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Byron Bach was a unionized employee with the BC Liquor Distribution Branch ("LDB"). Mr. Bach had been employed with the LDB as an auxiliary employee since 1999. Since 1996, Mr. Bach was also employed with Save-On-Foods ("Save-On"). From 2005 to April 2021, Mr. Bach worked graveyard shifts at Save-On, and then auxiliary shifts at the LDB from 2:00PM until closing. Mr. Bach worked these shifts, full-time, in order to financially provide for his wife and three children, as his wife could not work for health reasons. In April 2021, the LDB attempted to convert Mr. Bach from an auxiliary employee to a regular employee, and subsequently, attempted to alter Mr. Bach's working schedule with the LDB. Mr. Bach objected to the changes and filed a Human Rights Tribunal complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of family status.