Sentences with phrase «workplace protections prohibit»
According to the dissenting judges, although the Code's workplace protections prohibit all forms of workplace discrimination — including discrimination from co-workers, customers or other individuals with whom an employee interacts — the onus is on employers to intervene and halt the behaviour.
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But if the workplace is the definite cause, then employees are entitled to protection under the Canadian Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
In addition to the existing protection against discrimination and harassment based on prohibited grounds in human rights legislation, employees in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario will also benefit from Occupation Health and Safety legislation stipulations requiring workplace policies for violence and harassment.
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 the law.