BU354 Chapter 4:
Document Summary
Through enforcing laws has direct & immediate impact on the hr function. Fed & provincial laws regulate employee-employer relationship challenge. Creates regulatory bodies to avoid flooding courts. Impact of such laws elevates the importance of hr decisions: commissions, tribunals, boards, who all enforce compliance with laws and aids interpretation. Regulations: legally enforceable rules developed by governmental agencies to ensure compliance with laws that the agency administers. Definition: federal law enacted in 1982, guaranteeing individuals equal rights before the law. Fundamental rights freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; freedom of peaceful assembly; freedom of association. Provides protection in these areas: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; freedom of peaceful assembly; and freedom of association. Most far reaching legal challenge for hr managers.
