IRE430H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Ontario Human Rights Code, Super Slow
6 Jun 2020
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Impose restrictions on the rights of buyers and sellers of labor power. Are an attempt by governments to inject public policy into contract law by prohibiting distinctions among workers that the state believes are, or should be, irrelevant. Human rights tribunal can ask employers to reinstate employees, while in common law this is not allowed. A very brief history of human rights law in canada. Ontario"s racial discrimination act (1944) prohibited advertisements or notices from being published that discriminated against a person or group on the basis of. In 1951, ontario enacted the fair employment practices act, prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, creed, colour, nationality, ancestry, and place of origin. In the 1960s (led by ontario in 1962), canadian governments began to consolidate the anti-discrimination statutes dealing with employment, housing, and other services into comprehensive human rights codes and acts. Four common features of the canadian human rights model.
