Bill 164

There’s a tidal shift happening in human rights – Part II are employers ready for Bill 164?

August 20, 2018 Piccolo Heath LLP Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights

Bill 164 aims to expand the current protection offered by the Ontario Human Rights Code in relation to citizenship, race and place of origin to add immigration status, which will essentially eliminate an employer’s ability to discriminate on the basis of how long someone has been in the country.

Bill 164, citizenship discrimination, employment law, Genetic characteristics, immigration status, policy record, prohibited grounds of discrimination, social condition