MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Employment Contract, Collective Bargaining, Equal Protection Clause
7 Feb 2017
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Provincial/territorial employment laws govern 90% of canadian workers. Other 10% is federal crown corporations. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms: basic rights for all canadians. Human rights legislation: protection from discrimination. Employment standards legislation: minimum terms and conditions of employment. Ordinary laws: content or context specific. Freedom of thought, belief, expression and opinion. Right to equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination. Establish minimum terms for: wages, overtime pay, paid holidays and vacations, maternity/paternity leave, bereavement/compassionate care leave, termination notice. Complaints filed with ministry of labour or counterpart. Filed complaint is settled through the ministry not civil court. Embedded in policies with adverse impact on specific groups. Based on business necessity for safe and efficient operations. Adjustment of employment policies/practices so that no individual is. Based on prohibited grounds in human rights legislation e. g. work station redesign for wheelchair. Human rights legislation mandates employers must accommodate to the point of (cid:858)undue hardship(cid:859)
