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The Employment Cycle: A Guide for Human Resource Professionals and Their Lawyers
This practical handbook covers the complete employment relationship. It is a concise guide for Human Resource professionals, union leaders, management, employees, and their legal advisors.
Langue de publication: English
Publié: 31 octobre 2025
Éditeur: LexisNexis Canada
With over 40 years of experience as an employment, labour and regulatory lawyer, mediator, arbitrator, workplace investigator, expert witness, HR and HSE consultant, Norman A. Keith, B.A., J.D., LL.M. (“Norm”) has written a concise and innovative book on the complete employment relationship cycle.
By focusing on the common law, statutes and regulations that define and shape the employment relationship, The Employment Cycle: A Guide for Human Resource Professionals and Their Lawyers is a concise guide for Human Resource professionals, union leaders, management, employees, and their legal advisors. It’s also a practical resource for Human Resource and Business students and course instructors.
The book is both practical and succinct. It is organized into four parts, covering the twelve stages of the employment relationship. It features some of the leading court decisions from across Canada, but is not case law heavy, to help guide readers in their day-to-day work dealing with different stages of the employment cycle.
Topics Covered
- Part 1: The hiring process – recruiting, employment contracts, and employment policies in the relationship
- Part 2: Regulatory compliance – employment standards, human rights, pay equity, workplace safety and workers’ compensation, union certification, collective bargaining, and labour relations law
- Part 3: Performance management – fitness for duty in the workplace, attendance and disability management, performance evaluations, promotions, and demotions
- Part 4: Employment transition – change of ownership due to the sale or change of control of the employer, non-just cause layoffs, employee resignations, retirements, and termination for just cause
Who Should Read This Book
The Employment Cycle: A Guide for Human Resource Professionals and Their Lawyers is useful for anyone involved in the formation, administration, regulation, management, and transition stages of the employment cycle. This includes:
- Human resources professionals
- Employment and labour lawyers
- Non-HR management and supervisors
- Union leaders and business agents
- HR course instructors and students
- Business course instructors and students
Preface
Part A: Hiring Process
Chapter 1 – Recruitment of Employees
Chapter 2 – Employment Contracts
Chapter 3 – Employment Policies
Part B: Regulatory Compliance
Chapter 4 – Employment Standards, Human Rights, Pay Equity and Privacy
Chapter 5 – Workplace Safety and Injury Compensation
Chapter 6 – Union Certification and Labour Relations
Part C: Performance Management
Chapter 7 – Fitness for Duty
Chapter 8 – Disability Management - Non-Occupational
Chapter 9 – Employee Reviews, Promotions and Demotions
Part D: Employment Transition
Chapter 10 – Sale of a Business and Change of Control
Chapter 11 – Resignations, Retirements and Layoffs
Chapter 12 – Termination for Just Cause
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A: Ontario’s Working for Workers Acts
Appendix B: Penalties for Violating Canadian OHS Laws
Appendix C: Workers’ Compensation Premiums Paid by Employers
Index
