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Gender Identity and Gender Expression

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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.

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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...

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