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January 30, 2014 by Chelsea Rasmussen in English, Human Rights, Ontario

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Direct Evidence of Discrimination not Required: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

Direct evidence of discrimination is not required for an employee to succeed before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Tribunal has decided. The decision provides guidance as to what evidence is required to prove discrimination. In Islam v. Bi...

January 28, 2014 by Jeff Mitchell in Criminal Offences by Employees, English, Human Rights, Ontario

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Don’t be “Convicted” of Discriminating based on Criminal Convictions

Picture it: you have the perfect person to hire. You run the background check, and discover a criminal conviction. You are inclined to withdraw the offer, but suddenly you are faced with the question: can I do it? The answer will depend on which provin...

January 17, 2014 by Jordan Deering in Criminal Offences by Employees, English, Ontario

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Settling With a Fraudulent Employee: Will you be the next Defendant?

A recent Ontario decision dealt with the issue of liability as between two defrauded employers: is a past (former) employer liable to a new employer when a fraudulent employee steals money from the latter to satisfy its debt to the former? In the recen...

December 10, 2013 by Catherine Coulter in Employment Standards, English, Human Rights, Ontario

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Compliance Reminder – Accessibilty for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) has been around for a while. So what’s the big deal now?

For starters, recent Freedom of Information Act requests have demonstrated that about 70% of Ontario private sector employers with 20 or more employees have not yet complied with required self-reporting requirements to

November 22, 2013 by Catherine Coulter in English, Human Rights, National, Ontario, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Dismissal

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Human Rights claims in the Ontario courts – Now What?

Way back in 2008, the Ontario Human Rights Code was amended to permit human rights claims to be piggybacked onto wrongful dismissal actions in the Ontario courts. Prior to that time, the only recourse for an employee with a discrimination claim was to make a complaint to the [then] Human

November 22, 2013 by Anneli LeGault in English, Ontario, pay equity

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Compliance Reminder – Ontario Pay Equity Commission is open for business

The Pay Equity Act of Ontario requires every provincially regulated employer with ten or more employees to ensure that pay equity exists in the workplace. This is not a one-off compliance requirement. Rather, employers must maintain pay equity on an ongoing basis. This means that both unionized and non-union employers