Quiz 2 Flashcards
If a grounds for discrimination is not expressly listed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms it is called
Analogous grounds
Minimum wage laws are an example of
Protective employment legislation
Statutory wage floor
A law designating a day on which employees are entitled to receive time off or a wage premium is called
Statutory holiday
A short-term temporary lay-off is considered a termination under statutory law
T of F
F
The law allowing criminal charges for safety violations is commonly called
Westray Act
Human rights commissions have the power to order an employer to re-hire an employee
T or F
T
When a rule applies to everyone but has an adverse impact on some people, it is called
Indirect discrimination
What is the most common ground for complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal?
Disability
Which is NOT part of the Meiorin test?
a. The standard was adopted in good faith as necessary
b. The standard applies to all employees equally
c. The standard is reasonably necessary and it is impossible to accommodate
d. The standard is rationally connected to the job
b. The standard applies to all employees equally
The duty to accommodate is related to which ground?
a. Disability
b. Religion
c. Sex
d. Family status
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
Migrant workers are considered vulnerable to exploitation because
a. Their precarious residency status in Canada
b. They are more reliant on the employer
c. They have a harder time exercising their employment rights
d. They are over-represented in dangerous occupations
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
Unionized employees have fewer privacy protections than non-unionized employees.
T or F
F
Canada regulatory regime has been described as
Checkerboard
Unions oppose drug and alcohol testing for what reason?
Violation of privacy
