LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Attestation Clause, Cognos, Employment Contract

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Pnina Alon- Shenker

Document Summary

Chapter 3 common law issues in hiring. 2 main sources of law: common law and human rights: common law focuses: main areas of common law liability for both parties during recruitment, selection and hiring phase. Misrepresentation (job candidate): false statements during negotiation of contract, no legislation requires job candidates to be honest, can be a just cause for dismissal. False statements related to qualifications or work experience that has significant impact on hiring decision. Job posting you need a doctorate degree, and you faked it may be a just cause for dismissal: has an impact on the hiring decision because they need qualifications for the job. Suggests an inherent lack of honesty, when job requires trust. Working with kids, money or with confidential information: if you lied during the integration and employer finds out, they have a just cause if the lie goes down to the qualification of the job, ex.