LAW 529 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unconscionability

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Omar Ha- Redeye

Document Summary

Lecture 3 - chapter 11, 13, 14 : each covering the 3 types of termination. Identify how inequality of bargaining power and employee vulnerability have influenced the development of the common law"s treatment of termination of the employment contract. Explain how fixed-term and fixed-task employment contracts are terminated. Identify and explain important situations in which the courts have refused to enforce contract terms relating to the termination of employment contracts. Explain how employers and employees can agree to terminate an employment contract by giving notice of termination. Explain the unconscionability and changed substratum doctrines of contract law and how they apply to termination of employment contracts. Explain how employment contracts can come to an end by agreement of the employee to retire at a defined date. Explain the development of the implied obligation on employers to provide employees with reasonable notice before terminating the employment contract.