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A summary of the Human Rights Legislation in British Columbia.
CanadaLabour and Employment
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STATUTE
TOPIC
PROVISION
SOURCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Human Rights Code, RSBC
1996, c 210
Discrimination in
employment
[Enumerated grounds]
[Defences]
13 (1) A person must
not
refuse to employ or refuse to continue to employ a person,
or
discriminate against a person regarding employment or any term
or condition of employment
because of the race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political
belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental
disability, sex, sexual orientation or age of that person or
because that person has been convicted of a criminal or summary
conviction offence that is unrelated to the employment or to the
intended employment of that person.
(2) An employment agency must not refuse to refer a person for
employment for any reason mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply
as it relates to age, to a bona fide scheme based on seniority,
or
as it relates to marital status, physical or mental disability,
sex or age, to the operation of a bona fide retirement,
superannuation or pension plan or to a bona fide group or employee
insurance plan, whether or not the plan is the subject of a
contract of insurance between an insurer and an employer.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply with respect to a refusal,
limitation, specification or preference based on a bona fide
occupational requirement.
43 A person must not
evict, discharge, suspend, expel, intimidate, coerce, impose any
pecuniary or other penalty on, deny a right or benefit to or
otherwise discriminate against a person because that person
complains or is named in a complaint, gives evidence or otherwise
assists in a complaint or other proceeding under this Code.
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