Family Status Discrimination

RCMP Pension Violated Job-Sharing Officers’ s. 15 Charter Rights

October 23, 2020
Susan Kootnekoff
Image: "Pension Plan - retired couple on a stack of coins" by verchmarco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), the Supreme Court of Canada recently held that the RCMP violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) for women who job shared. This case involved indirect, or adverse effect, discrimination. This occurs...

Family Status Discrimination in Employment in BC

February 21, 2019
Susan Kootnekoff

In a recent decision in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, the BC Court of Appeal confirmed that in order to establish discrimination in employment on the basis of family status, a human rights complainant must show: (1) a change in...