Blog - Human Rights and Discrimination
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Human Rights laws don’t guarantee equal treatment in the general sense. In Ontario, and throughout Canada, your workplace must be free of workplace discrimination, harassment, and reprisal or differential treatment due to certain protected characteristics. It may be discrimination if you are treated differently because of your age, race, ethnicity, place of origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, colour, sex/gender/sexual orientation, gender expression, marital/family status, or disability.
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The Duty to Inquire in Ontario: What Should Employers Do?
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Employee Rights in the Face of Employer Bankruptcy
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Reality of Age Discrimination in the Workplace
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Is Wearing a Poppy at Work a Right?
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Nepotism in the Workplace
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World Mental Health Day
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Employee Wellbeing – A Human Right
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International Equal Pay Day: Is Gender Discrimination Alive?
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Mental Health in the Workplace
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Parental Rights in Ontario: Balancing Work and Childcare
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Proposed Changes to Employment Standards Act Ontario to Address Remote Work
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Amazon Mandates Employees to Return to the Office.
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TTC Drops Vaccine Mandate
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Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit Eligibility
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COVID-19 Provincial Antigen Screening Program
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Child Care During COVID-19: Workplace Laws For Parents
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Monitoring Employee Activity on Work Computers at Home
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Can My Employer Force Me To Take a COVID-19 Vaccine?
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The Hospitality Industry During COVID-19: Reopening The Economy
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Changes to Employment Insurance (EI) Maternity and Parental Benefits
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Working Parents’ Rights as Schools Reopen
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Your Work Rights Amid COVID-19 Concerns
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Racism & Discrimination Spreading With The Fear of Coronavirus
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