MHR 623: MHR 623 - Week 2
Document Summary
Scc case canadian national railway co. v. canada (human rights commission) and bhinder (1985) Scc british columbia (public service employee relations comm. ) v. british columbia. Government service employees" union (1999: meiorin was a forest firefighter, satisfactory employee for three years, after four attempts, meiorin failed to meet the newly imposed aerobic standard and was fired, court overturned meiorin"s dismissal. Reasonable accommodation where discrimination has occurred, the employer is under a duty to accommodate up to the point of undue hardship: the bar for undue hardship is very high and situational. Undue hardship occurs at the point where a policy or practice causes undue interference in the operation of the business or unsupportable expense to the employer. Individual accommodation it is up to the employer to demonstrate that it is impossible to accommodate individuals who are members of protected groups without imposing undue hardship.
