Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Constructive Dismissal, Drug Test, Fiduciary

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Very poliical: conservaive (favor employer, ndp (favor employee) 100 years ago: favors employer a lot, although unfair, but courts didn"t interfere due to the voluntarily agreement of contract. Push poliicians to pass the law of safety net: women in workforce and poliics. Women are more focused on child labor, minimum wage, harassment, etc: unions. Individuals have litle power but they have a lot of power collecively. Employers hired thugs to interrupt the union meeings and beat and kill. However unions won on strikes and court rooms. Disinguish between employment and independent contract: vicarious liability. No employment, no liability: employment legislaion. You are bounded by legislaion if do have employees: income tax deducions. Employer have to make deducions from employee: not an easy task. Control test: who controls the work done. Organizaion test: more important this person is for the irm. Other factors: agreement or not, risk of loss, etc. May be liable for all beneits and tax and interest.