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Your Partners Are Not Your Employees: Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies the Application of the Control/Dependency Test

In 2009, John McCormick, an equity partner in the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (the “Firm”) filed a complaint […]

By Jeff Bastien
  • Human Rights

Discrimination due to Family Status – The Final Word?

In a just-released decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed that the ground of discrimination due to family status […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”

Employer avoids liability for harassing texts sent by rogue employee In an interesting decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Employment Standards
  • Human Rights

Compliance Reminder – Accessibilty for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) has been around for a while.  So what’s the big deal now? […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Wrongful Dismissal

Human Rights claims in the Ontario courts – Now What?

Way back in 2008, the Ontario Human Rights Code was amended to permit human rights claims to be piggybacked onto […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights

Reinstatement of Employment Ordered – a Decade after Disability Leave Commenced

In a March 2013 decision that is likely to be challenged in the courts, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights

Employee with “Anger Management Issues” was not Disabled

A police officer who “suffered from bad temper and anger management problems” but said he was able to perform his […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Human Rights

Ontario Human Rights Commission’s “Policy On Competing Human Rights”

An employee’s guide dog causes a severe allergic reaction for co-workers.  A religious employer requires employees to sign a faith-based code […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights
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Wither ‘Big Brother’? B.C. Privacy Commissioner Reins-in Government of British Columbia Criminal Record Checks

In keeping with her stance on overly-invasive employee background checks, British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued […]

By Employment and Labour Group
  • Human Rights

The Sweet Smell of Human Rights: Tribunal finds Employee Not Discriminated Against Due to Scent Sensitivities

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that an employee with a hypersensitivity to certain scents did not experience […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Human Rights

Human Rights Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Equity Partner’s Human Rights Complaint in British Columbia

 The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction […]

By Matthew Curtis
  • Human Rights

Ontario Human Rights Code to protect transgendered individuals

Ontario’s Human Rights Code, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on June 15th, is being amended to protect transgendered people […]

By Catherine Coulter

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