ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Precarious Work, Perfect Competition, Collective Bargaining

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Eytan Lasry

Document Summary

Ap/adms 1000 lecture # 2 the employee-employer relationship. Independent contractors: self-employed persons, partners in a business, temp workers, volunteers or interns. Standard employment: regular, full-time hours, a single employer, a lifetime career/employer, periodic pay raises, health benefits, pension plans, guided by government regulation. Nonstandard employment (nse: vulnerable or precarious work. Less stable: part-time, temporary, contract work, variable working hours. Less job security: not entitled to as many social protections. The role of bargaining power in the employment relationship. The role of unions and collective bargaining. Interests of workers and owners are in conflict: employment regulation (government intervention) is required, collective bargaining is required. Dismissing employees: notice of termination: common law rules, statutory minimum. Protecting workers in canada: canadian charter of rights and freedoms, human rights law, employment equity legislation. Protects: speech, press, assembly, association, and religious rights democratic rights: mobility rights legal rights equality rights language rights.