BU354 Lecture 4: Chapter 4 – Legal Requirements and Managing Diversity
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Chapter 4 legal requirements and managing diversity. Government impact: federal and provincial laws regulate the employee-employer relationship, responsibility of hr specialists, compliance with government, managing diversity. The charter of rights and freedoms: the canadian charter of rights and freedoms is contained in the constitution act of. 1982: most- far reaching legal challenge for hr managers, provides fundamental rights to every canadian. The canadian human rights act: a federal law prohibiting discrimination, act applies to all federal government departments and agencies. What is discrimination: a showing of partially or prejudice in treatment; specific action or policies directed against the welfare of minority groups. Harassment: treating an employee in a disparate manner because of that person"s sex, race, religion, age, or other protective classification. Provincial hr law and hr commissions: canadian provinces/territories generally have their own hr laws and hr commissions with similar discrimination criteria, regulations, and procedures.
