PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Underrepresented Group, Forensic Psychology, Gender Role
10 Jan 2016
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Operate in the workplace providing personal counselling on family matters, interpersonal conflict resolution, issues with discrimination, and stress management. The prohibited grounds of discrimination initially included limited factors such as race and religion, but were expanded to include others, such as sex and age. An employer cannot terminate an employment agreement without cause, or without providing reasonable notice or providing pay in lieu of such notice. Bona fide occupational requirements and the duty to accommodate: The bona fide occupational requirement is the only case when discriminatory practices in the workplace are justified or legally valid. Bhinder v. cn railway (1985)-> bhinder was a sikh and could not comply with the policy requiring employees working in the coach yeard to wear hard hats for safety reasons so he was dismissed from his job. Filed a human rights complaint, and the scc found that this policy constituted a valid bona fide occupational requirement. Ontario human rights commission v. simpson-sears (1985)-> theresa.
