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Serious insight for serious situations.

You Ought to Know? Rethinking the ‘Reasonable Person’ Standard When Disability Is a Factor

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code, harassment is defined as engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.

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Le démantèlement des programmes d’EDI : une réponse de juristes

La période est difficile pour toute personne œuvrant dans le domaine des droits de la personne, comme dans notre cas. Les programmes en équité, diversité et inclusion (EDI) font l’objet de vives attaques et sont en voie de démantèlement, du moins chez nos voisins du Sud, tant dans le secteur public que privé. Et il serait naïf de croire que le Canada est à l’abri de cette tendance.

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The dismantling of DEI programs: A lawyer’s response

It is a difficult time for anyone who works in the human rights space, like we do at Rubin Thomlinson LLP. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are severely under attack and are being dismantled, at least south of the Canadian border, in the public and private sectors. I fear that Canada is not far behind.

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Top 10 Webinar Follow-Up: Key Case Law Updates on Metrolinx & AMAPCEO

Recently, my partners, Janice Rubin and Christine Thomlinson, and I presented Rubin Thomlinson’s “Top 10 Workplace Investigation Cases of 2024” webinar. We had a packed agenda and, as a result, we were unable to get to two cases that revisited two arbitral decisions that had been “top cases” in previous webinars.

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