Andrew Zabrovsky Quoted in Canadian Lawyer

Hicks Morley’s Andrew Zabrovksy was quoted in the November 2013 edition of Canadian Lawyer magazine in an article entitled “A coming of age for family status”. The article discusses human rights considerations with respect to family status, with a focus on childcare needs, family illness, and elderly parents. Andrew commented on the duty to accommodate an employee with respect to his or her childcare needs, stating that “a good way for employers to think about which requests will trigger the duty to accommodate is by dividing them into ‘wants’ and ‘needs’…if they are looking for preferences, like they don’t want to pay for childcare, or they want straight night shifts so they can spend time with their kids in the day, those aren’t the types of cases that the Canadian Human Rights Act is meant to remedy.” Andrew suggested that both employers and employees must exercise reasonableness in the accommodation process.