The Ontario Human Rights Commission has published updated guidelines on these critical issues – and what it thinks your organization should be doing…
Tag: Human Rights Code
Workplace Investigation Training
This one-day interactive workshop focuses on essential investigation skills required by HR Professionals who are charged with investigating workplace incidents (registration fee – $780.00 plus $101.40 HST (13%), totalling $881.40 per person).
FTR Quarterly – 2016, Issue 2
In this issue: “Bad Customer Service” – or Breach of Human Rights Legislation?” and “Lifecycle of a Rental Tenancy: Human Rights Code Considerations and Best Practices for Compliance”
Lifecycle of a Rental Tenancy: Human Rights Code Considerations and Best Practices for Compliance
Landlords and rental housing providers must contend with some complex obligations and challenges under the Ontario Human Rights Code. These apply throughout the rental process – from advertising a vacancy, to choosing a tenant, to terminating a tenancy. Adherence to some best practices and guidelines can help ensure compliance at every stage.
“Bad Customer Service” – or Breach of Human Rights Legislation?
Service-based organizations – such as restaurants – have obligations to their customers under human rights legislation. But how far do these obligations go? Two recent cases help to define the line.
Workplace Investigation Training
This one-day interactive workshop focuses on essential investigation skills required by HR Professionals who are charged with investigating workplace incidents (registration fee – $780.00 plus $101.40 HST (13%), totalling $881.40 per person).
Reaching Out – Eleventh Edition
In this Issue: The Human Rights Tribunal rules that a man’s goatee is not protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code, WSIB and Mental Stress Claims and more…
Appellate Court Upholds Significant Remedy Decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
A decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) which ordered reinstatement and back wages for an employee who had been…
Accrual of Service or Seniority Based on “Days Worked” is Not Discriminatory, Tribunal Rules
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) recently issued a decision of particular interest to employers with groups of employees who, although covered by a collective agreement, accrue service…
Human Rights Tribunal Rules that Miscarriage is a Disability
In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) found that the Applicant, who had suffered a miscarriage, had a disability within the meaning of the Human Rights Code (Code). While this decision has garnered much attention in the media, its potential significance for employers going forward may not result from the particular…