BU395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Labor Relations Act
Document Summary
The legal framework for employment law in canada. Top 3 critical pieces of knowledge required for hr roles: business acumen, employment law/legislative awareness and talent management (tied) Formal role expectations play a larger role than informal roles within organizations. Primary objective of most employment legislation in canada is to prevent employers from exploiting paid workers. Canadian employment legislation is mostly modelled on the us national labor. Canadians are more inclined to accept and expect government mandated regulations about organizational activities. Us follows employment at will where there is no liability upon termination for both parties. Whereas in canada you need a reasonable notice and can quit/strike etc. without penalty. Us employment legislation is mainly centralized whereas in canada it varies between provinces.
