Canadian Labour and Employment Law for the U.S. Practitioner

When your U.S. clients operate in Canada, they—and you—are in a seemingly familiar but distinctly different employment law landscape.

If you simply "export" your U.S. labor relations strategy into Canada, you leave your clients open to serious risk and liability.

But with proper planning and the right information, you can adapt your U.S. approach successfully . . . and take advantage of the favorable features of Canadian labor and employment law. In this practical and accessible handbook, three U.S.–Canada legal experts address key areas of labor and employment law including:

-the individual employment relationship -collective bargaining -discrimination law -health and safety -workers' compensation -employee benefits law -reciprocal agreements between Canada and the U.S. Use this U.S.-Canada comparison to analyze, prosecute, and defend cases in Canada’s unique legal system.

The authors use U.S. law as the basis for their comparison, explaining the similarities and differences you’ll need to address each time you deal with a workplace-related issue or case in Canada. Chapters focus on employer rights, obligations, and liabilities in each legal area, with emphasis on ways of adapting U.S. policies for use in the Canadian workplace.

And to help you apply the facts you learn, the authors provide timesaving extras, including:

-checklists highlighting key U.S.–Canada differences -comparative charts explaining differences among Canadian provinces -illustrative case summaries -tables of Canadian federal and provincial regulations and agencies (with Internet addresses) -plus sample policies, forms, and a glossary