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Gender Identity and Gender Expression

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read June 14, 2019

BC’s 14 protected grounds of discrimination

The Federal government, along with every province and territory in Canada, has human rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on grounds such as race, gender and disability in a number of public environments.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / discrimination, employment law, gender identity, Gender Identity and Gender Expression

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read June 7, 2017

Recent developments: Gender identity and gender expression proposed legislation

Having this type of legislation in your jurisdiction means that employers operating in that particular jurisdiction cannot refuse to employ or refuse to continue to employ any person, or discriminate against any person with regard to employment or any term or condition of employment, because of a person’s gender identity or gender expression.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Human Rights / Act to Amend the Human Rights Act and the Vital Statistics Act (2017), An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity), Bill 5, Bill C-279, C-16, discrimination, employment law, Gender Identity and Gender Expression, human rights act, Vital Statistics Act

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read December 12, 2016

Gender identity and gender expression

Following our previous post on the British Columbia government’s bill to amend the Human Rights Code (Code) earlier this year, the bill recently received royal assent and gender identity and gender expression are now expressly included in the Code as protected grounds. Though the meaning and application of these new protected grounds will need to be fleshed out by Tribunal and court decisions, the Tribunal’s website now provides the following descriptions...

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Union Relations / discrimination, employment law, gender expression, gender identity, Gender Identity and Gender Expression, human rights code

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