The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of, among other things, religion. Employers are required to accommodate people with respect to their religion unless that accommodation is an undue hardship. What...
Two of the candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party are suggesting that the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal be abolished. They believe the whole issue of human rights should be handed over to the courts. The suggestion is that...
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind recently appointed a sighted Chief Executive Officer. Some have been critical of this appointment; claiming that a sighted person could never truly appreciate the circumstances and challenges of a...
The lesson to be learned from today’s article is, if you are going to have a sexual relationship with somebody in the workplace, make sure to keep a copy of any dirty emails they send you. If things go sour and they claim that you sexually...
The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination in employment based on an employee’s disability. Not discriminating includes accommodating a return to work. I often get calls from employers who are facing the return to work of an employee who...
In 1995 a woman we will call Sherry began working as a support care worker for people with developmental challenges in a group home setting. The organization that founded and ran the group homes and employed Sherry was an Evangelical Christian...
She said that shortly after she started working for him in his restaurant he started to show interest in her. She said this was evidenced by the fact that he didn’t charge her and her family for appetizers, drinks or cake when they went to the...
Prohibitions in human rights codes throughout the country against discriminating on the basis of an employee’s age basically mean that no employee should be selected from among others for a disadvantage even in part because of their age. They do not...
QUESTION: After 4 years of working in the hospitality industry, I have been terminated without pay in lieu of notice for allegedly harassing a co-worker. It being the hospitality industry, it is mostly young people who are employed. Shy...
Curt Schilling, a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, has agreed to stay on for another year. In addition to $3 million in potential performance bonuses, he can make an extra $2 million by meeting certain weight goals in the contract. It seems like they...
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