Muddying the Waters of Family Status Accommodation
This past year has seen an unsettling of the law surrounding family status discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”).
Employer’s Social Media Account Constitutes the Workplace
An Arbitrator recently considered whether an employer’s social media presence could be defined as part of the “workplace” and the attendant employer obligations arising from such a finding in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v. Toronto Transit Commission (Use of Social Media Grievance).
What Is Not Workplace Harassment
A recent grievance arbitration decision, Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union (“Fanshawe College”), provides valuable guidance to employers on what is – and what is not – considered workplace harassment.