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Canadian employers are increasingly required to balance their duty to maintain a safe working environment with the duty to accommodate the use of medical marijuana in the workplace.

Since January 1, 2022, amendments to The Human Rights Code have given the Executive Director of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission (MHRC) the power to dismiss a complaint without investigating it if, in their opinion...

On February 1, 2017, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a policy statement that seeks to clarify the type and scope of the medical information that employees need to provide to their employers to support disability-related requests for accommodation.

Employers often rely on probationary periods when dismissing new employees who are not a good "fit" for their organization. But can probationary employees...

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear an age discrimination complaint.

The Supreme Court of Canada released a judgment last Friday that strengthens and expands the protection of freedom of association under s. 2(d) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("HRTO") was recently asked to assess whether a mask by-law contravened the human rights of an individual who refused to wear a mask or face covering.

With genetic testing being used increasingly in health care, there is a growing concern in regards to "genetic discrimination".

The Ontario Government has passed legislation which imposes new restrictions on criminal record checks. All employers that rely on such checks should take note.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission yesterday – International Women's Day – released a policy statement on gender-specific dress codes in the workplace.

Section 34 (11) of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, (the "Code") effectively prohibits a person from making a human rights application if a civil proceeding relying on the same facts and...

A Canadian appeals court has held that human rights law requires all those with legal permission to work to be treated equally at the point of hiring, and that imposing an additional requirement of citizenship...

Ontarians will recall Tim Hudak’s proposal, during his campaign for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 2009, to "scrap" Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal.

The case arose because of essential services legislation which was introduced by the Saskatchewan government.

A decision this month by the BC Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") considered the evidence required to prove a "physical disability" under the Human Rights Code (Li v. Aluma Systems Inc. et al, 2014 BCHRT 270).

Employers are well aware of the significant obligation imposed by the duty to accommodate under the Ontario Human Rights Code

The Kitikmeot Inuit Association and TMAC Resources Inc. signed a 20 year Inuit Impact Benefits Agreement and land tenure agreements on March 30, 2015 for the Hope Bay Belt area in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.