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By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 4 Minutes Read January 29, 2020

Fired because of race? Consider a human rights claim

In 2018, a group of eight Caucasian employees of the Spruce Hill Resort and Spa Ltd. (“the Resort”) in British Columbia made a complaint to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (“the Tribunal”), in which they alleged that they had been terminated from their employment because they were not Chinese. The Tribunal found that seven of the employees had been discriminated against on the basis of race and colour, and one employee had been discriminated against on the basis of sex.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / discrimination based on race, discrimination based on sex, employment law, poisoned work environment, sexual harassment

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 4 Minutes Read December 24, 2019

Denial of employee benefits to working seniors: a charter violation

On May 18, 2018, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario rendered its decision with respect to the issue of whether s. 25(2.1) of the Human Rights Code, when read alongside s. 44 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000, permitted employers to terminate benefits for employees when they turned 65. In Talos v. Grand Erie District School Board, the Tribunal found that such a termination violated s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, because it was a form of age discrimination.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / age discrimination, age discrimination claim, age-based discrimination, discrimination based on age, employment law, health benefits, insurance benefits

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 2 Minutes Read November 29, 2019

Novel issues raised by transgender human rights complaints

A recent human rights complaint against several salons in Vancouver, British Columbia sheds new light on the relationship between human rights law and persons who identify as transgender.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Human Rights / BC human rights tribunal, Discrimination based on gender, employment law, human rights complaints, transgender discrimination, transgender human rights

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