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Difference between revisions of "BC Human Rights Code (6:III)"
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BC Human Rights Code (6:III) (view source)
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In BC, protection on the basis of sexual orientation is provided in the areas of publication, public services, purchase of property, tenancy, employment advertising, employment, and membership in a trade union, employer’s organization, or occupational association. | In BC, protection on the basis of sexual orientation is provided in the areas of publication, public services, purchase of property, tenancy, employment advertising, employment, and membership in a trade union, employer’s organization, or occupational association. | ||
=== 8. Sex ( | === 8. Sex (Including Sexual harassment and Pregnancy) === | ||
Discrimination on the basis of sex, which is prohibited under the HRC, includes sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is defined as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects a work environment or leads to adverse job-related consequences for the victims of the harassment” (''[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1989/1989canlii97/1989canlii97.html Janzen v Platy Enterprises Ltd]'', [1989] 1 SCR 1252 at 1284 [''Janzen'']). | Discrimination on the basis of sex, which is prohibited under the HRC, includes sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is defined as “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects a work environment or leads to adverse job-related consequences for the victims of the harassment” (''[https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1989/1989canlii97/1989canlii97.html Janzen v Platy Enterprises Ltd]'', [1989] 1 SCR 1252 at 1284 [''Janzen'']). | ||
