Workplace Discrimination In Canada

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Canada is the country that allow many workers who come different countries around the world to work here. It may less discrimination because this country have more multi-culture in one country. In the reality, still have the discrimination in the workplace, so the Canada government provided the right of employment in organization in the law. According to Canadian Human Rights Commission (2013) “the discrimination is an action or a decision that treats a person or a group negatively for reasons such as their race, age or disability” (n.p.). For example, some organization does not accept woman candidate because she is pregnant, but she is qualify in the job position. It leads to discrimination based on ground sex. When worker who face with the …show more content…

From the research of PR Newswire found that “Twenty-five percent of female workers have experienced discrimination or unfair treatment in the workplace, and 17 percent said they have felt sexually harassed by a fellow employee or manager” (n.d.).The sexual harassment is one of ground discrimination that must proscribe in work area. United Nation defined that the meaning of “sexual harassment is a behavior [and a] defined as unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature” (n.d.,n.p.). For example, a man in a department take liberties woman in organization or say something that she feel uncomfortable and feel harassed. From the real situation which happen in 2011, BC Human Right Tribunal (2011) disclosed that a male supervisor did sexually harassed to his young girl worker. First, she complained this to her employer. After she complained, this man sent the inappropriate comments and threatened in her job. Then, she complained again, but “the employer terminated her employment, as it was easier to remove a short-term employee than deal with the supervisor’s conduct” (pp.13-14). This situation showed a discriminatory practice in the ground sex and in section 14.2 sexual harassment. When people face the sexual harassment in the organization, they feel uncomfortable and will affect to their performance in work. Sometimes, some people quit their job because of this …show more content…

4). The gravidity discrimination is a structure of sex discrimination. In BC Human Right Tribunal disclosed that one of a front office candidate in a family company was refuse to hire her because she was pregnant (2006,p.14). It is a discriminatory practice in proscribed discrimination and refuse to employ in the section 3.2 and 7. For example, in interview period, interviewer ask woman candidate do you to have a baby, our company do not want the cost of maternity leave. This one is also discriminate in pregnancy. When candidate is qualify into the job, they should be select from among of other candidates and must not unselect because woman candidate have a plan to have children. When people were hire from the company, the company cannot reject the qualify candidate which only the reason they are pregnant. The employment right can protect the right of the pregnancy workers to have the

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