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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read February 3, 2012

Human Rights Tribunal barred from hearing application: no forum-shopping allowed

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal recently examined an application before it and an earlier statement of claim made in court by the same person, and concluded that the claims were virtually identical. They were based on the same facts, made the same allegations and sought similar remedies...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards, Human Rights / barred from hearing application, Civil court, Disability, discrimination, duplication of claims, employment law, forum-shopping, human rights code, human rights tribunal, ontario, Ontario Human Rights Code, reprisal, Return to work, sex, short-term disability leave, statement of claim, termination, wrongful dismissal

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read October 1, 2010

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

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.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Human Rights / assertive women, discirmination of women, equality, Feldt, gender discrimination, gender equality, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How we Think About Power, pay differences, pay equity, salary differences, salary differences between men and women, sex, women in the workplace, women still earning less than their male counterparts, women's salaries

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read August 4, 2010

Breastfeeding at work

Across Canada, human rights legislation protects people from discrimination and harassment based on sex/gender; this protection includes pregnancy and breastfeeding. It is illegal to discriminate because a woman is pregnant. It is also illegal to discriminate because a woman was pregnant, had a baby or might become pregnant.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Human Rights / Breastfeeding, discrimination, duty to accommodate, Employer duty to accommodate, Fair Labor Standards Act, gender, harassment, human rights commission, human rights legislation, human rights tribunal, pregnancy, sex, undue hardship

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