Alberta Human Rights Act Flashcards
AHRa
upholds equality in AB
protects individuals from discriminaton
establishes ahr COmmission
What is the duty to accomodate
reasonable acocmodtion of an indisivusl needs is THE LAW
accomodation may reuiqre inconvenince disrpution or expense but employer needs to accomodate till the point of undue hardship (intolerable financial costs/ disruption to business)
this is a collaboration between employer and employee, so emplyoer and employee and union have the obligation to see this through
3 concepts in accomodations
-> what are the grounds for discrimination in ahrc
-> udnue hardshop
-> bona fide occupational requirements
what is protected areas in act
statements, tenance, emplyoment practices…
what are protected grounds
race, religios, clour, gender, gender ideintity, expresison, physical disab, mental disab, age, anecesty, place of origin, fam status, marital status, source of income, secual orientation
supreme court ruling
employer has legal duty to take reasonable steps to the point of undue hardship to adopt policis and ocnditions of work to accomodate employees individual needs based on a protected ground
APPLIES TO ALL AREAS AND GROUNDS OF DISCIRMINATION UNDER AHRA
WHAT Is accomodation
making reasonable changes to certain rules standard policies to ensure equal opporutnity
WHAT ARE EMPLOYEE DUTIE SIN DUTY TO ACOMODATE
- request the accomodation
- xplain the need for accomodation
- allow a reasonable time for a response
- conser any reasonable accomodation proposed (should be reaosnable, i tis okay if not preferred or perfect)
- cooperate with employer
0 advise employer - provide doc
- inform when no longer need
undue hardship
what is meiorin test
requires employers to accommodate or consider the capabilities of different members of society before adopting a bona fide occupational requirement for a particular job
