The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a complaint by a legal assistant with the Alberta Public Service Commission who alleged religious discrimination after being placed on …
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AccommodationFeatured
Alberta Court of Appeal dismisses former security guard’s human rights retaliation claim
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a security guard who alleged that his former employer, Paladin Security Group, retaliated against him contrary to the Alberta Human …
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Arbitrator rules against Oxford County worker’s creed-based challenge to COVID-19 testing policy
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1146, on behalf of a former Oxford County employee in Ontario who was terminated for …
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Opinion/Commentary
Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo
By Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University; Denise Daniels, Wheaton College (Illinois), and Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University Since we spend so much of our lives at our jobs, it’s …
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Muslim woman awarded nearly $45,000 in Ontario workplace prayer accommodations case
A former employee of Energy Call Solutions (ECS) has been awarded $44,625 by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after the Tribunal ruled that the company failed to accommodate her …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Prayers unanswered: Board rejects City of Abbotsford worker’s religious exemption from union membership
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) has dismissed an application for a religious exemption from union membership brought forth by an employee of the City of Abbotsford. N.D., a …
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Fired Paladin Security worker, who says he is a Nigerian tribal chief, has religious discrimination case sent to human rights tribunal on appeal
A former employee of Paladin Security Group in Alberta, who claims he is a Nigerian tribal chief who was fired after taking time off for religious observations following the death …
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FeaturedOpinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
How Québec’s Bill 21 could be vanquished by a rarely used Charter provision
By Kerri Anne Froc, University of New Brunswick This November, the Québec Court of Appeal will hear an appeal of Hak v. Attorney General of Québec on the constitutionality of …
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AccommodationArbitration/Labour Relations
Catholic nurse in Ontario, who refused COVID vaccine on religious grounds, wins at arbitration
A public health nurse in Subdury, Ont., has won her arbitration case after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 because it went against her religion. The unnamed woman (we will …