In order for an employee to have the opportunity to succeed with an application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the employee must first demonstrate on a balance of probabilities that the employer’s actions were based on discriminatory grounds, either in whole or in part.
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When does the impeding of an employee’s personal life on their ability to perform employment duties justify termination? What is an employer’s dut Read More...
Learn how the Human Rights Commission approves or rejects cases for tribunal hearing.
Mehwish Ali, a 22-year-old esthetician, is seeking help from the Human Rights Legal Support Centre of Toronto (the “Centre”) after claiming she wa Read More...
Discrimination continues to be a workplace problem. What constitutes workplace discrimination, how is it handled, and in what situations is discrimina Read More...
On January 18, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned a 2009 decision by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal that found Toronto employer Read More...
A worker informs her employer that she’s been diagnosed with cancer and plans to work up to the day before her surgery. She assumes she’ll have a Read More...
A 2007 U.S. court decision, which awarded terminated employees $1.3 Million for discrimination based on religion, could some day lead to comparable de Read More...
