MHR 523 Chapter : MHR523 CH 4.docx
12 Sep 2013
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Chapter 4: meeting legal requirements: outline an employment equity program. To eliminate past discrimination and ensure future compliance, many organizations have developed employment equity programs. The programs identify areas of past and present discrimination, develop affirmative goals, and design remedial, active, and preventive programs. Aboriginals has lots if exemptions: taxes, education, hunting, fishing, self governing. Depending on the profession, intentional direct discrimination is acceptable. Systemic discrimination without intention because of extant conditions ie. place being not wheelchair accessible. If discriminated: human rights act > commission > tribunal. Union asked for 21. 5% increase over 2 years, the raises offered 8-16%. Workers decided to walk-out" in a show of protest. Government deemed that of the 10,000 members of the union, only 1200 were not essential". Individuals are protected from discrimination based on age. University of pei, 3 professors were let go at age 65 under mandatory retirement policy. Illegal in this case, the policy was not negotiated with the faculty union/association.
