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Rights At Work: Fairness In Personal Work Relations And Restorative Labour Market Regulation, Bruce P. Archibald
Rights At Work: Fairness In Personal Work Relations And Restorative Labour Market Regulation, Bruce P. Archibald
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By desire or necessity, virtually all of us work for a considerable portion of our lives. Work defines our social status, determines our degrees of health and happiness and underpins our sense of self. The productivity, efficiency and economic significance of the work we do, in aggregate terms, are critical to the prosperity of the societies in which we live. Moreover, fair treatment in our workplaces is an important aspect of our individual well-being and a mark of the civility and decency of our communities. Many of us expect the law to ensure fairness in our work relations; but increasingly, …
Fairness After The Charter: A Rose By Any Other Name?, A. Wayne Mackay
Fairness After The Charter: A Rose By Any Other Name?, A. Wayne Mackay
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On at least a short term basis the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has made a significant dent in the Canadian legal landscape. Not only has it produced a veritable cottage industry for practising lawyers and legal academics - it has raised some of the most fundamental questions about which institutions should shape public policy in Canada. The courts have a bold new mandate to measure the acts of the legislative and executive branches of the government against the new standards of the Charter. When these agencies are found wanting, they are to be checked and their illegal actions invalidated. …