3. WORK

B. Employment Equity

Leading Cases

Canadian National Railway Co. v. Canada (Human Rights Commission) and Action travail des femmes (1987)

http://www.hrcr.org/safrica/equality/railway_canada.html

A Tribunal ordered Canadian National Railway Co. to hire more women after finding that the reason for the low number of female employees was discriminatory hiring practices. The Supreme Court held that the Tribunal had the power to make such an order.

British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. BCGSEU, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3

http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/1999/1999scc48.html

Testing standards for firefighters violated s.15(1) based on their adverse effect.

B. v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission), [2002] 3 S.C.R. 403

http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/2002/2002scc66.html

Dismissal due to family status is discrimination.