Employment Law for Paralegals is an adaptation of Emond’s best-selling title Employment Law for Business and Human Resources Professionals written specifically for paralegals. Discussion of the law is tied to the paralegal scope of practice and the Law Society of Ontario’s education competencies.

The text covers substantive labour law, employment law, human rights, and the important changes to the Employment Standards Act that came into effect in 2018. It also addresses procedural concerns including those surrounding enforcement and the prosecuting of provincial regulatory offences in Provincial Offences Court.

This tailored approach, supplemented with process charts and sample claims, will engage paralegal students and prepare them to provide services to those who cannot effectively advocate for themselves in what are often lengthy and complicated legal processes.

• Updates to the chapter on the Employment Standards Act
• A new chapter on labour relations
• Process charts related to human rights, and workplace safety and insurance
• Sample claims and forms relating to wrongful dismissal, employment standards, human rights, the labour relations board, and more
• Key terms defined in the margins and end-of-text glossary

Chapter 1: Overview of Legal Framework
Chapter 2: Employment Standards Act—Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter 3: Employment Standards Act—Administration and Enforcement
Chapter 4: The Employment Contract
Chapter 5: Privacy in the Workplace
Chapter 6: Tort Law and the Employment Relationship
Chapter 7: Just Cause for Dismissal
Chapter 8: Dismissal Without Cause
Chapter 9: Human Rights (Rights and Responsibilities)
Chapter 10: Human Rights (Enforcement)
Chapter 11: OHSA
Chapter 12: WSIA
Chapter 13: Labour Relations
Appendix A: When Work Deemed to Be Performed, Exemptions and
Special Rules: O Reg 285/01
Appendix B: Termination and Severance of Employment: O Reg 288/01
Appendix C: Penalties and Reciprocal Enforcement: O Reg 289/01
Appendix D: Human Rights Code

Chapter 8: Dismissal Without Cause

Instructor Resources

• Instructor's Guide
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Test Bank

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A series of updates about how COVID-19 has affected Ontario courts can be found at www.emond.ca/legal-professional-covid-updates.

Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018, received Royal Assent on November 21, 2018.

Click here for updates to the text resulting from this act and other legislative changes since publication.