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Page WEEKEND EXTRA Friday Augntl IT 1KZ Discrimination By Id the Ontario Legislature passed An Act to revise and extend Protection of Human Rights In Ontario This created a new Human RlgntaCode lor Ontario to protect from discrimination The word mean aeelna a difference between one thing and another how- ever dlscriml nation In the Code means letting your ideas about a group affect your assessment of It has never been a breach of the Code to choose tbe smarter of two people or to hire someone because he or she Is more competent than someone else However it is an offence under both new and old Code to choose an Anglican in preference to a Catholic jut became of her religion Creed la a pro hibited ground of The new Human Right Code takes a new approach It set out what everyone Is entitled to not what to forbidden for someone to do The new Code creates right rather than Generally when courts consider bow to Interpret a new law they take into account whether are to be given or taken away If it seems that tbe law intended to give more rights to people aa the new Code the courts will try to give the broad est meaning possible to the words of the law The courts will use tbe Code to compensate people who have been discriminated against In addition to rights Leggier the new Human Rights Code against direct lion the new Code creates some broader rights Toe new Code forbids dtscrlmlttatlorrcreat log qualifications that have the practical effect of discriminating on prohib ited a If apparently doing to For example the height restrictions that many police forces have are a practical discrimination against women who are generally smaller than men In addition the Code forbids discrimination by someone who Is related to or deals with a member of a group against whom discrimination forWdd new Code that you are usually entitled not to be discriminated against on the basis of creed sex age marital statu family statu or handicap these are prohibited grounds of discrimination In employment you are entitled not to be against on the basis of your record of offences you have been pardoned or If the off were under provincial statutes in tion you are entitled not to be discriminated against because you receive public assistance The new Code defines age as being any age over eighteen except in employment where people are protected from ages la to to Include any physical ill new or deformity or mental illness or mental family status as being some one parent or child and marital status In add to its usual meaning to include living with someone outside of age The new Code gives you the right to be considered as a person on your own merits without having any prohibited ground of discrimination taken into consideration as well The Information In this article is accurate as of July 19J3 For more contact your local lawyer or the Hilts Community Legal Aid Clinic a Wealeyan St Georgetown information on this and other topics contact Community Legal Ontario a Noble Street Toronto Ontario For legt1 advice Acton home robbed A Park Avenue borne In Acton was broken Into Friday after so a while the family was at home regional polke said there was no sign of forced entry by thieves who removed from a purse left In the kitchen At home at work in contracts when does the new code apply You can rely on be Code when you are 1 working or looking for work looking for or using bous ing 3 looking for or services goods or faculties making a contract or being harassed This part of Article deal with working and housing It Working Everyone has the right to work or look for work without dla crimination on the basis of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination For example you cannot legally be hired fired promoted demoted trans ferred or otherwise affected simply because of refuse to hire you Just because you have a record for which you have been pardoned or a record of provincial offences When you apply for a Job the Interviewer can not legally ask you questi ons concerning the grounds of discrl or refer to them in Ihe application form or the advertisement for the Job You cannot legally be discriminated against In applying to Join a trade union either An employer legally try to age you from work cannot discourage you from work forcing you to apply for a pension or insurance plan that discriminates against you But this right is subject to some Important excep tions a You may still be forced to retire at age b An employer may discriminate on the basis of age sex record of offences or marital status if tbe particular ground of discrimination Is a reason able and genuine cation for the employ So for a Job the handling of money such as a bank teller It might be reasonable that the bank should Inquire whither you had ever been convicted of a charge of theft or fraud honesty Is a necessary and reasonable qualification for the Job and previous convictions of the crimes mentioned could reasonably be taken into account by the employer In deciding whether or not to hire you for such a Job c Organisations defin ed by a prohibited ground of discrimination such as churches which an defin ed by creed can chooae to hire only people who belong to that particular group provided that such a restriction is required by tbe nature of Ihe Job For example a Baptist church may Insist on hiring only a Baptist teacher for It Sunday School because church relies on teach er to Instill religious valu es In the student A company pensi on plans and benefits plans can still discriminate on the basis or age sex marital status or family status to long as they comply with the Employ Standards Act of Ontario They can also dis criminate on the basis of a handicap but only If there Is a good reason to do so however the company can t refuse to hire a handicapped person Just because be or she still allowed under qualify for a pension or he Code So Is antl benefit plan Nepotism nepotism for example a special treatment for en page 1 Campbells Lime Service Equipped 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