Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 20: The Employment Relationship

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Both the federal and provincial governments have jurisdiction to pass employment legislation. The federal government has jurisdiction to make laws that affect employees of the federal government, and federally regulated industries (e. g. banking, airlines, railway, and shipping industries: about 10% of all employees are subject to federal regulation. The provincial government has jurisdiction to make laws that affect all other employees. Employment relationship a contractual relationship whereby an employer provides payment to an employee in exchange for work or service. Not all people work for another or provide services to another: independent contractor a person who is in a working relationship that does not meet the criteria of employment. In the 1980s it was all about downsizing and therefore employees increasingly became independent contractors. Why be an independent contractor: fewer financial and legal obligations, simplicity, manage your own peak loads.