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"Accessibility for Different Abilities: A Report" 5:1 Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
"New Decision puts Responsibility on Employers to Remedy Poisoned Work Environments" BakerLaw
"Is Miscarriage a Disability?" Law of Work
Article discusses the OHRT finding that a miscarriage is a disability.
"Discriminating Employer Pays a Decade Later: Reinstated, Decade of Back Wages Ordered", Law of Work - Archives, Regulation of Employment (Human Rights, Employment Standards)
Summary of Ontario Human Rights Tribunal decision in Fair v Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, 2012. Author notes the remedial order may seem surprising, but the large award for the employee is guided by the long period of time (almost 9 years) taken to litigate.
"On an Employer's 'Duty to Inquire' Into an Employee's Disability", Law of Work - Archives, Regulation of Employment (Human Rights, Employment Standards)
Review of BC Human Rights Tribunal decision in Mackenzie v Jace Holdings, 2012. Tribunal found that employer failed to fulfill procedural duty to inquire whether accommodation was needed for employee's mental health, thus, discriminating against her.
"Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp. Summary: SCC Reaffirms Test for Discrimination but Gives a Narrow Understanding of Addiction", BakerLaw - Articles
Summary of Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp, 2017 SCC 30; criticism of the court's treatment and limited analysis of drug addiction in legal reasoning.