BUS 381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Canada Labour Code, Specific Weight, Reasonable Accommodation

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

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Chapter 2 the changing legal emphasis: from compliance to valuing diversity. The legal framework for employment in canada: employer: right to modify employee work terms for legitimate business needs, employee: right to be protected from harmful business practices, government: balance needs of employer and employee. Multiple legal jurisdictions for employment/labour law: federal employment legislation covers individuals employed by the federal government and federally regulated businesses (e. g. : banks, airlines). Covers about 10% of the workforce: provincial legislation covers the remaining 90% (e. g. : retail, schools, hospitals etc. In bc, known as bc employment standards act: there is a great deal of commonality between federal and provincial laws. Federal legislation: charter of rights and freedoms enacted in 1982, it guarantees fundamental freedoms to all. Discrimination - distinction, exclusion or preference based on a prohibited ground which nullifies or impairs a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:396)ights to full a(cid:374)d e(cid:395)ual (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d exercise of human rights and freedoms.