By Warren Clarke, University of Manitoba Youth employment in Canada continues to be a concern. Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 are less likely to find and …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Ottawa expanding Employment Equity Act to specifically protect Black, 2SLGBTQI+ workers
In a landmark move to enhance workplace fairness and inclusion, the federal government has announced the expansion of the Employment Equity Act to explicitly protect Black and 2SLGBTQI+ workers. This …
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Employer’s ‘immediate and comprehensive’ approach to racial slur lauded in ruling that workplace wasn’t a poisoned environment
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint by an employee of the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) against her employer after one of her colleagues …
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A workplace discrimination case against Toyota Canada can proceed, according to an interim decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The applicant, BW, said Toyota discriminated against them in …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario court rejects $1.5 million counterclaim against worker who made racism accusations through CTV News
In a ruling that elevates the fight against workplace racism over corporate reputation, an Ontario court dismissed a $1.5 million counterclaim filed by an employer against a worker who publicly …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Company’s ‘unconscious bias’ in firing of Black worker from transit project cited in $160,000 arbitration award
A Black construction worker, fired without cause from Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT transit project, has been awarded more than $160,000 by an arbitrator — including $20,000 in human rights damages. …
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Constructive DismissalFeatured
Concrete worker awarded $2,500 after being called ape, monkey by co-worker
A concrete worker in British Columbia has been awarded $2,500 in human rights damages after being called a monkey and an ape by a colleague. But the B.C. Human Rights …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Alberta employer justified in firing man who scrawled ‘I am not Muslim’ on mask to protest mandate
An Alberta man who responded to a mask mandate by scrawling “I am not a Muslim” in marker across his mask and wearing it around his workplace has had his …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Violence
White worker shot black colleague with nail gun, but racism not a factor: Appeal court
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has upheld an 18-month conditional sentence for a man who shot a co-worker with a nail gun, despite efforts by the Crown to put …
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