MGMT1601: Employment Law - Analyzing Workplace Issues & Standards

This assignment solution addresses several employment law issues, primarily focusing on ethical violations and breaches of the Employment Standards Code in Alberta. It examines scenarios involving discrimination based on ethnicity and origin, unethical advertising practices, parental leave rights, health and safety concerns related to workplace access, religious coercion, biased hiring practices, and sexual harassment. The analysis refers to the Employment Standards Code Alberta as the governing legislation and discusses the right of employees, such as Yasmin, to file complaints with the Human Rights Tribunal within a specified timeframe. The solution provides a detailed overview of each scenario, highlighting the specific ethical and legal violations present and referencing relevant sections of the Employment Standards Code.

Running head: EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
Employment Issues
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Answer 1:
It is worthwhile to refer the issues of employment law which may arise in regard to the
situation at present has been emphasized as follows-
I. Yasmin was rejected due to the reason that she belonged to the minority group and that
she was not Canadian.
II. The nature of the advertisement was such that it clearly stated that Irish people could not
apply.
III. Having children formed important criteria of the job and therefore, Yasmin was asked
about the same.
IV. The manager of the cafeteria did not allow Lionel to enter into the premises because of
the guard dog as it could violate the health conditions of the employees.
V. In order to fit into the organization Brittany was forced to attend the Church.
VI. During another job interview, Yasmin was told that only left-handed individuals will be
offered the job.
VII. The manager of the new workplace constantly made sexual advances towards Yasmin.
Answer 2:
It is noteworthy to mention here that, from the beginning the abovementioned issues has
been governed by the Employment Standards Code Alberta which has been considered as the
primary set of legislation governing the issues in relation to employment laws in Alberta
(Robinson & Robinson, 2018).

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In the first case, mention can be made about the ethnicity of Yasmin and that she was
refused job for being a Canadian would be considered to be discriminatory and violating the
provisions of the Standards Code.
In the second case, creating advertisement by clearly stating that Irish people are not
allowed to apply is likely to violate the code of ethics
It is evident that parental leave is a right of every employee. Therefore, in the present
scenario, when Yasmin was told that mothers were not hired because they tend to take more
leaves for their children is a violation of the ethical codes.
However, in the case of Lionel, he was not allowed to enter into the café because he was
guarded by a dog which was supposed to create health hazard. It is worth mentioning that, a
guard dog cannot create health hazard unless and until it possesses certain diseases (Young,
2017). Therefore, it may violate the code of ethical conduct.
It can be observed that, Brittany was forced to attend the particular Church in order to fit
in the place in which she was working. Therefore, in this regard, it violated the codes of ethical
standards.
Yasmin was refused employment by the store because they required a worker who would
be left handed. In this process, the codes of job profile were highly violated by them.
It is worth noting that, the nature of the act of Yasmin’s manager was such that it highly
breached the code of ethical conduct because sexual harassment at workplace is highly
prohibited.
Answer 3:

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The complaints in relation to employment issues are governed by the provisions of
Section (1) of the Employment Standards Code Alberta (Maxwell & Schwimmer, 2016). It is
worthwhile to mention here that, complaints can be filed by the employees under the provisions
of Section (1) in regard to their employment issues (Reamer, 2017). Therefore, Yasmin has a
right to make a complaint before the Human Rights Tribunal against the prevailing
discrimination in workplace. However, such complaint has to be made within a prescribed period
of 1 month.

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