Keywords
Labor laws and legislation; Employee rights; Canada
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In this essay, Professor Beatty reviews the leading Charter cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada which consider the constitutionality of a variety of different labour laws. In reasoning and result, he finds that by and large these cases provide strong support for those legal scholars who are generally sceptical of the law and critical of the courts and who predicted that, even with the Charter, it was unlikely the Court would change the antipathy judges have historically displayed to the interests of workers and their associations. However, while these legal theorists may draw some comfort from these decisions in confirming their powers of prognostication, Professor Beatty concludes that the workers who were adversely affected by them can take little solace in being left out in the cold.
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Citation Information
Beatty, David M..
"Labouring Outside the Charter."
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
29.4 (1991)
: 839-862.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.1738
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol29/iss4/6