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August 24, 2020

Employers may provide less compensation to an employee who works reduced hours due to a disability, without violating the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Summer Office Fashion and Employee Rights

July 29, 2020

How do you enforce a professional, yet weather appropriate dress code in the office? And what do you need to know about your employees’ rights?

The Coronavirus – Pandemic, Quarantine & Workplace Issues

March 16, 2020

COVID-19 is forcing many Ontario businesses to consider work-from-home strategies, quarantine, paid and unpaid time off for employees and closures.

Ontario Says Goodbye to the Short-Lived Tort of Harassment

May 7, 2019

Recently, Ontario’s highest court was asked to determine whether a common law tort of harassment exists. In Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), Read More...

New Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination Added to the Canadian Human Rights Act
February 22, 2018
The Governor General signed Bill C-16 into law, amending the Canadian Human Rights Act to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as Read More...

Ronald Minken Interviewed by Canadian HR Reporter, January 2018 — Bill 164
February 1, 2018
Ron Minken interviewed on new grounds for discrimination: social condition, police records, immigration status and genetics by Ontario legislation.

Protection Against Workplace Discrimination Broadened
January 11, 2018
Can an employee claim workplace discrimination against an employee from another company? According to the recent Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) c Read More...

Proposed Amendments to Ontario’s Human Rights Code
December 26, 2017
Bill 164 is a Private Member’s Bill which seeks to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include immigration status, genetic characteristics, polic Read More...

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