HRIR 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ageism, Fide

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Human Res. Mgmt/Indus Relat.
• Course: HRIR 2440
• Professor: Brianna B.Caza

Document Summary

The supreme court ruled that the right to picket is not protected under the charter because it applies only to situations involving government action. The right to work - the supreme court of canada has upheld section 15 of the canadian human right act, which excludes mandatory retirement at the normal age from it prohibition on age discrimination. Provincial human rights laws - all provinces and two territories have their own human rights laws and human rights commissions, with discrimination criteria, regulations, and procedures. Normally intentional direct discrimination on grounds specified in the human rights legislation is illegal. However under certain circumstces intentional direct discrimination is acceptable. *bona fide occupational qualification(bfoq) - a justified business reason for discriminating against a member of a protected class - business reasons: ex: acceptance of catholic teachers only hired for a catholic school.