Sentences with phrase «rights code prohibits»

The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits employment and professional association membership requirements that may have an adverse effect on people based on Code grounds, including race, ancestry, colour, place of origin and ethnic origin.

The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits employers from treating disabled employees adversely because of their disability.

The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination based on the following «protected grounds»:

While legislation in some provinces could easily bear a similar interpretation, others are not as clear — in Alberta, for example, the Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination by «employers.»

The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination on a variety of grounds, including «family status».

Not exact matches

More recently, police have grappled with a transparency controversy surrounding section 50 - a of the state's 1976 civil rights code, which prohibits the release, barring a judicial order, of a police officer's disciplinary record.

We reserve the right to prohibit the use of such access codes on your behalf by third parties where we determine that such use interferes with our site's operation or results in commercial benefits for other entities to our detriment.

For readers who are unfamiliar with the Rules, section 6.3.1 - 3 imposes on lawyers a duty to ensure that their employment practices comply with section 6.3.1 - 1, which highlights their special obligation to comply with Ontario's Human Rights Code, and section 6.3.1 - 2, which imposes a duty on lawyers to ensure that their services are not denied to members of the public based on prohibited grounds.

The Supreme Court of Canada, Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), found that sections 14 and 241 (b) of the Criminal Code, which prohibited physician - assisted death violated section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

15 The Board shall not certify a trade union if any employer or any employers» organization has participated in its formation or administration or has contributed financial or other support to it or if it discriminates against any person because of any ground of discrimination prohibited by the Human Rights Code or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This week, the Saskatchewan government amended its Human Rights Code to add gender identity as a prohibited ground of discrimination, joining the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador in so doing.

The Court elided the idea of the rationale for extending human rights protection to those groups identified by the prohibited grounds (which, as we have just seen and as the Court itself noted, is the idea of their vulnerability in virtue of the group characteristic) with the idea of the various contexts in which the Code seeks to protect those so identified as vulnerable, e.g. housing, service provision and employment.

Bill S - 201, An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination proposes to make important amendments to federal legislation, specifically, the Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985, c L - 2 (the «CLC») and the Canadian Human Rights Act, RSC 1985, c H - 6 (the «CHRA»).

Bill S - 201, An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination proposes to make important amendments to federal legislation, specifically, the Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985, c L - 2 (the «CLC») and the Canadian Human Rights Act, RSC... Continue Reading

In terms of «fundamental rights», an employer is prohibited from adopting a dress code that unreasonably restricts an employee's freedom of expression, a right guaranteed under article 3 of Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Frerights», an employer is prohibited from adopting a dress code that unreasonably restricts an employee's freedom of expression, a right guaranteed under article 3 of Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and FreRights and Freedoms.

Furthermore, in certain cases, such as alcohol or substance abuse, an employer may be expected to accommodate the employee since such substance abuse may be a disability that prohibits the employer from terminating the employee under the Human Rights Code or Canadian Human Rights Act.

The trial judge in Carter found that sections 14, 21, 22, 222 and 241 of the Criminal Code of Canada unjustifiably infringe s. 7 and s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and are of no force and effect to the extent that they prohibit physician - assisted dying.

Rather than trying blackball TWU at the law society, if its opponents truly oppose its behaviour, they should lobby the provincial government to amend the BC human rights code to prohibit its actions (and consider the implications of doing so for other parties — the same provision relied upon by TWU also permits rape centers to refuse to hire transgendered persons.

If passed into law the Bill would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include «gender identity» as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination and would change the Criminal Code to similarly add gender identity under Canada's hate crimes laws.

Religion is a fundamental freedom, guaranteed in the Charter, and discrimination on the basis of creed is prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The Employment Standards Code s. 125 also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who assert their rights under the Act, make a complaint under the Act, or give evidence in any hearing of proceeding under the Act.

Two lower courts in Ontario struck down two provisions of the Criminal Code prohibiting the operation of a common bawdy house and a prohibition against living on the avails of prostitution on the basis that the provisions violated s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which provides that the state can not deny a person's right to life, liberty or security of the person except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.

Heintz filed a human rights complaint, alleging that she had effectively been terminated from employment because of her sexual orientation, contrary to s. 5 of the Human Rights Code which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of certain proscribed grounds, including sexual orientrights complaint, alleging that she had effectively been terminated from employment because of her sexual orientation, contrary to s. 5 of the Human Rights Code which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of certain proscribed grounds, including sexual orientRights Code which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of certain proscribed grounds, including sexual orientation.

The right to practice or express creed beliefs may also be limited when it interferes with other rights under the Code or Charter, or announces an intention to discriminate in a social area as prohibited under section 13 of the Code

Under section 23 (1) of the Code an employer will infringe on the right to equal treatment in employment when a job posting or advertisement directly or indirectly classifies or indicates qualifications by a prohibited ground of discrimination.

We rely here a great deal on section 342.1 of the Criminal Code that prohibits the unauthorized access to computer systems — where the access is fraudulent and without colour of right.

On May 17, 2016, the federal government tabled Bill C - 16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination... [more]

If passed, Bill 164 would amend Ontario's Human Rights Code to add four new prohibited grounds of discrimination: social condition, genetic characteristics, immigration status and police records.

Discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry or disability (including addiction) is prohibited by BC's Human Rights Code.

On May 17, 2016, the federal government introduced Bill C - 16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, proposed legislation adding gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA).

In 2012, the Ontario Human Rights Code was amended to add «gender identity» and «gender expression» as prohibited grounds of discrimination.

Given that Botony breached its obligations, the Court considered what an appropriate remedy might be under the Human Rights Code, which prohibits employment - related discrimination on the basis of «family status.»

[Under the Human Rights Code, everyone is entitled to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination on listed prohibited grounds.]

Bill C - 16 proposes to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act and hate speech provisions under the Criminal Code.

The complaint involves an allegation of sexual misconduct or an allegation of discrimination or harassment because of a prohibited ground of discrimination or harassment referred to in any provision of the Human Rights Code.

The Ontario Human Rights Code protects employees from termination on the basis of several prohibited grounds, including sex and pregnancy.

To avoid potentially serious consequences at the HRTO, employers should ensure that they understand the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Code — for example, that discrimination based on «sex» includes pregnancy — and ensure that they are in strict compliance with all relevant human rights legislation, especially when it comes time to terminate an employee.

The Ontario Human Rights Code is the Ontario law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in the following «protected social areas»:

The Ontario Human Rights Code also prohibits discrimination against a person because the person has a relationship, association or other dealing with a person or persons who are identified by one of the grounds listed above.

The Supreme Court found that the British Columbia Human Rights Code, which prohibits discrimination «regarding employment» against employees, applies when that discrimination has «a sufficient nexus with the employment context».

Although this decision was based on British Columbia's human rights legislation, the similarly broad wording of Ontario's Human Rights Code, which prohibits discrimination «with respect to employment», suggests that the same approach would apply in Onrights legislation, the similarly broad wording of Ontario's Human Rights Code, which prohibits discrimination «with respect to employment», suggests that the same approach would apply in OnRights Code, which prohibits discrimination «with respect to employment», suggests that the same approach would apply in Ontario.

Do the Ontario Human Rights Code (the «Code») provisions prohibiting discrimination on the ground of disability provide any protection to an employee with the flu?

The SCC has found the Criminal Code provision prohibiting physician - assisted suicide unconstitutional, due to its violating the s. 7 Charter rights of competent adult persons with grievous and irremediable medical conditions causing them enduring and intolerable suffering: Carter v. Canada (Attorney...

Similar to OHS laws, many human rights laws, such as the Ontario Human Rights Code, now also expressly prohibit workplace sexual harassment; against whom that protection extends depends (as in any case) on the wording of thrights laws, such as the Ontario Human Rights Code, now also expressly prohibit workplace sexual harassment; against whom that protection extends depends (as in any case) on the wording of thRights Code, now also expressly prohibit workplace sexual harassment; against whom that protection extends depends (as in any case) on the wording of the law.

This private member «s bill will, if passed, give explicit recognition to the rights of trans people, by adding gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the hate crimes provisions of the Criminalrights of trans people, by adding gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the hate crimes provisions of the CriminalRights Act and the hate crimes provisions of the Criminal Code.

The bill would add the phrase «gender identity, gender expression» to the list of prohibited bases for discrimination found in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the relevant hate propaganda and sentencing sections of the Criminal Code (ss.

On May 17, 2016, the federal government tabled Bill C - 16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.

In employment matters, including the hiring process, discrimination and harassment is prohibited in the Ontario Human Rights Code on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed (religion), sex, sexual orientation, handicap (disability and perceived disability), age, marital status, same - sex partnership status, family status, record of offences, gender identity and gender expression.

The policy will also seek to support and enable Ontario organizations, legal decision - makers and affected community members to better identify, assess, address and prevent racial profiling as a prohibited form of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The OHRC's involvement in significant racial profiling cases has helped to advance the law on racial profiling as a prohibited form of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code for example: Shaw v. Phipps, 2012 ONCA 155 (CanLII); Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 (CanLII); Maynard v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2012 HRTO 1220 (CanLII); Nassiah v. Peel Police Services Board, 2007 HRTO 14 (CanLII).