Human Rights Legislation - Manitoba

1. ancestry, including colour and perceived race;
2. nationality or national origin;
3. ethnic background or origin;
4. religion or creed, or religious belief, religious association or religious activity;
5. age;
6. sex, including sex-determined characteristics or circumstances, such as pregnancy, the possibility of pregnancy, or circumstances related to pregnancy;
7. gender identity;
8. sexual orientation;
9. marital or family status;
10. source of income;
11. political belief, political association or political activity;
12. physical or mental disability or related characteristics or circumstances, including reliance on a service animal, a wheelchair, or any other remedial appliance or device;
13. social disadvantage.

1. to make reasonable accommodation for the special needs of an individual or group, if those special needs are based upon any characteristic referred to in subsection 9(2); or
2. to plan, advertise, adopt or implement an affirmative action program or other special program that
   
   
   1. has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups, including those who are disadvantaged because of any characteristic referred to in subsection 9(2), and
   2. achieves or is reasonably likely to achieve that object.

1. the opportunity to participate, or continue to participate, in the employment or occupation;
2. the customs, practices and conditions of the employment or occupation;
3. training, advancement or promotion;
4. seniority;
5. any form of remuneration or other compensation received directly or indirectly in respect of the employment or occupation, including salary, commissions, vacation pay, termination wages, bonuses, reasonable value for board, rent, housing and lodging, payments in kind, and employer contributions to pension funds or plans, long-term disability plans and health insurance plans; and
6. any other benefit, term or condition of the employment or occupation.

14(9) In subsection (8), "personal services" means work of a domestic, custodial, companionship, personal care, child care, or educational nature, or other work within the residence that involves frequent contact or communication with persons who live in the residence.

1. terminate the employment or occupation of any person; or
2. reduce the wage level or diminish any other benefit available to any person in an employment or occupation; or
3. change the customs, practices and conditions of an employment or occupation to the detriment of any person;
4. if the person accepted the employment or occupation, the wage level or other benefit, or the customs, practices and conditions in good faith.

1. harass any person who is participating in the activity or undertaking; or
2. knowingly permit, or fail to take reasonable steps to terminate, harassment of one person who is participating in the activity or undertaking by another person who is participating in the activity or undertaking.

19(2) In this section, "harassment" means

1. a course of abusive and unwelcome conduct or comment undertaken or made on the basis of any characteristic referred to in subsection 9(2); or
2. a series of objectionable and unwelcome sexual solicitations or advances; or
3. a sexual solicitation or advance made by a person who is in a position to confer any benefit on, or deny any benefit to, the recipient of the solicitation or advance, if the person making the solicitation or advance knows or ought reasonably to know that it is unwelcome; or
4. a reprisal or threat of reprisal for rejecting a sexual solicitation or advance.

1. has filed or may file a complaint under this Code; or
2. has laid or may lay an information under this Code; or
3. has made or may make a disclosure concerning a possible contravention of this Code; or
4. has testified or may testify in a proceeding under this Code; or
5. has participated or may participate in any other way in a proceeding under this Code; or
6. has complied with, or may comply with, an obligation imposed by this Code; or
7. has refused or may refuse to contravene this Code.

1. entering into any contract that is offered or held out to the public generally or to a section of the public; or
2. any term or condition of such a contract;