On April 26, 2022, members of Cox & Palmer's Regional
Employment & Labour group presented a webinar titled "Hot
Topics in Human Resources: Spring 2022" which included the
subtopic of Gender Identity and Gender Expression.
With Pride Month on the horizon, we wanted to continue the
conversation and provide employers with further insight on how to
adequately support employees whose gender identity or gender
expression does not align with conventional social expectations for
their birth-assigned sex.
Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Gender Identity and Gender Expression are prohibited grounds of
discrimination in employment under both federal and provincial
human rights legislation. This means that employers cannot
discriminate against employees and job candidates on these grounds.
Although the legislation does not provide definitions for Gender
Identity and Gender Expression, adjudicators, as well as
publications from human rights tribunals throughout Canada,
