Canadian coverage, focused on discrimination, with verified short holdings, original analysis and links to the underlying sources. A publication date isn't the same as a decision date. The dates below identify which is shown.
16 verified publications. Showing the 16 most recent.
Decision 2026-09-21 · Open coverageThe Tribunal considered the employer's records when deciding whether the complaint established a prima facie case of racial discrimination, finding that reliable performance evidence explained the decision not to hire without needing a separate justification defence. General evidence of systemic racism and speculation about other hires couldn't establish that race influenced this selection or that the employer followed a discriminatory hiring practice.
Decision 2026-08-26 · Open coverageThe Tribunal accepted that an experienced CBSA employee suffered job insecurity and other employment setbacks but dismissed her discrimination complaint. Staffing delays, performance concerns and a failed permanent appointment were not shown to have been influenced by her protected characteristics.
Decision 2026-09-17 · Open coverageThe Tribunal ordered a federal employee to narrow his discrimination complaint after he sought relief for unidentified network members, added a claim the Commission had not referred and proposed 13 witnesses on systemic bias. His individual allegations remain for hearing.
Decision 2026-09-23 · Open coverageThe Canadian Human Rights Tribunal confined an RCMP member's disability complaint to the medical discharge allegations actually referred by the Commission. It struck unrelated workplace and Indigenous identity allegations and warned that nonexistent legal citations undermine the integrity of tribunal proceedings.
Decision 2026-09-15 · Open coverageA nurse proved that a supervisor had treated her poorly, but the tribunal dismissed her discrimination complaint because the evidence did not connect the treatment, employer investigation or promotion decisions to race or disability.
Published 2026-10-23 · Open coverageBC’s Human Rights Tribunal reports a record 3,676 new complaints and about 7,745 active complaints in fiscal 2025 to 2026, with procedural reforms aimed at delays.
Decision 2026-09-24 · Open coverageA B.C. tribunal allowed employment discrimination allegations dating back to 2020 to proceed as a possible continuing contravention. The ruling addresses filing deadlines, not whether discrimination occurred.
Decision 2022-04-11 · Open coverageThe Yukon Supreme Court held that the Human Rights Commission qualified as a public officer under the Ombudsman Act, but not as a body appointed by an Act.
Decision 2026-09-09 · Open coverageThe BC Human Rights Tribunal refused to dismiss a film makeup artist's race discrimination complaint against her union. Being excluded from film sets could constitute adverse treatment even when the correct wages were eventually paid, and the union's limited response required examination at a hearing.
Decision 2026-08-20 · Open coverageThe BC Human Rights Tribunal rejected an application to remove a member for alleged bias and refused to reconsider earlier rulings about disclosure, the scope of a discrimination complaint and publication of a complainant's name. Disagreement with reasons did not overcome the principle of finality.
Decision 2026-10-14 · Open coverageThe BC Human Rights Tribunal dismissed a probationary employee's race and disability discrimination complaint against Whole Foods. Allegations of unfair treatment and poor performance reviews lacked evidence reasonably connecting those events or the termination to a protected ground.
Decision 2026-10-14 · Member analysisIn Moradi v. Whole Foods Market, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found that a complaint about race, disability and dismissal lacked the evidentiary connection needed to advance to a hearing. It wasn't a ruling that discrimination connected with language is impossible.
Decision 2026-08-27 · Open coverageA Yukon human rights board found that repeated ancestry and sex based remarks by a highways supervisor amounted to harassment and that the government failed to prevent or rectify it. The employer was ordered to pay $44,000.
Decision 2026-09-03 · Open coverageThe Federal Court of Appeal found that EI rules disproportionately reduced unemployment protection for women who had received maternity and parental benefits. The declaration is suspended for one year.
Decision 2017-12-15 · Open coverageSchrenk brings shared-site harassment within a B.C. employment complaint. Reporting channels should include people on another payroll.
Decision 2020-10-16 · Open coverageFraser shows how neutral job-sharing rules can disadvantage a group. Review the downstream effect on benefits and advancement.