BUS 381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Reasonable Accommodation, Occupational Safety And Health, Protected Group

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 381
• Professor: Karen Ruckman

Document Summary

The legal framework for employment law in canada. Legal framework includes constitutional law (particularly charter of rights and freedoms), acts of parliament, common law, contract law. Laws that specifically regulate some areas of hrm occupational health and safety (occupational health and safety acts), union relations (labour relations acts), pensions (pension benefits acts), compensation (pay equity acts, income tax act) Employment (labour) standards legislation: laws present in every canadian jurisdiction that establish minimum employee entitlements and set a limit on the maximum number of hours of work permitted per day or week. All employers and employees in canada (including unionized employees) are covered by employment standards legislation. Every jurisdiction in canada has legislation incorporating the principle equal pay for equal work. Human rights legislation makes it illegal to discriminate. The charter of rights and freedom (federal legislation) and human rights legislation (present in every jurisdiction. Federal law enacted in 1982 that guarantees fundamental freedoms to all canadians.