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Recent Ontario human rights jurisprudence has reaffirmed many of the principles associated with the employer's duty to accommodate.

On November 29, 2010, Bombardier Inc. was ordered by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to pay over $300,000 in damages to a Muslim pilot of Pakistani origin.

There were two interesting developments in Ontario this month in employment and human rights law.

In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("the Tribunal") decided in favour of two teenaged employees who were fired for refusing to work on a religious holiday.

Join Gowling WLG partner, Stephen Pike and Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne of the Senate of Canada, as they discuss S-211, Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour...

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan recognized for the first time a constitutional right to strike for employees.

A notable development is the amendments made by the Province of British Columbia on July 25th to the BC Human Rights Code to add "gender identity or expression" as a prohibited ground of discrimination.

A recent case from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario provides guidance to employers on the extent of the duty to accommodate.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that an employee with a hypersensitivity to certain scents did not experience discrimination in employment as a result of her employer’s inability to snuff out all smells in the workplace.

According to the most recent data from Employment and Social Development Canada, women are still paid 89 cents for every dollar a man earns.

Employers are increasingly taking pride in their support of gender diversity in their workplaces.

Any Canadian resource company with operations abroad should be aware of the emerging trend of lawsuits against Canadian mining companies seeking damages for the alleged actions of their foreign subsidiaries.

When October 17, 2018 rolled around many employers were still questioning what the rules were around legalized marijuana.

In case you've missed it, there is currently a heated discussion raging over doctors who refuse to provide treatment on moral or religious grounds.

The Alberta Human Rights Commission ("AHRC") recently issued written guidance on vaccine mandates and proof of vaccination. Here are a few key takeaways for employers, service providers, and landlords...

Early last year, we blogged about the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, where the Court of Appeal confirmed that...

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced earlier this month that the province will reinstate its Human Rights Commission.