Human Rights Legislation - New Brunswick - Canada

STATUTE	TOPIC	PROVISION	SOURCE
NEW BRUNSWICK
Human Rights Act, RSNB 2011, c 171	Discrimination in Employment	4(1)No employer, employers' organization or other person acting on behalf of an employer shall, because of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, social condition or political belief or activity, refuse to employ or continue to employ any person, or discriminate against any person in respect of employment or any term or condition of employment.	http://www.canlii.org/en/n b/laws/stat/rsnb-2011-c- 171/latest/rsnb-2011-c- 171.html?searchUrlHash= AAAAAQAQaHVtYW4gc mlnaHRzIGFjdAAAAAAB
	Exceptions	(5)Despite subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4), a limitation, specification or preference on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sex, social condition or political belief or activity shall be permitted if the limitation, specification or preference is based on a bona fide occupational qualification as determined by the Commission. (6)The provisions of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) as to age do not apply to the termination of employment or a refusal to employ because of the terms or conditions of any bona fide retirement or pension plan, the operation of the terms or conditions of a bona fide retirement or pension plan that have the effect of a minimum service requirement, or the operation of terms or conditions of a bona fide group or employee insurance plan. (7)The provisions of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) as to age do not apply to a limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference in relation to a person who has not attained the age of majority if the limitation, specification, exclusion, denial or preference is required or authorized by an Act of the Legislature or a regulation made under that Act. (8)The provisions of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) as to physical disability and mental disability do not apply to the termination of employment or a refusal to employ because of a bona fide qualification based on the nature of the work or the circumstance of the place of work in relation to the physical disability or mental disability, as determined by the Commission, or the operation of terms or conditions of a bona fide group or employee insurance plan.
	Sexual Harassment	10(2)No employer, representative of the employer or person employed by the employer shall sexually harass a person employed by the employer or a person seeking employment with the employer.
	Discrimination for complaint	11No person shall discharge, refuse to employ, exclude, expel, suspend, evict, deny a right or benefit to or otherwise discriminate against any person because that person has made a complaint or given evidence or assisted in any way in respect of the initiation, inquiry or prosecution of a complaint or other proceeding under this Act.

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Human Rights Legislation - New Brunswick

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