BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Reverse Discrimination, Underemployment, Reasonable Accommodation
Document Summary
Regulaions legally binding rules established by the special regulatory bodies created to enforce compliance with the law and aid in its interpretaion. All employers/employees in canada are covered by employment (labour) standards legislaion. Employment (labour) standards legislaion laws present in every canadian jurisdicion that establish minimum employee enitlements and set a limit on the maximum number of hours of worked permited per day or week. These laws establish minimum employee enitlements pertaining to wages, paid holidays/vacaions, leave for maternity/parening/adopion, bereavement leave, max number of hours worked per day/week, overime pay etc. Also includes equal pay for equal work for male/female workers. Charter of rights and freedoms federal law enacted in 1982 that guarantees fundamental freedoms to all canadians applies to the acions of all levels of government (federal, provincial/territorial and municipal) The charter provides the following fundamental rights and freedoms to every canadian: Freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom of the press and other media or communicaion.
