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By Christopher Lytle MA CDS | 2 Minutes Read January 29, 2016

White privilege and disability

Only recently has the subject of white privilege come under scrutiny. White privilege has informed government, policy, relationships, youth, old age, trajectories of state bodies and even points in geo-political history. Like racial narratives, constructs that reproduce normality have allowed the concept of being able bodied to be viewed as positive and disability as negative.

Article by Christopher Lytle MA CDS / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Rights / able bodied, communication, consumerism and individual interactions, Disability, discrimination, geo-political history, person with a disability, race, race and racial identity, racial identification, social construct, social privilege, white privilege

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read January 29, 2016

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with an independent medical examination; wilful misconduct; and, 27 months of common law reasonable notice.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / accommodation request, Bardal Factors, common law reasonable notice, dismissing an employee for just cause, disobedience, duty to accommodate, employment law, HRinfodesk, independent medical examination, Labour Law, neglect of duty, notice period, termination, terminations, wilful misconduct

By Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services | 3 Minutes Read January 28, 2016

Family status under the Code: Recent developments

The seminal cases dealing with discrimination based on family status more often than not address the issue of caregiving. In the recent case, Knox-Heldmann v. 1818224 Ontario Limited o/a Country Style Donut, the Tribunal demonstrates that discrimination based on family status is not restricted to caregiving.

Article by Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / caregiving, Country Style Donut, discrimination, discrimination based on family status, discrimination on the grounds of sex and family status, duty to accommodate, employment law, family status, injury to dignity, injury to feelings and self-respect, Kevin Sambrano human rights paralegal, Knox-Heldmann v. 1818224 Ontario Limited o/a Country Style Donut, lost income, marital status, monetary awards, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, paralegal, policies and procedures, policy of progressive discipline, prohibited grounds of discrimination, Sambrano Legal Services, sick leave, termination, the Code, the Human Rights Code

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