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Employers must respond to any human rights complaints filed against them, even the ones that opportunistic or disgruntled employees file that have no merit to them.

If you have lost your employment due to COVID-19, there are a variety of different avenues available to you to make a claim for lost income.

Karpetz v Syncrude Canada Ltd., 2024 AHRC 64 (C Dickins) is an Alberta Human Rights decision where an employer who had been the successful party in the main human rights action applied for a costs penalty...

On October 22, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the Horrocks case regarding the respective jurisdictions of labour arbitrators and human rights tribunals.

In Canada the respect of human rights in employment is legislated in all jurisdictions.

On October 29, 2018, the federal government introduced An Act to Establish a Proactive Pay Equity Regime within the Federal Public and Private Sectors (the "Pay Equity Act").

The Commission ordered that she be granted the position.

Most of Canada is currently dealing with the effects of an unprecedented labour shortage and finding a suitable candidate is not the only potential challenge employers can face during the recruitment process.

The Superior Court of Ontario recently adopted the test for family status discrimination as outlined in the seminal decision, Johnstone v Canada (Boarder Services), 2014 FCA 110 ["Johnstone"].

Last fall, the Supreme Court of Canada found labour arbitrators had exclusive jurisdiction over human rights claims under Manitoba's human rights legislation.[1] Based on the Supreme Court's...

These new grounds would be in addition to the prohibited grounds already covered in the Code, with one notable exception, as explained below.

This decision is noteworthy for Ontario school boards in that it clearly establishes that school boards can be held responsible for the discriminatory actions of third parties, including its students.

Determining the validity of a complaint of workplace sexual harassment requires careful consideration of the facts and a balancing of social policy considerations.

The Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) in Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42, has clarified that where a collective agreement provides a labour arbitrator...

In a decision released January 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada once again revisited how much constitutional protection is afforded to the collective bargaining process.

The mandatory requirement to wear face masks in indoor public settings, subject to certain exemptions, has resulted in a surge of human rights complaints...

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel one year ago on Monday, there have been transformations and lessons to be learned in areas that stretch well beyond the conflict itself.