HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Glass Ceiling, Collective Agreement, Underemployment

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Constitutional law: charter of rights and freedoms. Legislated acts of parliament: income tax act. Regulations (for legislation acts: rules to aid interpretation of laws. Contract law: collective agreement/ employment contracts. Multiple legal jurisdiction for employment / labour law. Provincial / territorial employment laws govern 90% of canadian workers. Federal laws govern 10% of workers in federal civil service, crown corporations and agencies, transportation, banking and communications. Provincial laws are different from province to province. Establish minimum employee entitlements pertaining to: wages, paid holidays and vacation, maternity, parenting and adoption leaves, bereavement and compassionate care leave, termination notice and overtime pay. Set limit on maximum number of work hours permitted per day or week. Principle of equal pay for equal work value. Distinction, exclusion or preference based on a prohibited ground which nullifies or impairs a person"s rights to full and equal recognition and exercise of human rights and freedoms. Intentional: direct, differential/ unequal treatment, indirectly, based on association.