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Employment equity, as defined in federal Canadian law by the Employment Equity Act (French: Loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi), requires federal jurisdiction employers to engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples. [1]
That occurs when the Commission feels that the complaint deals with a matter of public interest, which includes decisions that have the potential to clarify, influence, shape, or define human rights law in Canada. Under the Employment Equity Act, the Commission promotes equality in the workplace for the four designated groups: women, Aboriginal ...
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982; Canadian Employment Equity Act 1986; Canadian Human Rights Act 1977; Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2002; Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 1976; Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1971; BC Human Rights Code 1996, first version enacted in 1979
In Canada, the Federal Contractors' Program (FCP) is administered by Employment and Social Development Canada, an agency of the Canadian federal government.The FCP requires provincially regulated employers with 100 or more employees bidding on federal contracts of $1,000,000 (originally $200,000) or more to certify that they will implement employment equity measures. [1]
Other laws with disability provisions include section 6 of the Canada Evidence Act, which regulates evidence-gathering involving persons with mental and physical disabilities, [71] and the Employment Equity Act, which requires private and public sector employers under federal jurisdiction to increase representation of persons with disabilities ...
Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960; Narcotic Control Act, 1961; Canada Labour Code, 1967; Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69; Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, 1970; Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act, 1970; Weights and Measures Act, 1970; Divorce Act, 1968 - replaced by Divorce Act, 1985; Canada Wildlife Act, 1973; National Symbol of ...
Under the heading of "Equality Rights" this section states: 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
The Abella commission developed the idea of employment equity and inspired the federal Employment Equity Act, [1] which was passed in 1986 by the 33rd Canadian Parliament under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. [6] The report was grounded in the idea, expressed among other places in the American Supreme Court decision Griggs v.