Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Human Rights Act, Protected Group, Ontario Human Rights Code
23 Apr 2018
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Human rights legislation and the charter of rights and freedoms. No common law tort action for discrimination (bhaduria) Human rights legislation and employment contracts and collective agreements. Section 5(1): every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to empl discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, status or disability. Pregnancy discrimination= sex discrimination (brooks) now section 10(2) Sexual harassment= sex discrimination (janzen) now section 7. The court of appeal confirmed the following propositions (at para. Prohibited ground of discrimination need to be the sole or even a major factor discrimination. It is sufficient if it was a factor or operative element. Human rig ents mployment without gin, citizenship, creed, sex*, nces, marital status, family r not but based on grounds e effect of imposing posed upon others, or which ble to other members of ctor leading to the.
