Category: For Employees

Addiction, Human Rights and Employment

by Nicole Simes | Aug 10, 2015 | For Employees

Addiction, Human Rights and Employment A recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision sheds light on the interaction between human rights, addiction, and health and safety. The Decision The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the termination for cause of an employee who...

Competing Human Rights Update – Porter Airlines

by Nicole Simes | Jul 30, 2015 | For Employees

Competing Human Rights Update – Porter Airlines As Canada continues to diversify, service providers continue to be faced with new challenges in their obligation to balance the needs and human rights of their customers. Issue at Porter Airlines This issue of...

Genetic Information and Discrimination

by Nicole Simes | Jul 9, 2015 | For Employees

Genetic Information and Discrimination On June 9, 2015, Peter MacKay, the then Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announced legislative changes aimed at protecting Canadians from discrimination on the basis of genetic information. What Rights are...

Do employers need to accommodate employees who smoke?

by Nicole Simes | Jul 6, 2015 | For Employees

Do employers need to accommodate employees who smoke? In a blog last year, we addressed the issue of whether smoking was a disability and the relationship between smoking and employee human rights. To date, we have not yet seen a human rights decision specifically...

Is Your Employment Contract a Problem?

by Nicole Simes | May 1, 2015 | For Employees

Is Your Employment Contract a Problem? You have been terminated. Your company provides you with a termination letter indicating how much it will pay you. Is it enough? The letter says that the company will pay you what is required under the Employment Standards Act...

A “virtual slave” through sexual harassment and violence only awarded $50,000 as general damages

by Nicole Simes | Apr 21, 2015 | For Employees

A “virtual slave” through sexual harassment and violence only awarded $50,000 as general damages A “virtual slave” through sexual harassment and violence only awarded $50,000 as general damages In a recent decision, PN v. MR and FR the British...

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