Human Rights Tribunal: Complaints by Cisgendered Men Alleging Discrimination On Grounds of Gender Identity or Expression Dismissed

The B.C. Human Rights Code was amended in mid-2016 to include “gender identity or expression” as protected grounds.  As of the date this article...

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The Equity of Mandatory Retirement: Owners are Employees Too

By J. Geoffrey Howard The recent decision of the B.C. Supreme Court in Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP v. McCormick has confirmed that even full...

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Combatting Sexual Harassment in the Wireless Age

By James D. Kondopulos Text messages, e-mail, posts and tweets – the wireless age has transformed the way in which the world communicates.  McIntosh v....

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Failure to Accommodate Results in Damages of Over $387,000

By Veronica Ukrainetz On June 9, 2009, The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal awarded Lynda Kerr, a pharmaceutical sales representative, damages of $387,083.07 plus pre/post...

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