gender discrimination

Mind the (gender wage) gap: What lies ahead for Ontario employers

August 13, 2019 Piccolo Heath LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Wages and Compensation, 0

This past month, the US Women’s National Soccer Team made headlines amid their World Cup run by pushing for pay equality with their counterparts on the men’s team, leading to support from sponsors and the US Senate. So what is the big deal about gender/sex discrimination in compensation and should Ontario employers be concerned?

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Equality when you are born this way … Not the same way

June 11, 2019 Piccolo Heath LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, 0

When it comes to employers navigating human resource issues and relationships with their employees, the concept of equal versus identical is even more obvious. For employers, “equal” does not mean the individual employees are all the same, but that they be given the same opportunities.

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

May 30, 2019 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation, 0

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with job offer acceptance, bonuses after the death of an employee and gender inequalities.

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The Bikini Bistro and discrimination in the restaurant industry

May 29, 2019 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, 2

An article recently came across my news feed that gave me pause. A new restaurant will be opening in Kamloops, BC, with a ‘unique’ dress code. As the name suggests, the Teenie Bikini Bistro will serve typical pub-style fare served by – wait for it –

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Over $3 million in adjustments following wage gap monitoring: continued need for monitoring is clear

February 4, 2019 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Wages and Compensation

Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission recently released results of the Wage Gap Monitoring Program 2018. And it’s clear that there is a continued need for monitoring.

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Off-Key? The Boston Symphony and gender-based equality in pay

January 18, 2019 Vey Willetts LLP Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Wages and Compensation

The size of an employee’s salary is often seen as an indicator of importance within an organization. Thus, when women are paid less than their male counterparts for performing similar work, it suggests that their efforts are somehow of lesser value.

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Vexatious litigants and abuse of process at Tribunal

April 26, 2017 Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has the authority to govern its own proceedings. Within this authority is the power to declare any applicant a vexatious litigant and to identity any abuse of process, either of which may result in the dismissal of an Application. The recent interim decision addresses both of these issues.

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Report sets benchmarks for inequality between women and men

February 26, 2015 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Canadian women still experience inequality in economic well-being, education, employment, health, housing, justice, safety, and political and social inclusion, according to a new benchmark report on gender equality…

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Employers: Are your job ads in keeping with the Code?

October 27, 2014 Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Recruiting and Hiring

When does a job advertisement breach the Ontario Human Rights Code? The same question was asked and answered in Wedley v. Northview Co-operative Homes Inc., 2008 HRTO 13. When the Complainant, Caroline Wedley, was terminated from her job as a cleaner, she alleged that she was told by management that they were seeking to hire two […]

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Workplace human rights: Is this sexual harassment?

March 22, 2011 Andrew Lawson Human Resources, Human Rights

I am a workplace human rights trainer and I learn of some important real-life scenarios from my workshop participants. I am often asked to provide expert feedback. The following are two very interesting workplace human rights scenarios—I have changed the names of those involved:

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Women in the workplace Part I: are women preventing themselves from achieving power in the workplace?

October 1, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Human Rights

The other day, I read an interesting article regarding an interview with the author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power. The author argues that it is actually women themselves who are preventing the achievement of female power in the workplace.

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