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Employers should be aware that the consequences of failing to provide a discrimination free workplace can be significant.

Canadian law has evolved significantly since the Supreme Court's 1989 decision in Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., which recognized pregnancy discrimination as a form of sex discrimination. Yet despite comprehensive human rights protections across federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, pregnancy discrimination continues to appear before tribunals nationwide, manifesting in terminations, hiring refusals, reduced hours, and failures to accommodate pregnancy-related workplace needs.

You may want to submit a RECO complaint against your real estate agent. You might be an employer who has received a complaint regarding an employee to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

On November 15, 2021, the Globe and Mail reported the first seizure under the Canadian prohibition on the importation of goods "mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour."

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act was passed in 2005 and requires all public and private organizations in Ontario to comply with regulations that have been phased in over a number of years.

In a decision dated April 21, 2015, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed an application brought by an Education Assistant against the York Region District School Board on a preliminary basis as the application had "no reasonable prospect of success."

On February 28, 2019, the Ontario Divisional Court released its decision on the constitutional challenge to the provinces repeal of the 2015 Sexual Education Curriculum brought by the English Public Teachers Union and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and others.

On August 24, 2020, as part of their COVID-19 pandemic response, the Newfoundland and Labrador government enacted regulations requiring individuals to wear non-medical face masks in most public indoor spaces.

Canadian courts took another step in further opening the country's courts to civil claims by foreign victims of alleged human rights abuses against Canadian corporations for acts committed abroad.

A guide to addressing modern slavery in your business and supply chain - Part 12...

In the spring of 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement sparked conversations around the world about systemic racism and unconscious bias.

To avoid hiring pitfalls, employers should be aware of applicable human rights legislation. An employer that is federally regulated is subject to the Canada Human Rights Act

Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (the "Act") received royal assent from Canada's House of Commons on May 11, 2023, and is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2024.

In a recent Federal Court of Appeal (the "FCA") decision, Kaseke v The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2025 FCA 8, the FCA reaffirmed the jurisdictional lines between the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (the "Board")...

On November 1, 2018, the Government of British Columbia introduced Bill 50, Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2018 (the "Act"), which contained significant changes to British Columbia's Human Rights Code (the "Code").

This case is important, as it provides a clear example of how lack of intention to discriminate does not preclude a finding of discrimination.

What we are seeing in our streets has ceased to be about the war between Hamas and Israel. It has transformed into an attack on Jews wherever they may be.