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To make a complaint under the Code about discrimination in the workplace, the following must usually be true: | To make a complaint under the Code about discrimination in the workplace, the following must usually be true: | ||
you have been singled out and treated differently and poorly, compared to others; and | *you have been singled out and treated differently and poorly, compared to others; and | ||
you are being treated differently and poorly because of a personal characteristic, such as your race, colour, religious belief, gender, mental or physical disability, or sexual orientation. | *you are being treated differently and poorly because of a personal characteristic, such as your race, colour, religious belief, gender, mental or physical disability, or sexual orientation. | ||
For information about the Human Rights Code and how to file a human rights complaint, you can contact the BC Human Rights Coalition. | For information about the Human Rights Code and how to file a human rights complaint, you can contact the BC Human Rights Coalition. | ||
BC Human Rights Coalition<br> | |||
1202 – 510 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC V6B 1L8 | 1202 – 510 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1L8 | ||
Where do you file a complaint? | |||
====Where do you file a complaint?==== | |||
The BC Human Rights Tribunal is where you can make a complaint that someone has discriminated against you under the Code. The tribunal’s job is to resolve human rights complaints in a way that is fair to the person who made the complaint and the person whom the complaint is against. | The BC Human Rights Tribunal is where you can make a complaint that someone has discriminated against you under the Code. The tribunal’s job is to resolve human rights complaints in a way that is fair to the person who made the complaint and the person whom the complaint is against. | ||
'''BC Human Rights Tribunal''' <br> | |||
Vancouver: 604-775-2000 | Vancouver: 604-775-2000 <br> | ||
Toll Free: 1-888-440-8844 | Toll Free: 1-888-440-8844 <br> | ||
www.bchrt.bc.ca | [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca www.bchrt.bc.ca] | ||
====How do you file a complaint?==== | ====How do you file a complaint?==== | ||
To file a complaint you need to get a Complaint Form, fill it out, and file it with the tribunal within six months of the incident. These materials are available online at www.bchrt.bc.cau | To file a complaint you need to get a Complaint Form, fill it out, and file it with the tribunal within six months of the incident. These materials are available online at:<br> | ||
[http://www.bchrt.bc.cau www.bchrt.bc.cau] | |||
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