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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read July 13, 2012

Air Canada pilots’ mandatory retirement saga continues

As you may recall, Air Canada pilots launched human rights complaints on the ground of age discrimination because the company forced them to retire at age 60. In a history of decisions spanning back to 2007 challenging the Air Canada policy that requires pilots to retire at the age of 60, which section 15(1)(c) of the Canadian Human Rights Act purports to allow, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal recently made two more decisions. One involved...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Human Rights / age discrimination, age-based job requirement or qualification, Air Canada, Air Canada pilots, Bailie et al, bona fide occupational requirement, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, Canadian Human Rights Act, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, discrimination, employment law, Federal Court, mandatory retirement, normal age of retirement, normal retirement age, pilots, Thwaites et al, Vilven and Kelly

By Earl Altman | 3 Minutes Read January 18, 2011

Is mandatory retirement really mandatory?

Section 15.1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) provides that “every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on…age.”

Article by Earl Altman / Human Rights / Air Canada, bona fide occupational requirement, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, Canadian Human Rights Act, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Charter rights, discrimination, employment law, federally regulated industries, forced retirement, mandatory retirement, normal retirement age, retirement policy

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