BUSI 4320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Canadian Human Rights Act, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Affirmative Action

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUSI 4320
• Professor: Lorne Sulsky

Document Summary

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 discrimination against a member of a protected class. Also known as bona fide occupational qualifications (bfoq). Systemic discrimination: any company policy, practice, or action that is not openly or intentionally discriminatory, 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 poi(cid:374)t of (cid:862)u(cid:374)due hardship(cid:863).