LAW 529 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Picketing, Occupational Safety And Health, Arbitration Clause
17 May 2016
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Federal run jobs are governed under federal regulations. All other jobs are governed under provincial regulations. The constitution act 1867 sets out the structure of canadian government, creating the canadian state and dividing its powers between the federal and provincial governments. The powers of the provinces are set out in s. 92. Section 92. 13 is important as it empowers the provinces to pass laws governing property and civil rights in the province . The courts have interpreted this sections as giving the provinces power to pass labour legislation regulating minimum wages, hours of work, overtime, occupational health and safety, and labour relations in unionized workplaces. The federal government has the power to regulate labour relations and pass laws under powers granted by the constitution act 1867, but the rights are specific rather than general. Federal jurisdiction cases: interprovincial/international activities, transportation, shipping, both, federal government directly or indirectly involved in the enterprise.
