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By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read October 5, 2015

Do you need a transgender policy?

The recent well-publicized transgender celebrities, and Emmy wins for the Amazon show Transparent, have put gender identity, gender expression, transsexual and transgender issues on the social and political agenda. Most employers should already have general anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and accommodation policies recognizing protected human rights grounds. So if an employer doesn’t have a transsexual or transgender employee, how important is it to have a specific policy dealing with transsexual, transgender, gender identity and gender expression? For some employers, it may be essential.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Privacy, Union Relations / Accommodation on the Basis of Gender Expression and Gender Identity, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression, duty to accommodate, employment law, gender expression, gender identity, HR Law, Human Resources PolicyPro, human rights tribunals, protected human rights grounds, transgender policy, transsexual and transgender

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read June 4, 2010

‘Hazing’ and ‘horseplay’ in the workplace – a serious matter for the employer

I recently read an article on "hazing" and "horseplay" in the workplace. Photos and videos revealed incidents where employees were subjected to some very unusual, and downright unacceptable, treatment in the transportation and works department of their municipal employer.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Health and Safety / anti-harassment, anti-violence, employment law, harassment, harassment in the workplace, hazing, horesplay, Human Resources, human rights, mississauga, occupational health and safety, policy, procedure, violence, violence in the workplace, workplace investigation

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read May 12, 2010

Harassment has potential to breed violence when unchecked!

My colleagues and I recently made fun of the possible employment law issues that could come out of the implementation of full-body scanners as a form of screening device for airport security. But I never expected this, and so soon.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Health and Safety, Human Rights / anti-harassment, Bill 168, employment law, full body scanners, harassment, harassment prevention policy, human rights, occupational health and safety, policies and procedures, policy, policy manual, violence, violence prevention policy, workplace harassment, workplace violence

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