LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Kbr (Company)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Peter Wilson

Document Summary

Topics: background, general rule, what is discrimination, bona fide occupational requirement, duty to accommodate. Exemptions: disability, drug or alcohol abuse, religious beliefs. Family status: on-the-job drug and alcohol testing, harassment. 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. Code has two prohibitions sexual and workplace harassment. This is reflected in the concept of (cid:498)constructive discrimination. (cid:499) [s. (cid:883)(cid:883) of the ontario code] gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability. They are personal or group characteristics that, prima facie (at first sight/first impression accepted as correct until proved otherwise), cannot form the basis for treatment or decision-making in employment. Prohibited grounds of discrimination personal characteristic a person has: a sustainable claim of discrimination must fall within one of the prohibited grounds. Canadian human rights codes vary in their prohibited grounds of discrimination.