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The Canada Labour Code (French: Code canadien du travail) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour. The objective of the Code is to facilitate production by controlling strikes & lockouts , occupational safety and health , and some employment standards.
Slaight Communications Inc v Davidson, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1038 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to freedom of expression under section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Charter's relationship with administrative law. The Court upheld an order given by the Labour Relations Board that ...
Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.
According to Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson in their work titled, Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition, labour law involved items can include, "the contract of employment, regulatory legislation (such as health and safety measures), the conduct of industrial disputes, and questions of trade union government". [5]
The BC Labour Board declined to hear an application since the dispute was governed under the Canada Labour Code, as Purolator was an interprovincial company. Dolphin obtained an injunction against secondary picketing on their premises on the basis that the common law does not permit secondary picketing.
The CIRB also contributes to changing labour laws unlawfully to any work, undertaking or business that falls under the authority of the Parliament of Canada. [1] [citation needed] As of December 2014, the chairperson of the board is Ginette Brazeau. [2]
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada (Labour Relations Board) focused on the applicable standard of judicial review. [2] The CBC challenged the Labour Relations Board’s finding, arguing that it had acted within its rights by requiring Goldhawk to choose between his CBC role and his union presidency.
That occurs when the Commission feels that the complaint deals with a matter of public interest, which includes decisions that have the potential to clarify, influence, shape, or define human rights law in Canada. Under the Employment Equity Act, the Commission promotes equality in the workplace for the four designated groups: women, Aboriginal ...