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AHRC Case Illustrates Value of Corroborating Evidence

In Iligan v 348373 Alberta Inc., 2023 AHRC 70, a family status discrimination case was dismissed because the employer had a corroborating witness

8 August 2023
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Firing Related to Disability, But No Discrimination Liability Found

In Swan v Syncrude Canada, 2023 AHRC 77, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal found the dismissal was related to PTSD, but Syncrude was not responsible

3 August 2023
Workplace Investigations by Calgary Employment Lawyers Being Investigated
Union Application for Anonymization of Witnesses in AHRC Fails

In Stankovic v City of Edmonton, 2023 AHRC 73, CSU 52 tried unsuccessfully to anonymize its witness names and personal information

17 July 2023
School (Still) Tied Up In Discrimination Web: ABCA

Webber Academy v Alberta (HRC), 2023 ABCA 194, was the School’s Appeal on Competing Statutory Objectives: Secular School and Prayer

26 June 2023
Workplace Investigations by Calgary Employment Lawyers Being Investigated
Untangling the Impact of Horrocks on Human Rights Law In Alberta

This article aims to untangle the jurisdictional web of Horrocks in Alberta as considered by the AHRC and the Courts in Blackie, Grewal and Prodaniuk

30 May 2023
AHRC Says Context Needed In Accommodation Case

In Vashisht v CitiFinancial, 2023 AHRC 44, the Alberta human rights tribunal ruled that CitiFinancial did not discriminate on the basis of family status regarding childcare

15 May 2023
ABKB Gives AHRC Direction On Screening And Credibility

In Shodunke v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), 2023 ABKB 260, the Court defined the limits on the AHRC’s ability to dismiss cases without a hearing

7 May 2023
Duty to Inquire and CTE Discrimination in Alberta Human Rights

Calkins v Broadview Homes (Alberta) Ltd., 2023 AHRC 45 is a human rights case where symptoms triggered a duty to inquire before termination

1 May 2023
AHRC Resists Adding Employees As Respondents

In Reed v CNRL, 2023 AHRC 43, the Alberta human rights complainant attempted to bring her claim against her manager directly

20 April 2023
Pregnant woman under stress from employer.
Discrimination Pizza With a Side of Employment Standards

McPherson v LDV Pizza Bar, 2023 AHRC 36 (Oviatt) is an Alberta Human Rights case where a restaurant employer discriminated on the basis of pregnancy

4 April 2023
It Takes Two… To Accommodate

Prescot v AHS, 2023 AHRC 30, is an Alberta Human Rights decision where the tribunal found that AHS had failed to accommodate a rare disability

27 March 2023
Man and woman discussing fixed term employees.
AHRC Strict on 30-day Reconsideration Time Limit

In Cunningham v Bims Car Wash, 2023 AHRC 25, the Alberta Human Rights Commission said it had no discretion to extend the reconsideration timeline

13 March 2023

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