Canadian Industrial Relations -Contexts and Ideology

I. Substantive Rules -Government Role

•Principal government role procedural, not substantive

•Certain specific terms and conditions traditionally regulated

•Whole social security system made substantially more generous over post‑war period

•Unorganized employees in federal jurisdiction and some provinces can now be terminated only for just cause


	Principal government role procedural, not substantive
	Still substantial substantive impact

	Certain specific terms and conditions traditionally regulated
		Minimum wages
		Maximum hours
		Job safety
		Unlike USA but like most other countries, standard paid holidays and vacations
		Provisions for notice of termination

	Unorganized employees in federal jurisdiction and some provinces can now be terminated only for just cause
		Common law doctrine of unfair dismissal
		Remedy usually monetary, generally not reinstatement