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

June 18, 2013 Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights

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…

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