Law Charter Stuff

Question 1

What is the duty to accommodate?

Answer 1

Employers must take reasonable steps to accommodate a person’s needs unless it causes undue hardship.

Question 2

What is “undue hardship”?

Answer 2

A limit to the duty to accommodate, based on excessive cost or health and safety risks.

Question 3

What are the three elements of a prima facie discrimination case?

Answer 3

Protected characteristic, (2) Adverse impact, (3) Link between the two.

Question 4

What happens at the “mediation” stage of a human rights complaint?

Answer 4

Both parties attempt to settle the complaint with the help of a mediator.

Question 5

What section of the Charter guarantees fundamental freedoms?

Answer 5

Section 2 – covers freedoms of religion, expression, assembly, and association.

Question 6

What legal rights does Section 7 of the Charter protect?

Answer 6

Life, liberty, and security of the person.

Question 7

What is the purpose of the “conciliation” stage in a human rights complaint?

Answer 7

It encourages settlement after investigation but before a hearing.

Question 8

What are some reasons a human rights complaint can be dismissed?

Answer 8

Lack of evidence, bad faith, jurisdictional issues, or if the matter has been resolved elsewhere.

Question 9

What rights does Section 15 of the Charter protect?

Answer 9

Equality before and under the law without discrimination based on race, gender, disability, etc

Question 10

What remedy might be appropriate in a discrimination case like Fowzia’s?

Answer 10

Compensation for lost wages and injury to dignity, and anti-racism training at the workplace.