the workplace

Human Rights Acts»Northwest Territories include Gender Identity

Provincial workplace harassment legislation»Quebec 2002»Saskatchewan 2007»Ontario 2010

Occupational Health and Safety»B.C. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories expanded eligibility for workplace stress benefits.

The Courts

When is harassment considered constructive dismissal?

For 17 years the plaintiff was employed as an hourly paid worker at a cheese making factory. He alleged that he had been constructively dismissed when his immediate supervisor and then the company itself refused to take any meaningful steps to end prolonged and aggressive teasing by four co-workers that was so severe that it drove the employee to a breakdown.   Disotell v. kraft

Harassed and forced to quit.

A former Walmart employee in Windsor, Ont., was subject to profane and insulting mental abuse from the store manager. The conduct included being called a ”fucking idiot" and being made to count skids in front of others to prove she could count. There were also allegations she was subject to sexual harassment and discrimination, intentional infliction of mental suffering at the hands of an assistant manager. Boucher V. Walmart

Is there anything else I need to know…

Young gay men

How are first time job seekers prepared» Getting an interview

» What they need to know about potential employers

What to do once you get the job» What are your rights

» Navigating the decision to come out

» Where to get support

questions

What legal protections/enforcement are needed?

Workplaces have a ‘role to play’ in the health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans folks

What does a good job look like?