BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Underemployment, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Glass Ceiling
Document Summary
The legal framework for employment law in canada. While hr professionals are expected to provide guidance, training, programs, and policy developments that are legally defensible, the actions of supervisors, and managers as agents of the organization must also abide by legislated rules and regulations. The primary objective of most employment legislation in canada is to prevent employers from exploiting paid workers, assuming that an implicit power imbalance exists in the employment relationship. Canadian employment legislation is largely modelled on the us national labour relations act with three differences. There is also a series of employment-specific legislation in canada that employers must abide by such as the employment standards act. There are laws that specifically regulate some areas of hrm occupational health and safety, union relations, and pensions and compensations. Regulations legally binding rules established by special regulatory bodies created to enforce compliance with the law and aid in its interpretation.
