Tagged: Family Status

by Haritha Popuri · Mar 21 , 2022

United Nurses of Alberta v Alberta Health Services: Test for discrimination in family status cases remains unsettled

Does the test for prima facie discrimination need to be altered in family status cases to avoid disruptions in the workplace? The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has declined to...

Administrative Law / Charter of Rights & Freedoms

by Maciej Lipinski · Jan 13 , 2015

BC Teachers’ Federation: A Finding of Discrimination Against Birth Mothers Affirmed by the SCC

On November 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its oral judgment in British Columbia Teachers’ Federation v British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association, 2014 SCC 70 [BC Teachers], overturning the...

Tags: Arbitration Equality Family Status Pregnancy Leave