LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cognos, The Employer

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Peter Wilson

Document Summary

Common law torts that apply to job recruitment and hiring. Common law: three torts, deceit or fraudulent misrepresentation by prospective employer, negligent misrepresentation by prospective employer, misrepresentation by job applicant. Negligent misrepresentation by prospective employer: requirements, the employer misleads the job applicant or tells the applicant something that is not true. It does not require intention: the originating precedent is the uk decision, hedley byrne & co. ltd. v. heller & Partners ltd. , later applied in canada to the hiring process in queen v. cognos (ref. 1: that the person suffered a consequential loss or damage. Linda academic is senior vice-president, administrative affairs, at a university. She has been employed by the university for 21 years, having joined the business faculty as assistant. She rapidly progressed through the department, becoming a full professor and obtaining tenure in less than 10 years.