MGMT 2430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Underemployed (Tv Series), Glass Ceiling, Visible Minority
24 Jan 2017
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The legal framework for employment law in canada. Tort law: primarily judge-based law, whereby the precedent and jurisprudences set by one judge through his/her assessment of a case establishes how similar cases will be interpreted, separated into two categories. The charter of rights and freedoms: provides fundamental rights and freedom to every canadian, freedom of: Association: equality rights: right to equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination. Human rights legislation: prohibits discrimination in employment situations and in the delivery of goods and services, requirement for reasonable accommodation, permissible discrimination based on bona fide occupational requirement. Intentional discrimination: direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, discrimination in the form of differential treatment, discrimination because of association. Unintentional discrimination/systemic: minimum height and weight requirements, internal hiring policies or word-of-mouth hiring in workplaces, limited accessibility to company premises, culturally biased or non-job-related tests, promotions based exclusively on seniority, lack of a harassment policy of guidelines. Job evaluation systems that are not gender neutral.
