STATUTE | TOPIC | PROVISION | SOURCE |
QUEBEC | |||
Charter of human rights and freedoms, CQLR c C-12 | Right to equal
recognition and exercise of rights and freedoms Discrimination is forbidden |
10. Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, colour, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, civil status, age except as provided by law, religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition, a handicap or the use of any means to palliate a handicap. |
http://www.canlii.org/en/qc /laws/stat/cqlr-c-c- 12/latest/cqlr-c-c-12.html |
Harassment | 10.1. No one may harass a person on the basis of any ground mentioned in section 10. | ||
Non-discrimination in employment | 16. No one may practise discrimination in respect of the hiring, apprenticeship, duration of the probationary period, vocational training, promotion, transfer, displacement, laying-off, suspension, dismissal or conditions of employment of a person or in the establishment of categories or classes of employment. | ||
Employment and penal/criminal offence | 18.2. No one may dismiss, refuse to hire or otherwise penalize a person in his employment owing to the mere fact that he was convicted of a penal or criminal offence, if the offence was in no way connected with the employment or if the person has obtained a pardon for the offence. | ||
Equal salary for equivalent work |
19. Every employer must, without
discrimination, grant equal salary or wages to the members of his
personnel who perform equivalent work at the same place. A difference in salary or wages based on experience, seniority, years of service, merit, productivity or overtime is not considered discriminatory if such criteria are common to all members of the personnel. Adjustments in compensation and a pay equity plan are deemed not to discriminate on the basis of gender if they are established in accordance with the Pay Equity Act (chapter E-12.001). |
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Distinction based
on aptitudes, non-discriminatory [Defence] |
20. A distinction, exclusion or preference based on the aptitudes or qualifications required for an employment, or justified by the charitable, philanthropic, religious, political or educational nature of a non-profit institution or of an institution devoted exclusively to the well-being of an ethnic group, is deemed non-discriminatory. | ||
Conditions of employment | 46. Every person who works has a right, in accordance with the law, to fair and reasonable conditions of employment which have proper regard for his health, safety and physical well-being. | ||
Affirmative
action program [Defence] Approval |
86. The object of an affirmative
action program is to remedy the situation of persons belonging to
groups discriminated against in employment, or in the sector of
education or of health services and other services generally
available to the public. ..... An equal access employment program is deemed not to discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender or ethnic origin if it is established in accordance with the Act respecting equal access to employment in public bodies (chapter A-2.01). An equal access to employment program established for a handicapped person within the meaning of the Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (chapter E-20.1) is deemed to be non-discriminatory if it is established in conformity with the Act respecting equal access to employment in public bodies (chapter A-2.01). 87. Every affirmative action program must be approved by the Commission, unless it is imposed by order of a tribunal. |
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