MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contract, Occupational Segregation, Absenteeism
24 Aug 2016
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The legal framework for employment law in canada. Hr provides guidance, training, programs and policy development that are legally defensible. Actions of supervisors and managers must abide by legislated rules and regulations. Employees sees legislation as statutory floor (minimum requirement) and expects more while employers sees them as contractual ceiling (maximum requirement) and tries to do bare minimum. Regulations: legally binding rules established by special regulatory bodies created to enforce compliance with the law and aid its interpretation. Mhr523 chapter 2: the changing legal emphasis orientation,etc. Discriminate directly by refusing to hire, train or promote individual. Differential or unequal treatment: treating individual differently in any aspect of terms and conditions of employment based on any of the prohibited grounds. Ex: min. height and weight requirements, limited accessibility to company premises, etc: aversive racism: consciously knowing and professing that all people are equal, yet subconsciously judging and treating some groups (races, genders, ethnicities) differently.
