BUSI 3102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Canadian Human Rights Act, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Affirmative Action
5 Feb 2018
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Regulations: legally enforceable rules developed by governmental agencies to ensure compliance with laws that the agency administers. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms: federal law enacted in 1982, guaranteeing individuals equal rights before the law. Provincial human rights laws: all provinces have their own human rights laws with discrimination criteria, regulations, and procedures. Canadian human rights act: a federal law prohibiting discrimination. Bona fide occupational requirement (bfor): a justified business reason for discriminating against a member of a protected class. Also known as bona fide occupational qualification (bfoq) Systemic discrimination: any company policy, practice or action that is not openly or intentionally discriminator, but has an indirect discriminatory impact or effect. Canadian human rights commission (chrc): supervises the implementation and adjudication of the canadian human rights act. Duty to accommodate: requirement that an employer must accommodate the employee to the point of (cid:498)undue hardship(cid:499) disparate manner because of that person"s sex, race, religion, age, or other.
