Employment Law
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2-5-2012
Keywords
Master and Servant, Wrongful Dismissal, Minimum Labour Standards, Human Rights, Occupational Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation.
Abstract
Employment law in Canada generally refers to the law governing the relationship of an individual employee to an employer, as distinguished from labour law, the law of unionized collective bargaining relationships. Employment law includes both the common, or judge-made, law of "master and servant," which is concerned mainly with wrongful dismissal, and a complex mass of statute law dealing with minimum labour standards, human rights, occupational health and safety and workers' compensation.
Recommended Citation
Innis Christie, "Employment Law" (5 February 2012, last modified 16 December 2013), online: The Canadian Encyclopedia < https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/employment-law > [perma.cc/7H3G-JPY9].
