MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fide
13 Sep 2018
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Legal framework for employment in canada: employer right to modify employee work terms for legitimate business needs, employee right to be protected from harmful business practices, government balance needs of employer and employee. Legal jurisdictions for employment: 90% of employers or business work at the provincial level federal banks, government, transportation, canada post, every province has its own business rights code, as well as on the federal level. Human rights code: allows people to express their feelings of being treated unfairly, provide comprehensive human rights protections for all peoples in ontario, preamble sets out what the legislation is intended to achieve. Have human rights that cannot be infringed upon or dismissed. Are entitled to equal rights and opportunities without discrimination. Undue hardship: human rights legislation mandates that employers must accommodate to point of undue hardship the point where financial cost or health and safety risks make accommodation impossible.
