BU354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Occupational Segregation, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Bipolar Disorder
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Chapter 2: the changing legal emphasis compliance and impact on canadian workplaces. The legal framework for employment law in canada. While hr professionals are expected to provide guidance, training, programs and policy developments that are legally defensible, the actions of supervisors and managers as agents of the organization must also abide by legislated rules and regulations. There are informal and formal expectations between the employee and employer. Informal expectations are difficult to manage and correct if one feels that the other has violated the expectations. Thus, the influence of formal expectations (legislation) is important in workplace. Main goal of employment legislation in canada = prevent employers from exploiting paid workers. In canada, employers may terminate e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith (cid:374)o (cid:396)easo(cid:374) as lo(cid:374)g as the(cid:396)e"s reasonable notice. Provincial/territorial employment laws govern 90% of canadian workers. The other 10% governed by federal employment legislation. Thus, there are 14 jurisdictions (10 provinces, 3 territories, and canada entirely) for employment law.
