Management and Organizational Studies 3384A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Protected Group, Reasonable Accommodation, Job Performance
9 Dec 2016
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Representation of designated groups has increased since the 1990s. A workforce representative of canadian culture and diversity. Federal/provincial labour laws: stipulate the rights of the employees to organize trade unions and to bargain collective agreements with employers. Collective agreements: set out the conditions for unionized employees (eg. promotion, lateral transfer, demotion) Employment standards: federal/provincial laws to regulate minimum age of employment, hours of work, minimum wages, statutory holidays, vacations, work leaves, and termination of employment. Common law: law that emerges out of judicial proceedings (often sets precedents) Specialized legislation: governments have special legislation governing labour relations and employment standards for own public service employees. Discrimination: a restriction, preference or distinction based on a prohibited ground, which results in unequal treatment and denies an individual his or her right to the equal protection and benefit of guaranteed human rights and freedoms. Can be either direct or indirect discrimination.
