Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Independent Contractor, Labour Law, The Employer

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

Document Summary

Employment law: engaging the services of others provide the means by which a business can carry out its mission, employment is a relationship that provides a livelihood for a large portion of society. I. e. banking, airline, railway, and shipping industries: the provincial governments have jurisdiction to make laws that affect all other employees, including provincial employees. I. e. the newspaper industry: an employee is subject to either federal or provincial jurisdiction, and it is not unusual for employees working in close proximity to be subject to different employment legislation. The employment relationship: the employment relationship involves a contract where one party, the employer, provides compensation to another, the employee, in return for work/ services, but, not everyone who works for another is an employee. In some cases, the person who provides services is considered an agent or independent contractor: a person who is in a working relationship that does not meet the criteria of employment.