LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quantum Meruit, Wrongful Dismissal, The Employer

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

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Chapter 6 - job requirements & hiring process: common law and discrimination in job recruitment and hiring: Week 2 - jan 22 {common law regime} I(cid:374) the i(cid:374)3(cid:1004)"s (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)plete f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373) of (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)e(cid:863) e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:455) to (cid:373)o(cid:396)als a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) o(cid:396)de(cid:396). Christie v. york corporation (in common law, freedom of contract reigns supreme. Seneca v. bhadauria (discrimination issues in hiring falls under the second regime of work law: regulatory standards: common law torts that apply to job recruitment and hiring: Freedom of contract depends upon the parties having sufficient and truthful information to assess whether a proposed deal is rational. Common law judges have deployed both tort and contract law to promote a truthful flow of information during the job recruitment and hiring process. Tort of deceit of fraudulent misrepresentation by a prospective employer. E(cid:373)plo(cid:455)e(cid:396)"s deli(cid:271)e(cid:396)atel(cid:455) (cid:373)isleadi(cid:374)g o(cid:396) l(cid:455)i(cid:374)g to p(cid:396)ospe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ees to i(cid:374)du(cid:272)e that pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept an offer is deceitful and fraudulent misrepresentation.