MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT #1 (ONLINE) – QUESTIONS

1. Amanda believes that she was denied a job because of her religion. Can she sue
the employer for discrimination in a common law court?

2. May lied on her application for a job as a barista at Starbucks about which university
she attended. She is hired, but one year later the employer learns of the dishonesty.
The employer immediately fires May with no notice asserting dishonesty as the reason.
Was the employer within its legal rights to do so?

3.What was the employer’s misrepresentation in the case Queen v. Cognos Inc.
(described in Box 6.2)? On what basis did the court calculate damages owing to the
employee in that decision?

4. Explain the significance of offer, acceptance, and mutual consideration in

employment law.

5.Jon’s employer asked him to sign a revised employment contract that was identical to
the original contract, except that it gave the employer the right to terminate the contract
by providing less notice than was required in the original contract. Jon signs the revised
contract. Is the revised employment contract legally enforceable?

6. What are three sources of employment contract terms?

7. Describe three types of notice of termination clauses found in Canadian employment

contracts.

8. When is a term found in an ancillary document (such as an employee handbook)

legally enforceable?

9. How are or what are the methods used to determine what the implied terms of a
contract are?
10. If a contract includes a written term allowing the parties to modify the contract as
long as both parties agree to the modification in writing, must both parties receive new
consideration for the modification to be enforceable?