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By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 3 Minutes Read September 17, 2014

Company ordered to pay $8,000.00 for discriminatory text messages during job application process

A company in Ottawa has just landed itself with a damage award from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and a lot of embarrassing media coverage in how one of its employees discriminated against a potential candidate for employment on the basis of “race, colour and ethnic origin” during a telephone job interview and subsequent texts. The case of Bouraoui v. Ottawa Valley Cleaning and Restoration, is a shocking example of discriminatory conduct on the part of an employer.

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / Bouraoui v. Ottawa Valley Cleaning and Restoration, comments were racist, decision about a job by text message, discrimination, discriminatory conduct on the part of an employer, discriminatory text messages, employment law, human rights code, job application process, job interview, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, potential employers, potential job, resumes

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read September 17, 2010

Video employment recruitment: the way of the future?

I just read an interesting article discussing the concept of employment applications by video for recruitment purposes. It sounds like a good idea; could it be the way of the future?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations / canadian employment law, Employment and Careers, employment law, Employment recruitment techniques, Employment video, formal interview, HR technology, job applicant, Job application, Job posting, job seeker, potential employers, Recruiting video, recruitment, recruitment program, selection process, Skype, video application, Video employment recruitment, video interview, video recruiting

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