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New development in Christian Horizons discrimination case
August 23, 2013 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Recruiting and Hiring

When a support worker at an evangelical Christian organization that runs homes for persons with developmental disabilities entered a same-sex relationship, the organization found the worker had breached its “Lifestyle and Morality Statement,” which prohibited homosexual relationships. The organization, Christian Horizons, eventually terminated the employee on that ground, and the worker complained of discrimination to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
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