Lectures (2017)
This page will include links to each week’s lecture post.
Week One: Introduction to Employment Law
Week Two: The Law of Work Framework and Employment Status
The Common Law Regime
Week Three: Recruitment and Requirements of Employment Contracts
Week Four: Expressed, Ancillary, and Implied Contract Terms; Modification of Employment Contracts
Week Five: Termination of Contracts by Agreement and by an Employer with “Reasonable Notice”
Week Six: Summary Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal
Week Seven: October 25 Midterm Test (In Class)
The Regulatory Regime
Week Eight (Nov. 1): Quits (Common Law) and Employment Standards Regulation: Wages and Hours of Work
Week Nine (Nov. 8): Employment Standards Regulation: (Termination of Employment Contracts)
Week Ten (Nov. 15): Human Rights Statutes: Introduction and ‘Discrimination” and Job Ads and Interviews
Week Eleven (Nov. 22): Human Rights: The Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination and Defences)
Week Twelve (Nov. 29): Human Rights: Permissible Discrimination and Employer Defences
End of Lectures. Final Exam has been scheduled for Tuesday December 19 at 9 a.m. Do NOT book travel until after this date.