HRM 3420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3, 6: Cognos, Wrongful Dismissal, Employment Discrimination

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3420
• Professor: David Doorey

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3 legal regimes that comprise the employment law: the common law of employment, regulatory standards, collective bargaining. Immigrant in toronto"s chinatown charged a fee to obtain a job that pays them only per day for 10 hours of work, 7 days a week. Others earn per hour for a 70-hour workweek. About 25% of all federal employers weren"t in compliance w/ most employment standards obligations and that 75% of. Fundamental point should never assume that people will comply w/ legal rules these employers were not in compliance with @ least one employment standard provision. Sometimes a legal rule is sacrificed because it conflicts with more powerful societal rules and norms. Sometimes legal rules are knowingly violated because considering all the factors, plus the odds of being caught and the penalties for non-compliance, it makes more economic sense to someone to break the law than to comply with it.