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In praise of the Arthurs report on Canadian federal labour standards : Arthurs report on Canadian federal labour standards

28 Mar 2007

No longer conditions and reducing insecurity in the should the basic rights of workers be considered workplace, in a sense the overall effect of as subordinate rights, but rather as human rights 12 canadian centre for policy alternatives equal in importance to the right to be free from “In the end, however, the argument over all forms of discrimination. [...] But if anything, the message of Without a doubt, the most complex and contro- Modern Times has become even more versial section of Commissioner Arthurs’ report relevant today: the requirements and is “working time.” He devotes a great deal of ef- rhythms of the workplace threaten to fort to this issue, cognizant that this part of the organize the rest of our lives.”22 Labour Code is fraught with d [...] The DAS ommendation that, as part of the solution, the would also be responsible for developing Labour Program should allocate significant re- and implementing triage, pre-trial and sources to education and information so as to expedited procedures to ensure that the increase the probability of compliance in the first adjudicative process is not encumbered by place. [...] The current system of adjudi- contribution not only to the well-being of cation is simply too slow, too bureaucratic, and workers but to the success of the enterprises too legalistic. [...] This, coupled Considering that the vast majority of feder- with the Commissioner’s recommendations that ally regulated enterprises provide greater rights a new cadre of full-time Hearing Officers be ap- and benefits than the federal Labour Code now pointed, will enable the system to become more requires, it is a stretch (in fact a huge leap) to responsive to the needs of the stakeholders.
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Authors

McArthur, Brian B

ISBN
9780886275426
Pages
24
Published in
Canada

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