HTH 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contract, Employee Retention, Occupational Segregation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTH 503
• Professor: amritabhalla

Document Summary

Jurisdiction: federal laws: federally regulated employers (federal civil service, crown corporations & agencies, transportation, banking & communications, provincial/ territorial employment laws: all other employers (90% of canadian workers) Tort law: primarily judge-based law, whereby the precedent & jurisprudences set by 1 judge through assessment of case establishes how similar cases will be interpreted, categories. Intentional torts (assault, battery, trespass, intentional affliction of mental distress) Unintentional torts (negligence which harm is caused by carelessness: regulations: legally binding rules established by special regulatory bodies created to enforce compliance w. law & aid interpretation. The charter of rights and freedoms: federal law enacted in 1982 that guarantees fundamental freedoms to all canadians, notable exceptions to generalization. Allow laws to infringe on charter rights if demonstrably justified as reasonable limits in free and democratic society . Allow legislation exempted from challenge when legislative body invokes. Notwithstanding : provide fundamental rights and freedoms to every canadian. Freedom of thought, belief, opinion & expression.