7-499: The Labor and Worklife Program (LWP) at Harvard Law School is described as "Harvard University's forum for research and teaching on the world of work and its implications for society." The LWP grew out of the Harvard Trade Union Program (HTUP), an executive training program for labor leaders around the world that had been founded in 1942. Designed to provide a broader platform for research on transformations in
14-567: A non obstante (or notwithstanding) clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . This would allow an individual province to pass a law in violation of some charter provisions. This concept was shared with Jim Matkin , British Columbia deputy minister of inter governmental affairs, who shared this with other provinces in a no-author text during interprovincial negotiations toward constitutional change in Canada . During
21-748: The British Columbia Labour Relations Board from 1973 to 1978." He subsequently became the MacKenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Harvard University in 1978 and the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law from 1993, until taking an Emeritus position in 2008. Weiler had an influence on the formation of the 1982 Canadian constitution . An article Weiler wrote in 1980 for the Dalhousie Law Journal recommended inserting
28-737: The Order of Canada . Weiler was born in Thunder Bay , Ontario . He completed a bachelor and master of Arts at the University of Toronto in 1960 and 1961, before completing an LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1964 and an LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1965. In 1973 he was a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, called upon by the British Columbia government to assist in drafting legislation which brought their Labour Relations Board into existence. Then, he "was chairman of
35-476: The U.S. Department of Labor, would succeed Elaine Bernard as executive director of the LWP in early 2017. The LWP features several programs and initiatives: Paul C. Weiler Paul C. Weiler OC (28 January 1939 – 7 July 2021) was the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, at Harvard Law School and a widely published expert in labour law , sports law and tort . In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of
42-527: The world of work, the Labor and Worklife Program was launched in September 2002 and joined the many research centers housed at Harvard Law School. The LWP was built through the collaborative work of Harvard Law School Professor Paul C. Weiler , Harvard economist Richard B. Freeman , and former U.S. Secretary of Labor John T. Dunlop in cooperation with HTUP and LWP Executive Director Elaine Bernard . Dunlop
49-530: Was one of the founding fathers of the Harvard Trade Union Program and commonly regarded as the leading U.S. figure in the field of Industrial Relations. Thomas A. Kochan, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, said that Dunlop "was a central figure in all the national labor policy discussions that took place since World War II." In December 2016, the LWP announced that Sharon Block , principal deputy assistant secretary for policy at
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