From: Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition
Employers have the primary obligation to make sure their workplace is free from discrimination and harassment. Employers are expected to proactively provide a workplace where human rights are respected and employees afforded equal opportunities. This includes working with unions to negotiate collective agreements that are consistent with the Code.
May 21, 2021 – The OHRC strongly recommends that the Grade 10 Civics and Citizenship curriculum include specific learning expectations on the rights and responsibilities set out in Ontario’s Human Rights Code (Code).
La CODP accueille favorablement les consultations du ministère de l'Éducation sur le renforcement de la responsabilité des conseillères et conseillers scolaires, et s'intéresse particulièrement aux mesures visant à garantir que les conseillères et conseillers scolaires soient tenus responsables s'ils ne satisfont pas à leurs obligations juridiques aux termes du Code des droits de la personne de l'Ontario (le Code).
From: Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition
Discrimination is not defined in the Code but usually includes the following elements:
Learn more about how the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) framework can help you apply a human rights lens to your health and human services, and build human rights capacity and expertise to move the dial on specific issues.
September 18, 2015 - The Ontario government is consulting on the changing nature of the modern workplace and considering how the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act could be amended to best protect workers, especially historically under-represented groups. The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) makes this submission in accordance with its mandate to promote and advance human rights under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
From: Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition
The right to “equal treatment with respect to employment” protects persons in all aspects of employment, including applying for a job, recruitment, training, transfers, promotions, terms of apprenticeship, dismissals, layoffs and terminations. It also covers rate of pay, codes of conduct, overtime, hours of work, holidays, benefits, shift work, performance evaluations and discipline. A fundamental starting point for complying with the Code in relation to all of these is to have a workplace setting where human rights are respected and applied.
From: Policy on competing human rights
In general, competing human rights involve situations where parties to a dispute claim that the enjoyment of an individual or group’s human rights and freedoms, as protected by law, would interfere with another’s rights and freedoms. This complicates the normal approach to resolving a human rights dispute where only one side claims a human rights violation. In some cases, only one party is making a human rights claim, but the claim conflicts with the legal entitlements of another party or parties.
