Generally, employment refers to work in non-unionized work settings. Employment standards are the minimum standards established by law that define and guarantee rights in the workplace. Each province and territory has its own legislation.
Related topics include:
- wrongful dismissal
- human rights in the workplace
- privacy
- workplace health and safety
- worker’s compensation
- unemployment insurance
Texts
- Best practices: employment policies that work by Joan A. Bolland & Ellen E. Mole
- Canadian employment law (available online) by Stacey Ball
- Develop your own employee handbook by Joan A. Bolland.
- Duty to accommodate in employment (available online) by Kevin D. MacNeill
- Employee obligations in Canada (available online) by James D’Andrea
- Employment in Alberta, 2nd ed. (available online) by Philip McLarren
- The employment cycle : a guide for human resources professionals and their lawyers by Norman A. Keith
- Employment law in Canada, 4th ed. (available online) by Peter Barnacle, Roderick Wood & Geoffrey England
- Employment law for business and human resources professionals, 5th ed. by Kathryn J. Filsinger
- Employment law for business and human resources professionals : Alberta and British Columbia, 5th ed. by Ryan Anderson et al
- Employment law manual: wrongful dismissal, human rights & employment standards (available online) by John R. Sproat
- Employment law solutions, 2nd ed. (available online) by Malcolm MacKillop
- Executive employment law (available online) by Elliott Stikeman
- Illness and disability in the workplace: how to navigate through the legal minefield (available online) by James A. D’Andrea, David J. Corry & Heather I. Forester
- Individual employment law (available online), 2nd ed. by Geoff England
- Mental health disabilities at work : a practical guide for employees, employers and unions by Dr. Mike Condra, Meryl Zisman Gary and Boris Bohuslawsky.
- Your employment standards questions answered: federal and provincial guidance, 9th ed. (available online) by Matthew Curtis, Alison Walsh & Cristina Wendel
Last revised September 2026
- Law of dismissal in Canada (available online) 3rd ed., by Howard Levitt.
- Termination and wrongful dismissal in Canada by Peter J. Barnacle
- Wrongful dismissal by David Harris
- Wrongful dismissal handbook, 8th ed. by John R. Sproat
- Wrongful dismissal practice manual, 2nd ed. by Ellen Mole
- You’re fired!: just cause for dismissal in Canada by Stuart Rudner.
Last revised September 2026
Forms & Precedents
- Best practices: employment policies that work by Helen Patterson
- Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Canadian precedents of pleadings, 3rd ed. vol. 1
- Canadian forms & precedents. commercial transactions. employment, (available online) 2nd ed. by Catherine Milne
- Employment contracts handbook, 4th ed. by Cheryl J. Elliott and Stewart D. Saxe
Last revised September 2026
Quantums
- Wrongful dismissal Quantums
- Wrongful dismissal notice searcher
- Wrongful dismissal Quantums
Case Law
For more information on finding cases see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases
- ICLR
- Jurisprudence Library – contains employment insurance related cases
- Lexis+™ Canada
- vLex Justis
- Westlaw Edge
Legislation
Provincial
To access or purchase the official version, go to: Alberta King’s Printer
Websites of interest
Provincial
- Alberta Human Rights Commission: Issues at work — Rights & Responsibilities
- Employment Standards
- Know your rights at the workplace : a youth employment law handbook – Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Student Legal Services Edmonton
- Employment law
- Worker’s Resource Centre
Last revised Apr. 2, 2026
Journals
Indexes
- Index to Canadian legal literature (ICLL) (available online)
- Current index to legal periodicals (available online)
Additional full-text articles are available electronically through:
- CanLII – commentary contains articles, reports, research papers, journals, newsletters and more.
- HeinOnline – provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.
- Lexis+™ Canada
- vLex Justis
- Westlaw Edge – contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.
- Dismissal & employment law digest
- Employment law bulletin
For more information on looking for journal articles see our research guide Finding journal articles, conference materials & theses
Last revised June 6, 2025
Encyclopedias & Digests
- Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed. (available online)
Sections relevant to employment law include:- Employment insurance
- Employment law (Western)
- Halsbury’s laws of Canada. (available online)
This multi-volume set explains the legislation and cases which govern employment law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada, allowing you to quickly locate, contextualize and apply the basic elements of the law.
Titles related to employment law include:- Employment (HEM)
- Additional information may be found under other topical headings.
Last revised September 2026
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