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 has recently been extended in federal and provincial human rights law to mean not only […]
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 status” as meaning more than just one’s relationship to another person, and recognizing childcare responsibilities. […]
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 who argued that they were discriminated against on the basis of family status, I included […]
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 alleged they were being discriminated against on the basis of family status. In a previous […]
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 National Railway, 2010 CHRT 23 Family status was added in 1996 as a protected ground […]
