to start, and apply later.
The admission fee is $105.
To apply, you must meet the following requirements:
- 18 years of age or older
- Grade 12 diploma (recommended)
- Relevant work experience (recommended)
- If English is not your first language, you must meet the English language proficiency requirements
Programs change from time to time, so we recommend that you apply for admission as early as possible. Once admitted, your requirements to complete the program will not change – even if the program changes. You can be confident that completed and eligible courses will apply to your program.
Apply for AdmissionPrior learning from other post-secondary institutions
Advanced standing may be granted for equivalent, graded courses completed at other post-secondary institutions. Credit may be granted up to a maximum of 40 hours towards this program.
Apply for Advanced StandingTransferring credit from other Continuing Education programs
If you have completed requirements for another University of Calgary Continuing Education program, you may be able to transfer some credits to this program. For details, please review the "Credit towards other programs" information in the programs you have completed. To transfer credits, please contact a student advisor.
Maximum advanced standing and transferred credit
The combined total of advanced standing and transferred credits cannot exceed 60 hours for this program.
This program is offered in association with the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Alberta. Individuals already certified often take Continuing Education human resource courses to meet their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements.
To obtain the Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) Designation, please visit www.cphrab.ca/become-a-CPHR
Each year, scholarships and awards are given to deserving students not only for their academic achievement, but also for community involvement. Award sponsors include both corporate and private donors.
To apply, you must meet eligibility criteria and submission deadlines. Students in this program may be eligible for the following awards:
It is the student's responsibility to ensure all requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
See Graduation for details.
This program does not qualify students to apply for an international study permit.
International students who wish to live and work in Canada should consider our International Professional Programs.