Here’s what I’ve found interesting in the “Twitter-sphere” this past week. Click on the links to read the original article or post:
RT: @fpbowen WFP Survey finds number of women in top jobs at largest companies has stalled:http://bit.ly/bOgn5m
[Not employment related but interesting just the same...] RT: @globeandmail Muslim basketball player fails to overturn headscarf ban http://tgam.ca/HR9
RT @firstreference: [...]
Human Rights Law in Canadian Workplaces
Category Archives: In the News
Twitter Talk – January 29, 2010
Twitter talk – November 27, 2009
It's been a while since I've posted about the talk on Twitter but there have been a lot of interesting articles and posts I've been mentioning that I thought readers of this blog would want to know about. Here goes:
Does the Cdn legal profession discriminate against 'visible minorities'? http://chilp.it/?bb431e
Ideas on creating accommodating wkplaces for [...]
Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace still a very live issue
In a recent Globe and Mail article discussing a similarly recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario relating to a young woman who had been fired by her employer after finding out she was pregnant, the following advice was given:
"…it's wise for women to think strategically about when to disclose a pregnancy to [...]
Fact versus fear: how employers should respond to H1N1 in the workplace to avoid human rights violations
Many of you will have heard about the story that hit the news last week of a Manitoba man who was barred from patronizing a restaurant in Seven Sisters, Manitoba because his wife had been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu. The story broke on Richard Cloutier's show on CJOB radio and I was fortunate enough [...]
New job site focuses on connecting workers with disabilities and diversity-seeking employers
The Canadian Abilities Foundation has announced the launching of a new online job board at jobs.abilities.ca. The job board is the result of a strategic partnership with Workopolis.com , and, according to the CAF's news release, is unique in Canada due to its specific focus on connecting prospective employees who have disabilities with employers who have an interest [...]
PBS investigation targets teen sexual harassment at work
Tomorrow (Friday Feb 20), PBS will be airing a special investigation report about the sexual harassment of teens in the workplace (if you click the link you can see and hear a video preview of the special). Although the report details the stories of young women in the United States, the subject of teen harassment in the workplace [...]
What would you do in the face of racist comments in your workplace?
A study on racism by researchers at the University of British Columbia has shown that when directly faced with racism, people tend to react with indifference.
Participants in the study (120 York University students) were exposed to the following:
They think they are waiting for an experiment to begin. The experimenter walks into the room and introduces two men — [...]
2008 CLawBie winners announced
Steve Matthews has rounded up the nominations and finalized the results of the 2008 Canadian Law Blog Awards (affectionately known as the CLawBie's). I'm honored to find myself amongst great company once again, this time as a runner-up in the Best Practitioner Support Blog category.
It feels very good to know that other lawyers are [...]
Human Rights in the Workplace now on Alltop!
Ok, so I lied about my last post being my last post for 2008. Just got the news that my blog has been picked up by Alltop and it was exciting enough for me that I couldn't wait to share it.
For those unfamiliar with Alltop, it is best described as an "online magazine rack" which [...]
Top 6 ways to avoid a Starbucks-type age discrimination lawsuit
An age discrimination lawsuit brought against Starbucks in the US is being allowed to proceed. In the civil suit, a 56 year old woman claims that although she applied to a number of Starbucks stores in Portland, Oregon between November 2005 and April 2006, she was never hired. Her view is that there could be [...]
