Employment Law – Exam – Labour Law – study material
constitutional law - correct answer ✔✔in Canada, a body of written and unwritten laws that set
out how the country will be governed
statute law - correct answer ✔✔a law passed by a government legislative body
a law made by judges - correct answer ✔✔common law
another word for common law - correct answer ✔✔case law/judge law
duty of care - correct answer ✔✔a legal obligation to take reasonable care
independent contractor - correct answer ✔✔a self-employed worker engaged by a principle to
perform a specific workload
how many prohibited grounds are there - correct answer ✔✔16
what is NOT one of the three principle factors in accommodation? - correct answer ✔✔co-
workers thoughts and ideas
wrongful dismissal - correct answer ✔✔dismissing someone without just cause, wherein the
employer breaches its common law duty is called
proportionality - correct answer ✔✔the principle that the sanction must fit the offence
, onus of proof - correct answer ✔✔the burden of proving a case or the facts involved in a
dispute
under the ESA, overtime premium must be paid in Ontario after - correct answer ✔✔44
hours/week
An employee has worked 10 months and is terminated, how many weeks notice? - correct
answer ✔✔1 week
An employee has worked 13 years and is terminated, how many weeks notice? - correct answer
✔✔8 weeks
section 15 on the charter guarantees people in Canada what? - correct answer ✔✔equality
rights
frustration of contract - correct answer ✔✔where a contract becomes impossible to perform
through the fault of neither party
Bardal - correct answer ✔✔under the common law what factors determine reasonable notice
due diligence defence - correct answer ✔✔the onus on a party to establish that it took all
reasonable steps to avoid a particular event
the attestation clause - correct answer ✔✔the name of the clause that appears at the end of a
job application form
a dismissed employees duty to mitigate applied under - correct answer ✔✔the common law
constitutional law - correct answer ✔✔in Canada, a body of written and unwritten laws that set
out how the country will be governed
statute law - correct answer ✔✔a law passed by a government legislative body
a law made by judges - correct answer ✔✔common law
another word for common law - correct answer ✔✔case law/judge law
duty of care - correct answer ✔✔a legal obligation to take reasonable care
independent contractor - correct answer ✔✔a self-employed worker engaged by a principle to
perform a specific workload
how many prohibited grounds are there - correct answer ✔✔16
what is NOT one of the three principle factors in accommodation? - correct answer ✔✔co-
workers thoughts and ideas
wrongful dismissal - correct answer ✔✔dismissing someone without just cause, wherein the
employer breaches its common law duty is called
proportionality - correct answer ✔✔the principle that the sanction must fit the offence
, onus of proof - correct answer ✔✔the burden of proving a case or the facts involved in a
dispute
under the ESA, overtime premium must be paid in Ontario after - correct answer ✔✔44
hours/week
An employee has worked 10 months and is terminated, how many weeks notice? - correct
answer ✔✔1 week
An employee has worked 13 years and is terminated, how many weeks notice? - correct answer
✔✔8 weeks
section 15 on the charter guarantees people in Canada what? - correct answer ✔✔equality
rights
frustration of contract - correct answer ✔✔where a contract becomes impossible to perform
through the fault of neither party
Bardal - correct answer ✔✔under the common law what factors determine reasonable notice
due diligence defence - correct answer ✔✔the onus on a party to establish that it took all
reasonable steps to avoid a particular event
the attestation clause - correct answer ✔✔the name of the clause that appears at the end of a
job application form
a dismissed employees duty to mitigate applied under - correct answer ✔✔the common law
