LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canada Border Services Agency, Parental Leave
20 Oct 2016
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Prohibition on discrimination is solely legislative nothing in common law. Canadian human rights codes require the employer to maintain a workplace that does not violate any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination and that is free from workplace and sexual harassment. Discrimination is not defined in the code. The meaning has expanded over time from intentional acts of discrimination to employer standards, requirements, policies or other qualifications that unintentionally result in discriminatory treatment of certain groups or individuals. Constructive discrimination also known as adverse impact discrimination, means unintentional discrimination that has an adverse effect on members of protected or certain groups. Exception: bfor or check chapter 2, on what is allowed to discriminate. Prohibited grounds of discrimination the code prescribes the following prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment. They are personal or group characteristics that, prima facie (at first sight), cannot form the basis for treatment or decision making in employment.
