IRE240H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Basic Income, Labour Law, Parental Leave
13 Dec 2017
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Many working canadians are in jobs that they experience some combination of powerlessness, stress, fatigue, psychological coercion, and insecurity. Workplace rights and protections appear to fall below expectation in a democratic society. Workers have only weak protections against termination and layoff. Parental leaves are permitted but parents can only legally entitle to employment insurance, which gives them just a little bit more than half of their normal earnings. Workers have few information-sharing, consultation, or co-decision making rights even though management decisions affect their economic well-being and psychological well-beings. Only 3/10 workers are represented by unions and the abilities for unions to win gains have declined, reflecting problems in canadian system of labour law, collective bargaining and economic policies in the past two decades. Contemporary alternatives: employer-led solutions, progressive hr practices, the high performance alternative: Week 9 chapter 9 & chapter 11.
