Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Blaney McMurtry (Ontario, Canada)

The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) prohibits discrimination based upon age in the delivery of services, goods and facilities, in accommodation and in contracts and employment. “Age” is defined in the Code as an age that is 18 years or more.

There are not as many cases dealing with age discrimination as there are with some other forms of discrimination such as disability. This is perhaps because it has only been since 2005 that discrimination based on age has been prohibited against those who are 65 or older.

The following article is intended to summarize some of the more important age discrimination cases that have been determined by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) over the past few years. Read the entire article ›