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Index Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Simpsons-Sears Ltd

Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Simpsons-Sears Ltd, 2 SCR 536 is a leading decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, which first acknowledged the existence of indirect discrimination through conduct that creates prejudicial effect.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 5 relations: Central Okanagan School District No 23 v Renaud, Discrimination, Sears Canada, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Supreme Court of Canada.

  2. 1985 in Canadian case law
  3. Canadian civil rights case law
  4. Labour relations in Canada
  5. Religious discrimination

Central Okanagan School District No 23 v Renaud

Central Okanagan School District No 23 v Renaud, 2 SCR 970 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court found that an employer was under a duty to accommodate the religious beliefs of employees to the point of undue hardship. Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Simpsons-Sears Ltd and Central Okanagan School District No 23 v Renaud are History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Supreme Court of Canada cases.

See Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Simpsons-Sears Ltd and Central Okanagan School District No 23 v Renaud

Discrimination

Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.

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Sears Canada

Sears Canada Inc. was a publicly-traded Canadian company affiliated with the American-based Sears department store chain.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.

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Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.

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See also

1985 in Canadian case law

Canadian civil rights case law

Labour relations in Canada

Religious discrimination

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_(Human_Rights_Commission)_v_Simpsons-Sears_Ltd

Also known as O'Malley v. Simpson-Sears, Ontario Human Rights Commission and O'Malley v. Simpsons-Sears Ltd..