ADMS 3420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Wage Regulation, Maximum Wage, Pierre Trudeau

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3420
• Professor: Chris Sweeney

Document Summary

Most common forms of wage regulation today focus on protecting a wage floor a. Introduction minimum wage to prevent employers from using their bargaining power to drive wages too far down and addressing gender wage discrimination. Regulations: government-made detailed rules introduced as a supplement to, and pursuant to authority created in, a statute. For example, the ontario esa requires that employers pay at least the prescribed minimum wage, but doesn"t say hat that wage is. The act gives the government the right to introduce regulations (in s. 141), and one regulation (o. reg. 285/01) sets out the precise amount of the minimum wage. Wage regulation governs employment contracts; so if a worker doesn"t meet the definition of an employee in the statute, then the laws governing ages don"t apply. Independent contractors can agree to work for an hour if they want since esa doesn"t apply to them. Many employees are excluded from the wage regulation.