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Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal has recently ruled that a 9-year-old boy with autism does not have the right to bring his service dog with him to class.

To date, and as illustrated by a recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, these arguments have been rejected.

In Complainant v 1957753 Alberta Ltd. o/a 4 Seasons Transport, 2025 AHRC 63, a human rights complaint...

The Field Law Labour and Employment Group presents the annual Year in Review seminars in Calgary and Edmonton. Join us for legal updates and practical challenges for management and employee groups in the areas of:

Mr. Ladislav Mihaly was born and educated as an engineer in the former Czechoslovakia. After immigrating to Canada, Mr. Mihaly applied to APEGA for registration as a Professional Engineer.

Companies in Canada have had to take unprecedented measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months.

Former contractor's unsupported discrimination complaint viewed as an abuse of human rights process;

Seema Saadi was terminated by her employer, a government-funded provider of settlement services for immigrants, just 6 weeks after she had been hired.

In Knight v. Surrey Place Centre (2019) HRTO 482 ["Knight"], the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ("the Tribunal") examined an employer's human rights obligations and the complexities...

In Canada (Attorney General) v Cruden, 2013 FC 520, a Federal Court justice denied the existence of a separate procedural duty to accommodate that could be breached even if the substantive duty had been met.

The notion that an employer could or should be responsible for ensuring that parents can access childcare is likely a daunting proposition for many companies. Yet, a recent Federal Court of Appeal ruling, Canada (Attorney General) v. Johnstone 2014 FCA 110, suggests that in certain circumstances employers will be faced with the responsibility of helping employees access childcare, at least up to the point where it would constitute an undue hardship to the employer.

Federally-regulated employers should take note of the following recent changes to the Canada Labour Code ("Code") and the Canadian Human Rights Act ("CHRA"):

The Human Rights Code (the "Code") of Manitoba prohibits discrimination in employment and services on the basis of various protected characteristics, including age, disability, religion and sex.

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the "HRTO") recently dismissed an application brought by a former employee (the "Applicant") against his employer in Koufis v. James Campbell Inc.

Thus far, the spring of 2013 has seen a number of significant decisions on remedy issued by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

In Szeles v. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd., the decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta marked a positive step for employers in retail settings that implemented comprehensive and...

The complainant alleged discrimination on the basis of a physical disability preventing him from wearing a face mask.

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has decided to hear a complaint from an on-call firefighter in Chilliwack about his forced retirement at age 60.