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Extended EI Proposed for Long-Tenured Workers

Legislation designed to provide extended employment insurance benefits to long-tenured employees has passed second reading in the federal House of Commons, and has been referred to Committee prior to third reading. Bill C-50, An Act to Amend the Employment Insurance…

Refusal to Hire Male Aide Discriminatory

The BC Human Rights Tribunal recently decided that a long term care facility’s decision not to hire a male care aide was discriminatory. The complainant was a 54-year-old recent graduate of a care aide program who twice applied for care…

University Prohibited From Imposing Parking Fines

The BC Supreme Court has ruled that the University of British Columbia does not have the authority to impose and collect fines for parking offences. As a result, UBC was ordered to reimburse members of this class action suit parking…

Employer has No Duty to Accommodate Single Parent

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has held that an employer is not obligated to accommodate a single parent’s child care responsibilities when there is no evidence that the parent’s obligations are more “substantial” than those of ordinary working parents. The…

No More Mandatory Retirement for Federal Employers?

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal recently determined that a policy requiring airline pilots to retire at age 60 was discriminatory and that the section of the Canadian Human Rights Act allowing for a “normal retirement age” was contrary to the…

“Wrongful Refusal to Reassign” Claim Dismissed

An arbitrator recently dismissed a union’s claim that the employer wrongfully refused to reassign employees to another worksite during a strike. The locale of the grievance was the Britannia Centre in Vancouver. The Centre has a “school side” and a…

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