Border services agency discriminates against worker facing childcare challenge

Border services agency discriminates against worker facing childcare challenge [1]

'If there are 20 steps in an accommodation process and you do 19, you're still in trouble'

Author:

Smith, J. R.

Source:

Canadian HR Reporter

Format:

Article

Publication Date:

22 Aug 2022

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The Federal Court of Appeal set the test for family status discrimination in two key decisions. The CBSA’s accommodation committee rejected the worker’s request and suggested one of three options – trade shifts with a colleague, take vacation time, or investigate alternate childcare arrangements. The worker responded that the daycares she had checked wouldn’t take her child for only one day a month or with an early drop-off time, and she couldn’t afford full-time enrollment.

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