LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ultra Vires, Unemployment Benefits, Independent Contractor
17 Dec 2019
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Employment and labour law is the law that governs the employment relationship between individual employees and employers, and between unionized employees, their trade unions, and employers. It is common to distinguish between employment law the law which is often more relevant to non- unionized workplaces and labour law the law which is more relevant to unionized workplaces. In a non-unionized workplace, the terms and conditions of employment will be mainly based upon the individual contract of employment between an employer and an individual employee. In a unionized workplace, the terms and conditions of employment will be mainly based upon a negotiated collective agreement between a trade union, the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees, and an employer. There are three main ways three legal regimes that govern employment relationship common law of contracts, statutory law, and collective bargaining law. Canada is a federal state with three levels of government: federal, provincial, and municipal.
