Hicks Morley’s George Vuicic recently authored an article in the 2012-2013 Labour Arbitration Yearbook. The article, “Religious Accommodation in the Workplace: A Management Perspective” provides an overview of the law relating to the accommodation of employees’ religious beliefs and practices in the workplace. View Article
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Religious Accommodation: Tribunal Finds Two Paid Days of Religious Leave Not Required
INTRODUCTION On September 3, 2008, Vice-Chair Sherry Liang of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario issued a very helpful decision in Markovic v. Autocom Manufacturing Ltd., 2008 HRTO 64. The Autocom decision provides some much-needed clarification concerning the accommodation of religious observances. Of particular interest, the Tribunal rejected the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s long-held policy…