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three approaches to family status

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read June 18, 2013

When babies need tending and parents need mending: accommodating employees on the basis of family status

What if a single mother asks to miss work to care for her sick child? Or an only child asks for a reduced work week to care for an elderly parent? For many years, discriminating on the basis of family status has been illegal in most Canadian jurisdictions. However, it is only recently that the courts and adjudicators have been called upon to decide the scope of an employer’s obligation to accommodate...

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Human Rights / accommodation on the basis of family status, discrimination on the ground of family status, duty to accommodate, family status, parental obligations, prima facie discrimination, three approaches to family status, undue hardship

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