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Alberta Arbitration Decision Embraces Broadening Trend on Family Status Discrimination

By: Linda McKay-Panos PDF Version: Alberta Arbitration Decision Embraces Broadening Trend on Family Status Discrimination Case Commented On: SMS Equipment Inc v Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, 2015 ABQB 162 The definition of discrimination on the basis of family status … Continue reading

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New Parameters for Family Status Adopted in Alberta

By: Linda McKay-Panos  PDF Version: New Parameters for Family Status Adopted in Alberta Case Commented on: Clark v Bow Valley College, 2014 AHRC 4 Recently, human rights decisions in federal tribunals and courts have adopted a broader definition of “family … Continue reading

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Federal Court of Appeal Clarifies Requirements for Family Status Discrimination

By: Linda McKay-Panos PDF Version: Federal Court of Appeal Clarifies Requirements for Family Status Discrimination Case commented on:Canada (Attorney General) v Johnstone, 2014 FCA 110 (Johnstone, 2014) In an earlier post (see here) which discussed the case of three women … Continue reading

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Update in the Area of Family Status Discrimination

PDF version: Update in the Area of Family Status Discrimination Case considered: Canadian National Railway v Denise Seeley and Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2013 FC 117. In 2010, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal released three cases involving Alberta women who … Continue reading

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Accommodation for Family Status Required by Federal Human Rights Tribunal for Three Alberta Women

PDF version: Accommodation for Family Status Required by Federal Human Rights Tribunal for Three Alberta Women   Cases considered: Cindy Richards v Canadian National Railway, 2010 CHRT 24; Kasha Whyte v Canadian National Railway, 2010 CHRT 22; Denise Seeley v Canadian … Continue reading

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