LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Substance Abuse, Nepotism, Weyerhaeuser

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Tim Bartkiw

Document Summary

All other law must be consistent with code. Some obligations on all parties in employment (er, ee, union, etc) Covers both direct and indirect (constructive) discrimination. Ex: concern with effect, not just intent. The code provides rights within various aspects of life: Key concept prohibited grounds of discrimination . 7(2) every person who is an employee has a right to freedom from harassment in the workplace because of sex by his or her employer or agent of the employer or by another employee. Sexual solicitation by a person in position to confer benefit, etc. 7(3) every person has a right to be free from, Various sections elaborate and/or qualify these rights, and how they are to be interpreted, applied, and enforced. Both broad (apply to all grounds) and specific (applying to only some grounds) qualifications exist: Broad qualifications (these two qualifications below apply re all prohibited grounds): S. 11 constructive discrimination (1) constructive discrimination also constitutes infringement, unless.