HROB 3050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ontario Human Rights Code, W. M. Keck Observatory, Breastfeeding

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 3050
• Professor: Patrick Clifford

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Chapter 5: human rights issues: duty to accommodate, harassment, Not defined in the ontario human rights code. Adverse impact or constructive discrimination discriminating without bad intentions. Example is ho(cid:449) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e fi(cid:396)efighte(cid:396)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:272)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t pass (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed tests. To establish this, the employer must show that it was impossible to accommodate employees who share the characteristics of the claimant without imposing undue hardship on itself. *meiorin places a heavy onus on employers to ensure that the workplace is sensitive to the needs of individuals and groups that are protected by the code. A(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to the o(cid:374)ta(cid:396)io hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) ights co(cid:373)(cid:373)issio(cid:374)(cid:859)s poli(cid:272)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d guideli(cid:374)es o(cid:374) disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d the. Duty to accommodate (2000), the principle of accommodation involves three factors: There is no formula to determine when the duty to accommodate has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) satisfied. Ea(cid:272)h pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:374)eeds a(cid:396)e u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue; a solutio(cid:374) that (cid:373)eets o(cid:374)e pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:374)ot (cid:373)eet a(cid:374)othe(cid:396)(cid:859)s: dignity.