Workplace Equity Guide Publishes Article by Carolyn Cornford Greaves

Hicks Morley’s Carolyn Cornford Greaves authored an article for the March 2013 edition of Workplace Equity Guide. The article entitled, “HRTO Considers Allegations of Age Discrimination in Employer Hiring Practices” discusses a recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario that reaffirms that an employer’s decision not to interview or hire an older job…

Human Rights Tribunal is not a Judicial Review Body

The Supreme Court of Canada has issued a significant decision limiting the jurisdiction of a human rights tribunal to consider matters that have already been dealt with in another proceeding. In British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola, the Supreme Court considered whether the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear a matter that…