Employment Law

Also available in print at KE3247 .A6 B34 1996 LAW (Reserve)
This text provides a thorough survey of the law and analysis of developing trends, and covers topics such as contracts, wrongful dismissal, remedies, human rights, and more.

This Manual takes a common-sense approach to wrongful dismissal litigation and other employment litigation, balanced with a thorough understanding of all relevant common and statutory laws, employment contracts, workplace torts, duty to mitigate, alternative actions.

This book examines the various and newly emerging heads of damages being developed in civil courts across Canada including moral damages and the meaning of bad faith in wrongful dismissal situations, damages for mental distress, damages from actions based in tort, damages for humiliation, embarrassment and loss of self-esteem, punitive damages, as well as damages under both provincial and federal human rights legislation, among many other topics.

The author argues that employers and employees should consider faster, cheaper alternatives to the legal system for solving workplace disputes, and provides guidance on how to do so.