BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Equal Protection Clause, Underemployment, Reasonable Accommodation
Document Summary
To avoid flooding the courts with complains and the prosecutions of relatively minor infractions, the government in each jurisdiction creates epical regulatory bodies. Include human rights commissions and ministries of labour, develop legally binding rules called regulations and evaluate complaints. Regulations legally binding rules established by the special regulatory bodies created to enforce compliance with the law and aid in its interpretation. All employers/employees in canada are covered by employment (labour) standards legislation. Employment (labour) standards legislation laws present in every canadian jurisdiction that establish minimum employee entitlements and set a limit on the maximum number of hours of worked permitted per day or week. Establish minimum employee entitlements pertaining to wages, paid holidays/vacations, leave for maternity/parenting/adoption, bereavement leave, max number of hours worked per day/week, overtime pay etc. Also includes equal pay for equal work for male/female workers. Charter of rights and freedoms federal law enacted in 1982 that guarantees fundamental freedoms to all canadians.
