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==Discrimination in employment== | ==Discrimination in employment== | ||
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In Canada, there are laws to protect workers from discrimination. For example, an employer is expected to hire employees on the basis of skills, experience and education needed for the job. | In Canada, there are laws to protect workers from discrimination. For example, an employer is expected to hire employees on the basis of skills, experience and education needed for the job. | ||
It is discrimination if an employer | It is discrimination if an employer doesn't give a job because of your gender, age, race, religion, birthplace, sexual orientation (gay, bisexual, or straight), marital or family status (single, married, or living common-law), mental or physical disability, or because you have a criminal record for an offence that is unrelated to the job you are applying for. | ||
There are also laws to protect you against discrimination while you are on the job. | There are also laws to protect you against discrimination while you are on the job. | ||
===British Columbia Human Rights Code=== | ===British Columbia Human Rights Code=== | ||
The BC Human Rights Code applies to all businesses, agencies, and services in BC. The Code protects people from discrimination in many areas of daily life, including discrimination in the workplace. | The BC ''[http://canlii.ca/t/843q Human Rights Code]'' applies to all businesses, agencies, and services in BC. The Code protects people from discrimination in many areas of daily life, including discrimination in the workplace. | ||
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 | *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. | ||
