MCS 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Collective Bargaining, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Unemployment Benefits

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Raddocchia

Document Summary

Federal government has jurisdicion to make laws that afect employees of the federal government and federally regulated industries (banking, railway, etc. Provincial governments have jurisdicion to make laws that afect all other employees, including provincial employees. Employment relaionship a contractual relaionship whereby an employer provides remuneraion to an employee in exchange for work or services. Independent contractor a person who is in a working relaionship that does not meet the criteria of employment: beneits for independent contractors are tax savings, lexibility, and independence in arranging a work schedule. Courts have used a variety of tests to disinguish between the two: the degree of control exercise over the individual by the employer. More direcion and supervision = more likely to be employment: the ownership of tools, chance of proit, and the risk of loss from performance of the requested service. Sharing proits and losses of ownership of tools = indicaive of independent contractor: the degree of integraion.