Removing the "Canadian experience" barrier
Removing the "Canadian experience" barrier in employment and rights and responsibilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Message from Interim Chief Commissioner Ruth Goba – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Toronto2015: Let’s build an accessibility legacy
The upcoming Pan Am and Parapan Am Games are an exciting opportunity to showcase the many ways Ontario is a world leader. One notable accomplishment should be our ability to welcome and include guests and residents of all backgrounds and abilities. The Games offer a good opportunity to raise awareness about what Ontario and its municipalities are doing to promote and enhance accessibility.
Preventing discrimination because of mental health disabilities and addictions
Webinar Information
Preventing discrimination because of mental health disabilities and addictions
May 27, 2015 at 11:00 am
60 minutes
Policy on preventing discrimination because of mental health disabilities and addictions overview and Q&A.
As an employer do I have to give people time off for religious leave and do I also have to pay them?
Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s creed to the point of undue hardship, including by providing time off for religious holidays.
Can I fire a woman whose pregnancy is preventing her from doing the job she was hired to do?
It is discrimination if you fire, demote or lay off an employee because she is or may become pregnant or she is away on maternity leave or disability leave related to pregnancy. Employers have a duty to accommodate a pregnant woman unless it would cause undue hardship. This may include changing her job duties temporarily or providing time off work.
Message from Ruth Goba – Statement on International Women’s Day
Forty years ago, the United Nations declared March 8 as International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate women and their achievements, reflect on the progress towards equality, and promote an Ontario and world where there is true gender equality.
While we join the world in observing this day and honouring our mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, allies and friends, we know that we still have work to do at the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Our work is not done when one in two Canadian women report having experienced some form of violence in their lifetime.
Letter to Hon. Madeleine Meilleur re: Accounting professions legislation
Dear Minister,
Re: Accounting professions legislation
It has come to the attention of the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the Ontario Government is looking at making changes to the statutes dealing with the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario, the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in recognition that these bodies have effectively unified under the banner Chartered Professional Accountants.
Position Statement – Discrimination on the basis of sex in recruitment for the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
It has come to the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s attention that employers in Ontario are hiring almost exclusively men to work on their farms as part of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). Research shows us that each year, less than 4% of the workers that come to Ontario through the SAWP are women.
What do I do if I’m being sexually harassed?
If you think you are being sexually harassed, start keeping a written record of events...
Sexual Harassment and the Ontario Human Rights Code
Recent events have triggered a nationwide discussion about the continued occurrence of sexual harassment and violence against women throughout Canadian society. Sexual harassment is against the law. The Ontario Human Rights Code Code prohibits sexual harassment in employment (and in services, housing, and other “social areas”).
